AHRQ Views: Blog Archive

AHRQ leaders wrote blog posts drawn from Agency data and research to explore changes in the U.S. health system. These blog posts examined how AHRQ-supported evidence made health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.

2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

2020

Date	Title
12/15/20	Expanding Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19
12/2/20	AHRQ and Google Partner to Help Patients Plan for Medical Visits
11/24/20	Re-imagining AHRQ’s Insight Platform
11/2/20	Diagnostic Safety in the COVID Era: Let’s Not Squander the Opportunity
10/22/20	A Year in the Life of Digital Healthcare Research: New Findings from AHRQ’s DHR Program
10/14/20	Organizational Health Literacy More Essential than Ever for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease
10/7/20	CAHPS®: 25 Years of Putting the Patient First
10/5/20	AHRQ Launches Network to Prevent COVID-19 in Nursing Homes Nationwide
9/14/20	New Patient Safety Action Plan Underscores Need to Keep Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe
8/31/20	New Research Shows Promise of Telehealth in Treating Opioid Use Disorder
8/7/20	Using Telemedicine To Make Accurate, Timely Diagnoses: What We Still Need To Learn
7/31/20	New Advances in Collecting and Using Patient-Reported Outcome Data
7/28/20	AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting: Virtual, but Vital as Ever
7/1/20	Expanding Telehealth and Telementoring During COVID-19: AHRQ’s Expertise Helps Identify Next Steps
6/30/20	Maximizing the Impact of Federally Funded Health Services Research and Primary Care Research
6/2/20	AHRQ’s Signature Data Resources Poised to Inform the Battle against COVID-19
5/18/20	Apply TeamSTEPPS Approaches During COVID-19 Treatment to Keep Patients Safe
5/12/20	AHRQ’s COVID-19 Resources Provide Critical Support for Healthcare Professionals
4/15/20	Rising to the Historic Challenges of COVID-19
3/12/20	Rethinking the Role of Primary Care in Reducing Hospital Readmissions
3/11/20	AHRQ’s Making Healthcare Safer III Report: A New Milestone in Support of Patient Safety
2/28/20	Doubling Down on Primary Care’s Campaign Against Heart Disease
2/13/20	Laying the Groundwork for Better Heart Health in 2020 and Beyond
2/11/20	AHRQ Challenge Competitions: The Entrepreneurial Spirit at Work
2/6/20	New AHRQ How-To Guide Helps Primary Care Practices Manage Patients Taking Opioids
1/14/20	AHRQ Advances New Frontiers in Digital Healthcare

2019

Date	Title
11/20/19	AHRQ at 20, AHRQ in 20: Looking Back to Look Ahead
11/14/19	Using Antibiotics Safely in Hospitals: Then, Now, and Beyond
10/10/19	Empowering Primary Care Using Data and Analytics to Build a Healthier America
9/23/19	After 20 Years of Improving America’s Healthcare, AHRQ Makes Bold Plans for Future Successes
9/19/19	AHRQ Advances Pain Management Through Greater Use of Digital Technology
9/16/19	AHRQ Measures Americans’ Healthcare Spending by Going Door to Door
8/29/19	Innovations to Foster Evidence-based Care in Learning Health Systems: Ideas from the AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Centers
8/26/19	Facilitating Transformational Change in Primary Care
8/19/19	AHRQ Social Determinants of Health Challenge Enters Exciting Second Phase!
6/13/19	Improving Diagnosis: A Vital Patient Safety Frontier
5/31/19	Joining AcademyHealth in Advancing Better Healthcare for All Americans
5/23/19	Enhancing the Use of Evidence with Interoperable Clinical Decision Support
5/22/19	Promoting Change Through Learning: AHRQ Builds Momentum for Learning Health Systems
5/20/19	Using AHRQ’s Data Analytics to Understand Today’s Critical Healthcare Issues
5/10/19	Learning While Caring: Advancing Patient-Centered Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions
5/6/19	AHRQ’s Road Ahead: Seizing Opportunities in Three Essential Areas to Improve Patient Care
4/17/19	With New Challenge Competition, AHRQ Asks Innovators for a Tool to Forecast the Future
4/8/19	Updates to AHRQ Compendium Show Health Systems’ Growing Participation in Accountable Care Organizations
4/1/19	With New QuestionBuilder App AHRQ Takes Exciting Step Forward in Digital Healthcare
3/25/19	With Increased Funding, AHRQ To Explore Scope and Causes of Diagnostic Errors
3/15/19	AHRQ’s New Question Builder App Helps Engage Patients and Caregivers in Healthcare Teams
3/11/19	Advancing Patient Safety Beyond the Hospital
2/26/19	Step by Step, Improving Heart Health in America
2/12/19	The Promise of Electronic Health Records: Are We There Yet?
2/1/19	AHRQ’s Commitment to Meeting Unmet Needs in the Healthcare System
1/18/19	AHRQ in 2018: Laying Essential Groundwork for Improved Healthcare Quality, Better Value

