Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) news and information

Nearly 15 years after the patient-safety movement started, deaths and injuries from poor care continue to be all too common in U.S. hospitals. For example, studies show that between 21% and 63% of urinary catheters, which frequently cause painful infections...
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has a nifty online tool to help leaders of hospitals and physician groups, and other eligible professionals keep track of the meaningful-use criteria they must meet to qualify for the upcoming Stage 2 of the electronic health-record incentive payment...
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Richard Kronick, HHS' deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, has been named to succeed Dr. Carolyn Clancy as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The application of health information technology in primary-care settings can improve the quality of care, but it's no magic wand for quality improvement, according to a report on two dozen grant programs funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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ECRI Institute has received a five-year contract to continue operating and maintaining the National Guideline Clearinghouse and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. Its duties under the contract with HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will include implementing more rigorous...
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The American Hospital Association wrote to Modern Healthcare last week, “Leapfrog tool 'seriously flawed', unhappy with Leapfrog Group's calculator that helps purchasers identify the millions of dollars in...
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Much has changed in the years since the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, companion reports released in 1999 and 2001 that sounded the alarm about high rates of adverse events and the urgent need to adopt proven best practices in healthcare.
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HHS on Wednesday released enhanced standards to help health and healthcare organizations promote health equity, advance quality and remove disparities in healthcare. .
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a revised toolkit hospitals can use to lower their rates of preventable readmissions, particularly among patients with limited English proficiency and patients from diverse backgrounds. The Re-Engineered Discharge Toolkit is based on Project...
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a revised tool kit hospitals can use to lower their rates of preventable readmissions, particularly among patients with limited English proficiency and patients from diverse backgrounds.
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