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Electronic Newsletter Archive, 2000-2013

Datesort ascending Top Story
2017
JUL
18
2017
 
Under the ACA, Insurance Coverage for Young Adults Grew Most Among Hispanics and Blacks
JUL
11
2017
 AHRQ Evidence Report Compares Risks and Benefits of Blood Clot Prevention Approaches
JUL
5
2017
 Medicare Advantage Enrollees Could Significantly Reduce Medical Costs by Switching Plans
JUN
27
2017
 New AHRQ Report Shows Sharp Rise Among Women for Opioid-Related Hospital Stays
JUN
6
2017
 Mobile Health Interventions Helped Young Adults Reduce Alcohol Use
MAY
30
2017
 AHRQ Reports: Massage, Other Sensory Interventions Improve Autism Behaviors; Evidence Lacking on Nutritional Supplements or Special Diets
MAY
23
2017
 Study Shows 54 Percent Drop in Infections Among Nursing Home Patients
MAY
16
2017
 Increased Physical Activity for Kids Would Have Health and Economic Benefits
MAY
9
2017
 New AHRQ Toolkit Helps Improve Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
MAY
2
2017
 Expanded Insurance Enrollments Did Not Impair Access to Care for People Previously Insured
APR
25
2017
 Black Women Diagnosed Far More Often Than White Women With Preeclampsia or Eclampsia
APR
18
2017
 AHRQ Seeks Grant Applications for Health Information Technology Research
APR
11
2017
 Hospital Stays Shown To Be Less Expensive, Shorter for Medicare Advantage Patients With Mental Health Issues
APR
4
2017
 Risk-Sharing Programs Helped Equalize Impact of Costs Among Health Insurers, AHRQ Study Finds
MAR
28
2017
 Electronic Triggers May Reduce Delays in Bladder Cancer Diagnoses
MAR
21
2017
 Prostate Cancer Surgery More Likely Than Other Treatments To Result in Decreased Sexual Function After 3 Years
MAR
14
2017
 AHRQ Supports Patient Safety Awareness Week With Variety of Activities
MAR
7
2017
 Electronic Prescribing Tied to Reduction in Adverse Drug Events
FEB
28
2017
 Large Increase Shown in Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Thoughts
FEB
21
2017
 Decline in Adverse Drug Events Linked to Use of Health Information Technology
FEB
14
2017
 Veterans Administration Nursing Homes Implement Robust Surveillance of Urinary Tract Infections
FEB
7
2017
 Prospect of Financial Penalty Appears To Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates: JAMA Study
JAN
31
2017
 AHRQ-Funded Articles Propose Strategies for Increasing Shared Decision-Making
JAN
24
2017
 AHRQ Toolkit Available for Protecting Safety of Intensive Care Patients on Ventilators
JAN
18
2017
 Director Andy Bindman Leaving AHRQ
JAN
3
2017
 AHRQ Seeks Research Proposals on Using Health IT To Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes
2016
DEC
20
2016
 
Costly Opioid-Related Hospital Stays Soar Nationwide, But Vary Widely Among States
DEC
13
2016
 AHRQ National Scorecard: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Drop 21 Percent Over Five Years
DEC
6
2016
 Low-Income Americans With Employer-Sponsored Insurance Face Financial Burdens From High-Deductible Plans
NOV
29
2016
 AHRQ Publications Summarize Evidence on Behavioral Programs for Patients With Diabetes
NOV
22
2016
 AHRQ Study Examines Impact of Retail Clinics on Emergency Department Visits
NOV
15
2016
 AHRQ Grantee Profile: Peter Pronovost, M.D., Critical Care Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital
NOV
8
2016
 AHRQ Study Estimates Frequency of Hospital Admissions Following Emergency Care for Chest Symptoms
NOV
1
2016
 New AHRQ Guide Helps Nursing Homes Tackle Antimicrobial Stewardship
OCT
25
2016
 AHRQ Developing New Tool To Update Monitoring of Patient Safety
OCT
11
2016
 AHRQ Statistical Brief: Medical Visits by Uninsured Declined in Medicaid Expansion States
OCT
4
2016
 AHRQ, CMS Award $13 Million to Test, Implement New Children's Quality Measures
SEP
27
2016
 New Study Joins Chorus of Calls for Reducing Diagnostic Errors
SEP
20
2016
 AHRQ Grantee Profile: Sanjeev Arora, M.D., Developer of Project ECHO
SEP
13
2016
 New AHRQ Publications Summarize Evidence on Treatments for Two Mental Health Disorders
SEP
6
2016
 New AHRQ Chartbook Examines Trends in Coverage, Premiums and Benefits
AUG
30
2016
 AHRQ Data Identify States That Rank Highest in Health Care Quality
AUG
23
2016
 AHRQ Study Calculates Adverse Events Among Heart Attack Patients Treated at Hospitals With Poor Safety Performance
AUG
9
2016
 Registration Open for September 28 AHRQ Research Summit on Diagnostic Safety
AUG
2
2016
 AHRQ Studies Validate Use of Screening Tool To Provide More Efficient Delirium Diagnosis
JUL
26
2016
 AHRQ's Updated MONAHRQ® Software Offers Organizations New Features To Provide Health Care Quality Information to Consumers
JUL
19
2016
 HHS Secretary Burwell Announces AHRQ Grants To Address Opioid Abuse
JUL
12
2016
 AHRQ Issues Technical Brief on Telehealth
JUN
28
2016
 AHRQ Profiles Highlight Grant Recipients’ Contributions to Health Services Research
JUN
23
2016
 AHRQ Report Finds Some Disparities Eliminated in Measures of Healthy Living

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Internet Citation: AHRQ News Now. Content last reviewed January 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/index.html