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AHRQ in Your Community: How National Investments Improve Local Health Care

AHRQ's research and implementation support improves the health of all communities. Given the recent changes and reductions in force at HHS, it is imperative that the work to improve care at the local level continues.

Posted Apr 8, 2025 By Jaime Adler, M.S., M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care Access to Care

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Aging Network Overhaul: How the Older Americans Act Final Rule is Making a Difference

The Older Americans Act is having a profound effect on agencies that serve older adults.

Posted Apr 7, 2025 By Lance Robertson, Amy Riedesel

Topics Delivering Better Care Quality Improvement

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Bridging the Gap: AHRQ’s Role in Rural Health Care Access Amid Hospital Closures

AHRQ pioneers initiatives that break down barriers to care and improve health for rural Americans. Given the recent announcement on the reorganization of HHS, we’re highlighting AHRQ’s crucial role in rural health care.

Posted Apr 2, 2025 By Marley Catlett, M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Public & Population Health Delivering Better Care Access to Care

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The Actual Efficient Agency and Eliminator of Waste: Why AHRQ is a Smart Investment and Should Continue to be Funded Despite Reorganization

As the Department of Health and Human Services faces mass reorganization, protecting AHRQ is not only essential but a good return on investment.

Posted Apr 1, 2025 By Josie Fermin

Topics Costs & Payments Delivering Better Care

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More than a Funder: AHRQ’s Role as a Catalyst for Health System Transformation, Innovation, and Improvement

AHRQ helps us keep pace with change, by making sure clinical research has real-world impact. Given yesterday’s HHS reorganization announcement, we’re highlighting the agency’s impact on HSR and health systems.

Posted Mar 28, 2025 By Rachel Dungan, M.S.S.P.

Topics Translation, Dissemination & Implementation HSR Resources & Methods Delivering Better Care Using Health Data Paying for Care

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AI Revolution in Health Services: Transformative Tools for Better Outcomes

Dr. Philip Payne and Dr. Aditi Gupta offer a resource aimed at equipping health services researchers with the knowledge and capabilities to effectively utilize AI’s advantages.

Posted Mar 28, 2025

Topics HSR Resources & Methods Using Health Data Delivering Better Care

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AcademyHealth's Strategic Plan 2025-2030

Approved by the AcademyHealth Board of Directors in March 2025, this five-year strategic plan reaffirms the organization’s existing mission, vision, and values, introducing three key focus areas to achieve a newly devised outcome statement.

Posted Mar 24, 2025

Topics HSR Resources & Methods HSR Workforce Development Building Healthy Communities Delivering Better Care

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What's in a name? For the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, it’s Everything

In response to possible reorganization at the Department of Health and Human Services, it’s imperative to acknowledge AHRQ’s essential role in the delivery of high value, high quality care for all Americans.

Posted Mar 24, 2025 By Megan Collado, M.P.H.

Topics Building Healthy Communities Paying for Care Delivering Better Care

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Immigrant Inequities in Uninsurance and Postpartum Medicaid Extension: A Quasi-Experimental Study in New York City, 2016–2021

Researchers determine if de facto postpartum Medicaid extension during the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) reduced immigrant versus US-born inequities in uninsurance.

Posted Feb 27, 2025

Topics Delivering Better Care Hospitals & Health Systems Access to Care

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Secretary Kennedy: You Cannot Spell MAHA Without AHRQ

Newly sworn-in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has prioritized Making America Healthy Again. AHRQ’s proven track record in improving health outcomes makes it an essential tool for achieving his vision.

Posted Feb 20, 2025 By Madison Haiman, M.S.W., Josh Caplan, M.A., M.P.P.

Topics Advocacy Delivering Better Care