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BLOG | June 21: A Boost for Health Services Research
Quality & Patient Safety
Highlights From AHRQ's Patient Safety Network
Funding & Grants
AHRQ Grantee Profile: Rupa Valdez, Ph.D.
AHRQ Invites Public Comment on Potential New Patient Experience Survey
AHRQ Announces Interest in Funding Research on Primary Care
AHRQ Seeks Interest in Health Services Research to Advance Health Equity
Research
AHRQ Releases Learning Modules for Nursing Homes on COVID-19 Identification and Prevention
AHRQ Releases Learning Module To Help Nursing Home Staff Lead by Example
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Featured Programs
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Making Care Safer in All Settings
Improving Diagnostic Safety
AHRQ is funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and what can be done to prevent them.
Digital Healthcare Research
Informing improvement in care quality, safety, and efficiency
HCUP and MEPS
Statistical portraits of how healthcare is delivered and paid for in the U.S. from data from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS).
EvidenceNOW
EvidenceNOW is an AHRQ grant initiative dedicated to improving the heart health of millions of Americans.
Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD)
An early national portrait of patient safety event reports from AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
Learning Health Systems
AHRQ supports patients getting higher quality, safer, more efficient care, and healthcare delivery organizations becoming better places to work.
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
CAHPS surveys ask consumers and patients to report on and evaluate their experiences.
PSNet
Discover the latest literature, news, and expert commentary on patient safety topics.
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The CUSP Toolkit improves safety culture by integrating safety practices into daily work of a unit or clinical area.
Effective Health Care Program
The Effective Health Care Program improves healthcare quality by providing the best available evidence on benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and healthcare services.
Evidence-based Practice Centers Program
The Evidence-based Practice Center Program produces evidence reports for the Effective Health Care Program, the Technology Assessment Program, and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
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QuestionBuilder en Español
Now in Spanish: AHRQ’s Question Builder App:
A tool for patients and caregivers to prepare for medical appointments