2018

Date	Title
12/10/18	Now Online from AHRQ—Evidence-Based Tools for Improving Primary Care
12/3/18	Advancing the Science of Moving Research into Practice
11/13/18	Keeping AHRQ’s Focus on Patients in a Rapidly Evolving Digital World
11/1/18	Taking a Deep Data Dive into Health Insurance Coverage
10/29/18	AHRQ Step Up Challenge: With First-Phase Winners Identified, the Competition Intensifies!
10/23/18	A Fresh Look at the Data Shows Patient Safety Improving Overall, With Improvement Still Needed in Many Areas
10/12/18	Seeking Applications to Curb the Public Health Impact of Unhealthy Alcohol Use
10/5/18	Caring for the Healers
10/3/18	An Exciting Step Forward: New Support for the Next Generation of Learning-Health-System Researchers
9/26/18	Preventing One Million Heart Attacks and Strokes: Start With the ABCS
9/24/18	State Snapshots Provide a Fresh Look at State-Specific Health Care Quality Trends
9/20/18	Pulling Back the Curtain on the Casualties of Today's Opioids Crisis
9/14/18	Apply by September 24 for AHRQ’s New App Development Challenge!
9/11/18	Realizing Simulation’s Potential to Improve Health Care Delivery
9/6/18	It's That Time of Year: AHRQ Seeks Topic Suggestions for Future Evidence Reviews
8/13/18	New App Development Challenge Advances Care Through Patient Self-Assessments
7/18/18	A Tip of the Cap to Researchers' Outstanding Use of AHRQ Data
6/28/18	At New Steering Committee, a Revitalized Commitment to Patient Safety
6/27/18	AcademyHealth ARM and AHRQ: Finding Innovative Solutions To Better Understand, Implement Research
6/25/18	Developing a Health Services Research Agenda To Combat the Opioid Crisis
6/21/18	The Future of HSR: Beginning a Dialog with the Field
6/19/18	Shifting Focus: Non-Opioid Strategies For Chronic Pain
6/7/18	One Clear Path to Better Health: Wider Participation in Preventive Services
5/24/18	Looking Ahead: Continuing To Build AHRQ's Future
5/11/18	AHRQ Employees Exemplify Public Service
5/7/18	Today’s Nurses: Poised to Fill Needs in Primary Care
5/1/18	AHRQ Dives Into a Dialogue With Health Data Community
4/24/18	AHRQ Keeps Working To Reduce Health Disparities
4/19/18	Engage With AHRQ at the 2018 Health Datapalooza Conference
4/13/18	Evaluating New Evidence to Improve Asthma Care and Quality of Life
4/10/18	Research from AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative Sets the Stage for Advances in Primary Care
3/29/18	Learning Health Systems: Continuing The Conversation
3/22/18	Digging Into County-Level Hospital Statistics To Understand the Impact of Opioids
3/19/18	Bringing the Patient Voice to Evidence Generation: Patient Engagement in Disease Registries
3/15/18	New Tools for Ambulatory Patient Safety
3/12/18	Patient Safety: Distinct Roles, One Goal
3/7/18	Building a Future for Shared Clinical Decision Support
2/28/18	Waging the Battle Against Adverse Drug Events
2/14/18	AHRQ Stands Ready To Assist Secretary Azar in the Fight Against Opioid Epidemic
2/8/18	AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative: Reducing Primary Care Patients’ Risk of Heart Attacks
2/6/18	Innovation and the Search for Health Care's Tipping Point
2/1/18	Embracing Evidence as a Central Strategy to Tackling Childhood Mental Illness
1/17/18	From Hype to Reality: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Transform Health and Healthcare
1/8/18	AHRQ Intensifies the Battle Against Opioid Misuse in 2017, Commits to More Progress in 2018

