CAHPS Webcasts & Recent Events
AHRQ sponsors webcasts and other events to provide information about CAHPS products and related resources, offer updates on the status of products in development, and support survey sponsors and vendors in using CAHPS instruments and data. Recent events include research meetings designed to share current findings and identify research needs and priorities.
Research Meetings
AHRQ occasionally hosts research meetings that bring together researchers, subject matter experts and key stakeholders to focus on specific topics of interest related to CAHPS surveys. Topics addressed over the last several years include:
- Equity in patient experience with care.
- The science and implementation of patient narratives.
- Methods for implementing and evaluating improvements in patient experience.
- Improving response rates and the representativeness of CAHPS survey data.
Review all research meetings since 2016.
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Recent Webcasts
The CAHPS® User Network hosts educational events designed to inform survey users about products and related resources, offer updates on the status of products in development, and support in the use of CAHPS survey and data results.
2023
- Learning from Patient Narratives Through Innovative Feedback Reporting Methods (Webcast) (May 31, 2023)
- Participating in the 2022 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database: What You Need to Know (May 18, 2023)
- Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) (January 11, 2023)
2022
- Useful Online Tools for CAHPS Survey Users (Webcast) (November 16, 2022)
- The Power of Patient Stories for Improving the Patient Experience (Webcast) (May 12, 2022)
- Introducing the CAHPS Child Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) Database (Webcast) (March 23, 2022)
- Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (Webcast) (January 19, 2022)
2021
- CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets (November 16, 2021)
- Participating in the 2021 CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS CAHPS) Survey Database: What You Need To Know (AHRQ-CMS webcast) (April 21, 2021)
- Improving Patient Experience in Large Organizations (March 24, 2021)
- Improving Patient Experience: Data Analysis Methods (March 3, 2021)
- Lessons From Healthcare Organizations on Improving Patient Experience (January 28, 2021)
2020
- Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0 (beta) (December 17, 2020)
- AHRQ Webcast on Updated CAHPS Analysis Program (November 19, 2020)
- Introducing the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey (ED CAHPS) (October 6, 2020)
- Understanding CAHPS Surveys: A Primer for New Users (January 22, 2020)
Review all webcasts since 2013.
