In 2021, AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) asked adults in rural and nonrural areas to describe medical care availability in their neighborhoods. About 17.7 percent of those in ...

Contents Summary Speakers Slides and Recording Summary This webcast provided an overview of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) and how the AHRQ ...

2E: Assessing Screening for Pressure Ulcer Risk Background: The purpose of this tool is to determine if your facility has a process to screen patients for pressure ulcer risk. The tool is one of a ...

A warm handoff is a transfer of care between two members of the health care team, where the handoff occurs in front of the patient and family. This transparent handoff of care allows patients and ...

Patients are at higher risk of excessive bleeding when taking both blood thinners and aspirin together, according to an AHRQ-funded study published in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.

Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement Press Release Date: July 12, 2022 ...

New Dashboard to Track Progress Toward 50 Percent Reduction in Patient and Workforce Harm Press Release Date: December 5, 2024 ...

New research examines evidence-based practice to improve clinical decision making for patients with alcohol use disorder. An updated systematic review published today in The Journal of the American ...

The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased from 1.8 million in 2016 to 2.5 million in 2021, with a faster rate of increase ...

Findings inform distributional cost-benefit analyses for tobacco control policies and related research. In first-of-its-kind research to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the medical costs of ...

Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., internationally recognized expert in health services research, the U.S. healthcare system, and health policy analysis, has been named AHRQ’s new director. Dr.

In 2021, 15.5 percent of current smokers reported transportation issues that resulted in difficulties accessing daily living needs. People with chronic conditions reported similar reliability ...