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 ...

Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, AHRQ News Now will not publish again until Jan. 7. Black non-Hispanic women and Hispanic women both experienced a 43 percent increase in ...

Between 2016 and 2021, the rate of delivery stays with respiratory-related severe maternal morbidity (SMM) complications increased 137 percent, the rate of stays with renal-related SMM complications ...

Today, the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety (NAA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard, an online ...

The rate of severe maternal morbidity increased 40 percent between 2016 and 2021, from 72 cases for every 10,000-delivery hospital stays in 2016 to 101.1 per 10,000 in 2021. (Source: AHRQ Healthcare ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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