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.

“It became remarkably apparent to me how critical nurses were in the delivery of patient care.” The COVID-19 public health ...

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 ...

December 12, 2023 First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States ...

Although patients are far more informed than they were even 20 or 30 years ago, some people express frustration and dissatisfaction with their care because they do not feel like they have adequate (if ...

The new third edition of AHRQ's Healthcare Simulation Dictionary (PDF, 1.8 MB) includes 170 definitions of terms ranging from “avatars” and “manikins” to “gamification” and “virtual reality.” ...

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced "H-Cup") is a family of databases, software tools and related products developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and ...

Health care delivery systems throughout the United States are employing the triple aim (improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing per capita costs of health ...

Because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure ulcer prevention require a system approach that will involve organizational change. Bringing about organizational change of any type ...

The first step in studying health systems is to develop a definition of what constitutes a "health system," which is expected to evolve over time. Below, each Center of Excellence has contributed its ...

The Institute of Medicine defines health care quality as "the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent ...