This morning in an email to staff, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Acting Director Dr. Sharon Arnold announced that Mr. Gopal Khanna is joining the agency today as its new director.
Since members of Congress have been channeling much of their time energies toward the final fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill, appropriations will be the predominant focus of this week’s advocacy update – though I do have some news regarding possible changes coming to the National Institutes of Health’s grants policies as well!
The meeting brought together more than 1,200 attendees representing diverse perspectives on creating knowledge from data and pioneering innovations that drive health policy and practice.