National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud)
Community health workers, also known as “promotores de salud,” play a vital role bridging patients, communities, and healthcare providers. These AHRQ resources can help improve gaps and mitigate social determinants of health among priority populations.
Spanish-language resources to explain to patients what they can do before, during, and after certain surgeries to avoid complications and improve outcomes.
- Recuperación después de una laparotomía de emergencia (Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy) (PDF, 6 MB).
- Recuperación después de una apendicectomía de emergencia (Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy) (PDF, 5.2 MB).
- Preparación y recuperación después de una cirugía ginecológica (Preparing for and Recovering After Gynecologic Surgery) (PDF, 8 MB).
- Preparación y recuperación después de una cirugía colorrectal (Preparing for and Recovering After Colorectal Surgery) (PDF, 10.3 MB).
- Recuperación después de la cirugía de fractura de cadera (Recovering After Surgery for a Broken Hip (Hip Fracture)) (PDF, 6.8 MB)
Próximamente:
- Recuperación después de una cirugía de emergencia de la vesícula biliar.
- Preparación y recuperación después de una cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla o de cadera.
Spanish-language resources for educating patients about healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use, available individually below and listed here.
- Los antibióticos: ¿Cuándo los necesita? (PDF, 234 KB)
- Bronquitis aguda (Resfriado de pecho) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Antibiotic commitment poster (in Spanish) (PDF, 224 KB)
- El resfriado común (PDF, 224 KB)
- Infección de oído (PDF, 228 KB)
- La gripe (PDF, 221 KB)
- Alergia a la penicilina (PDF, 217 KB)
- Neumonía (PDF, 210 KB)
- Infección sinusal (PDF, 202 KB)
- Las infecciones de la piel y de los tejidos blandos (PDF, 201 KB)
- Faringitis estreptocócica (PDF, 226 KB)
- Infección de las vías urinarias (PDF, 250 KB)
This collection of AHRQ tools and resources helps promotores de salud and community health workers enhance communication and engagement with patients and families.
- New! TeamSTEPPS Video - Applying CUS and Teach Back.
- New! TeamSTEPPS Video - Using CUS and SBAR in a Rural Community Clinic.
- How to Create a My Medicines List (in Spanish).
- Health Literacy Measurement Tools.
- Health Literacy Professional Education and Training.
- Prevention Taskforce, (previously known as the ePSS), tool to identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.
- QuestionBuilder App (also available in Spanish).
- Technical Brief: Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases.
This collection of AHRQ resources helps promotores de salud and community health workers connect patients and their families with community resources.
- EvidenceNow: Identifying and Addressing Social Needs in Primary Care Settings (PDF, 711 KB).
- EvidenceNOW: Questions to Elicit Patients' Beliefs and Social Context.
- EvidenceNOW: Building Rapport with Patients: OARS Communication Skills.
- Connect Health Care Providers, Community Organizations, and Public Health Agencies.
This collection of AHRQ data tools helps promotores de salud and community health workers analyze healthcare trends in their communities. Also, various glossaries with standardize healthcare terminology.
- COVID-19 Data Visualizations (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project).
- Explore AHRQ Data Tools.
- Health Insurance Terms - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
- National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (NHQDR) Glossary
- National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Disparities Measures (PDF, 2.6 MB).
- Patient Safety Net (PSNet) Glossary of patient safety terms and medical terminology.