2017

Date	Title
11/21/17	AHRQ 2.0: The Importance of Data-Informed Insights
11/13/17	Antibiotic Awareness Week: Why It Matters
11/2/17	Taking a Closer Look—State-by-State—at Health Care Quality
10/31/17	Joining the Battle Against Opioid Addiction in Rural Communities
10/23/17	Funding the Next Generation of Learning-Health-System Researchers
10/19/17	AHRQ's Ongoing Support for the Fight Against Breast Cancer
10/17/17	AHRQ 2.0: Strategies for Creating Value in the Digital Age
9/29/17	Widening the Circle of Support for Learning Health Systems
9/26/17	A New Era for TeamSTEPPS
9/21/17	AHRQ's Role in Combating Obesity
9/18/17	Addressing Complexity: The AHRQ Series on Complex Interventions
9/14/17	With AHRQ’s New Compendium, Researchers and Policymakers Gain Fresh Insights into Nation’s Health Systems
9/11/17	Healthcare Simulation Research Helps Lower Risks, Keep Patients Safer
8/30/17	Pulling Together In a Time of Need
8/23/17	Providing a State-by-State Picture of the Nation's Opioids Crisis
8/15/17	The Data Are In: Health Care Quality Continues to Improve, But Disparities Persist
8/7/17	AHRQ 2.0: Reimagining Our Path to Better and Safer Health Care
7/24/17	Combatting the Burnout Epidemic
7/21/17	Improving Antibiotic Use: Helping Health Care Professionals Preserve Life-Saving Treatments for Tomorrow and Beyond
7/11/17	AHRQ and the National Academy of Medicine: A Shared Enthusiasm for Learning Health Systems
6/27/17	Next Steps to Improving Diagnostic Safety
6/23/17	Change and the Road Ahead for AHRQ
6/20/17	Shining a Spotlight on the Opioid Crisis Through the Power of Data
6/8/17	Momentum Is Building for Health Systems That "Learn"
5/26/17	Helping Families Navigate the Challenges of Autism
5/17/17	Providing The Tools To Improve Women's Health Care
5/9/17	Embracing the Joy in Nursing
5/3/17	New Toolkit Extends Proven Safety Measures to Ambulatory Surgery Centers
4/27/17	Health Datapalooza: That's Our Kind of Party!
4/20/17	Supporting Internists in Improving Primary Care
4/6/17	AHRQ Works for Public Health
3/16/17	Helping Hospitals Improve the Safety of Patients Undergoing Surgery
3/15/17	Health IT’s Role in Patient Safety, Patient-centered Care, and Learning Health Systems
3/14/17	Help for Nursing Homes in Fighting HAIs
3/13/17	AHRQ and NPSF: #UnitedforPatientSafety
2/21/17	AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Putting Heart Health into Practice
1/18/17	Bringing Moneyball to Medicine
1/12/17	You’re Invited: Join Our Conversation about Learning Health Care Systems

