Prevention TaskForce, an app from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, is available to help healthcare professionals identify which screenings, counseling interventions and preventive medications ...

Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action, a new issue brief from AHRQ, addresses urgent challenges encountered in U.S. rural healthcare to achieve diagnostic excellence, with a ...

In recent days, we at AHRQ have been excited by the enthusiastic response to a Notice of Funding Opportunity that invites ...

An updated Maternal Health Chartbook (PDF, 5 MB) from AHRQ provides data from 2010 through 2019 on key trends in delivery stays with coexisting conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, mental health ...

The in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis stays that did not involve COVID-19 increased by 37.3 percent between 2019 and 2021 at private, for-profit rural hospitals. Mortality rates at private, ...

State grantees and Abt evaluation team to share lessons learned. Breakout sessions and large group discussion. The meeting is designed for in-person discussion. Virtual participants will be listen-in ...

Porcha Carter - In the role of Director of Community Partnerships, Porcha leads the community models in UnitedHealth Group’s Community Strategy portfolio. She is responsible for establishing, growing, ...

Jay Crosson welcomed the group, thanking everyone for their attendance. Each person in the room introduced themselves, sharing their name, location, and organization. Jay then went over the agenda for ...

The resources in this section are designed to provide comprehensive guidance for healthcare that are considering or planning a decolonization program. These resources cover essential steps, from ...

Below are sample protocols for skin decolonization with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and nasal decolonization with mupirocin or iodophor. Multiple methods for CHG decolonization and nasal ...

The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework is a proven method to address patient safety and quality improvement issues. The key to CUSP’s success is that it starts with the frontline ...

On September 26, 2024, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) held the Building State Cooperatives for Healthcare Improvement meeting to identify the key components and processes needed ...