Take part in a national study to evaluate the impact of resources intended to help prevent diagnostic safety events. Diagnostic safety events are common and pervasive across all healthcare settings, ...

AHRQ's Healthcare Simulation Dictionary, Version 3.0 (PDF, 2 MB), includes 170 definitions of healthcare simulation terms ranging from “avatars” and “manikins” to “gamification” and “virtual reality.” ...

“Even when patients were very bothered by incontinence, neither they nor the provider brought it up during healthcare appointments. There is a missing link, and my AHRQ-funded study is helping to fill ...

An AHRQ-supported article in Health Affairs discusses the potential of biosimilar drugs to unlock lower drug prices for patients. Biosimilars are much more affordable versions of comparable brand-name ...

A new Special Emphasis Notice from AHRQ signals the agency’s interest in receiving health services research grant applications for addressing Emergency Department (ED) boarding and hospital crowding.

The environmental scan focused on identifying previous work that may be relevant to measuring the structures and processes surrounding effective clinical-community relationships for prevention. A ...

“It became remarkably apparent to me how critical nurses were in the delivery of patient care.” The COVID-19 public health emergency revealed many serious problems in the nation’s healthcare system.

A new Special Emphasis Notice from AHRQ signals the agency’s interest in receiving grant applications for health services research on improving the diagnosis, treatment, and management of ...

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

Guidelines summarizing evidence exist to help ensure that patients receive recommended interventions. In addition, consistent guideline adherence may significantly improve patient safety. However, ...

Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, AHRQ News Now will not publish again until Jan. 7. Black non-Hispanic women and Hispanic women both experienced a 43 percent increase in ...

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