Notice of Funding Opportunities. This document provides examples of how AHRQ is building the bridge between research and practice to achieve these goals:. Information about other U. Page last reviewed November Back to Top. Over the past 20 years, AHRQ has been an invaluable resource to all Americans who care about improving healthcare, providing the quality research and data that have helped Americans get more value from the healthcare they receive, and, ultimately, enjoy better health.
Thank you ResearchAmerica for your continued support and engagement! Research funded by AHRQ focuses on the delivery of effective and efficient medical care, and is essential in preventing dangerous and deadly medical errors, and promoting the right care at the right time in the right health care settings.
The agency provides research and data that is essential to delivering patients efficient, safe and effective treatments. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ is the federal agency charged with funding health services research, which seeks to rapidly translate discoveries from research into medical practice and improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health care.
Which of the following statements most accurately reflects your view? Source: A Research! America poll of U. However, the U. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ tackles this and other crucial health delivery challenges by funding health services research and disseminating information to ensure that all patients receive excellent evidence-based care. In the hands of AHRQ, databases and checklists are powerful tools that have saved both lives and money.
America is not the only organization celebrating its 30th anniversary in An agency within the U. In , Congress reauthorized the agency under a new name — AHRQ — allowing this important work to continue [3]. AHRQ creates materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals to put the results of research into practice.
AHRQ generates measures and data used by providers and policymakers. AHRQ invests in research on the Nation's health delivery system that goes beyond the "what" of health care to understand "how" to make health care safer and improve quality..
There aren't enough specialists to treat everyone who needs care, especially in rural and underserved communities. AHRQ funded an innovative model, called Project ECHO Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes , for training and supporting primary care clinicians in rural communities to provide specialized care for their patients.
This model has flourished, receiving ongoing funding from the State of New Mexico, spreading to other States, and expanding from its initial focus on hepatitis C into new clinical areas, including mental health and substance abuse, and HIV.
It has also been adopted by the Veterans Health Administration as a tool for expanding access to high-quality care for veterans across the country. AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge RED is a structured protocol and suite of implementation tools that helps hospitals rework their discharge processes to reduce readmissions by determining patients' needs and carefully designing and communicating discharge plans.
Hospitals using these tools have seen a 30 percent reduction in hospital readmissions and emergency rooms visits. AHRQ recently funded three Centers of Excellence to study how high-performing health care systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care.
Health systems in the United States vary tremendously in their ability to produce outcomes that patients care about, such as those for cardiovascular risk factors. However, we know very little about which systems are doing a good job, or about how those systems are achieving superior outcomes.
The AHRQ project will help close this research gap and produce information that can be used by health systems throughout the United States to improve patient outcomes.
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