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AHRQ's 35th Anniversary
Advancing healthcare quality, safety, and equity through research and innovation
National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety
Learn about the public-private collaboration to advance safety across healthcare delivery settings
AHRQ Long COVID Care Network
Twelve AHRQ-supported clinics addressing the debilitating symptoms that persist after recovery from acute COVID infection
AHRQ Funding Opportunities
Access grant announcements for supporting research to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
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Impact Case Studies

Learn how AHRQ-funded findings, products and tools have impacted healthcare delivery

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AHRQ Research Studies

A compilation of research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Work at AHRQ

Careers at AHRQ

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Featured Programs

Â鶹´«Ã½ programs provide information and resources to help healthcare organizations and providers deliver safe, high-quality, and equitable care across all settings.

Health Equity

Health Equity

Examining inequities and implicit bias embedded in today’s healthcare delivery systems.

National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research

National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research

Supporting transformative primary care research, tools and methods to improve the delivery of primary care.

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Diagnostic Safety and Quality

Funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and how to prevent them.

Climate Change

Climate Change

Support for decarbonization in healthcare

Providing evidence on how digital healthcare can advance quality, safety, and efficiency for patients and their families

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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making healthcare safer in all settings

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Data & Analytics

Providing data and analysis to help healthcare decision makers understand how the healthcare system is working and identify opportunities for improvement

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EvidenceNOW

Using external practice coaches to help primary care clinicians implement the best evidence into care

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Network of Patient Safety Databases

Providing non-identifiable patient safety data at the national level

Learning Health Systems

Learning Health Systems

Conducting research and provides training, tools, and data to help healthcare organizations improve care

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Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems

Surveying patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with healthcare

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Patient Safety Network

Providing the latest literature, news, and expert commentary on patient safety topics

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Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program

Helping clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety

Improving healthcare quality by providing the best available evidence on benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and services

Generating evidence reports on a wide spectrum of topics to inform clinician practice improvements, guide policymaking, and identify future research needs

Â鶹´«Ã½ our work at AHRQ

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. We accomplish our mission by focusing on our three core competencies.
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Health Systems Research
AHRQ invests in research that generates evidence about how to deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.
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Practice Improvement
AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and frontline clinicians deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.
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Data & Analytics
AHRQ data and analysis help healthcare decision makers understand how the US healthcare system is working and where there are opportunities for improvement.
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