From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design, a new AHRQ issue brief, highlights the crucial shift in healthcare toward more active patient involvement in the diagnostic process. Research indicates that ...

Two new Notices of Funding Opportunity are available for applicants seeking to join AHRQ’s recently launched Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions for Healthcare Improvement: ...

AHRQ is devoted to working with public and private partners to advance research and assist in actions that improve healthcare ...

The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 million Americans—roughly equivalent to the population of Phoenix, Arizona—were hospitalized with ...

A Notice of Funding Opportunity seeks applicants to establish and support state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives to accelerate dissemination and implementation of patient-centered outcomes ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care ...

The U.S. population is rapidly aging, and the health system is ill-prepared to meet the needs of older adults. Older adults and individuals with multiple chronic conditions frequently receive ...

Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and Craig A. Umscheid, M.D., M.S. Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S. As the healthcare community prepares to recognize World ...

Strengthening subspecialized care and surgical service lines in rural hospitals is crucial for improving prompt diagnostic accuracy and reducing the need for patient transfers. By enhancing local ...

U.S. rural healthcare is often perceived through a lens of lack—limited resources, limited funding, limited technology. However, healthcare is still being delivered in rural settings despite these ...

William Freeman, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD This project was funded under contract number HHSP233201500022I ...