2016

Date	Title
12/15/16	AHRQ Data Prove What Every Hospital Knows: Opioid Stays Are Going Up
12/12/16	We're Keeping Score: Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions
12/2/16	AHRQ’s Role in Improving Care for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
11/14/16	Supporting Learning Health Systems
11/1/16	AHRQ’s Simulation Dictionary: A New Tool To Support Patient Safety Efforts
10/27/16	It’s Prime Time for Nursing Homes: New AHRQ Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Available
10/26/16	AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System
10/25/16	New System Aims To Improve Patient Safety Monitoring
10/19/16	Taking Steps To Protect Safety in Ambulatory Care
10/13/16	World Thrombosis Day: An Ideal Time to Use AHRQ Tools to Help Prevent Blood Clots
10/11/16	AHRQ Acknowledges 50 Years of Accomplishments by the Nation’s Physician Assistants
10/6/16	Improving Diagnosis: Patient Safety’s Next Great Frontier
9/30/16	Working To Prevent and Eliminate MRSA Infections
9/29/16	Comparing Health Systems: AHRQ’s Signature Effort To Improve Patient Care
9/27/16	Making Care Transitions Safer: The Pivotal Role of Nurses
9/14/16	Moving Evidence Into Practice by Innovating Care Delivery
9/7/16	AHRQ’s Unique Role in Developing Surveys to Measure Patients’ Experience With Their Health Care
9/6/16	AHRQ Summit to Highlight Challenges, Strategies to Improving Diagnostic Safety
8/22/16	Create Positive Change—Lead From the Middle
7/26/16	Emerging Infections: A National Patient Safety Challenge
7/F19/16	Evidence in Action: AHRQ Reports Adding to the Momentum for Evidence-Based Care
6/28/16	AHRQ Dissemination and Implementation Initiative Demonstrates Ongoing Importance of PCOR
6/24/16	Preparing for the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting—And the Future of Health Services Research
5/23/16	CANDOR and the Importance of Honesty
5/20/16	Working Together to Tackle Health Care’s "Voltage Drops"
5/19/16	Health Datapalooza Highlights Key Challenges for Ongoing Research
5/17/16	Pilot Testing Patient Reporting of Safety Events from the Patient and Family Perspective
5/12/16	AHRQ Research Advances Shared Decisionmaking Strategies for Ethnic Minority LGBT Populations
5/11/16	AHRQ Supports Hospitals As They Make Care Safer
5/10/16	New Decision Aids Support Shared Decisionmaking for Lung Cancer Screening
5/9/16	AHRQ Leads Efforts to Prevent Nursing Home Pressure Ulcers
5/6/16	Strengthening AHRQ’s Role in Preventing Medical Errors
5/2/16	AHRQ Report Shows Gains in Access to and Affordability of Health Insurance
4/18/16	AHRQ Supports 21st Century Primary Caring
4/8/16	AHRQ Research Advances New Approaches to Public Reporting
4/5/16	AHRQ’s Ongoing Contribution to Improving Public Health
3/15/16	Bridging Efforts to Improve Patient Safety and Public Health
3/14/16	Making Primary Care Safer with TeamSTEPPS® for Office-Based Care
3/8/16	New Models Shift Focus to Paying for Quality of Care
2/26/16	The Patient Safety Landscape: How Patient Safety Organizations Are Leading the Charge To Improve Care
2/25/16	Leaving AHRQ With Pride in its Successful Efforts to Improve American Health Care
2/22/16	Mastectomies, Especially Double Mastectomies, On the Rise
2/18/16	Putting Our Heart into Improving Heart Health
2/9/16	Can Electronic Health Records Prevent Harm to Patients?
2/1/16	EvidenceNOW: Helping Primary Care Offices Keep Their Resolutions To Put Evidence Into Practice
1/5/16	Changes in Work Hours and Employer Insurance Not Borne Out

2015

Date	Title
12/28/2015	AHRQ Provides Evidence on Drugs in CMS Dashboard
12/03/2015	Sustained Efforts Continue Drop in National Rate of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
11/20/2015	New AHRQ Database Tracks Hospital Readmission Rates
10/09/2015	U.S. Hospital-Acquired Conditions Drop by 17 Percent Over Three Years: Progress Made; Work Remains
10/02/2015	AHRQ: Making Health Care Safer and Higher Quality for Every American
9/24/2015	New Coalition Broadens Efforts to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
9/23/2015	New Report Outlines Goals and Recommendations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors
9/18/2015	AHRQ Raises Budget Cap for Large Grants
9/11/2015	Opioids Take Increasing Toll on Mothers and Newborns
9/03/2015	Challenges, Promises for Health Care Quality Measurement
8/12/2015	AHRQ Data Show Regional Variations in Employer Health Insurance
7/23/2015	A New Tool to Analyze Hospital Discharge Data
6/16/2015	New AHRQ-funded Centers to Study Health Systems' Efforts to Disseminate PCOR
4/30/2015	Patient Safety Measures and Safety Culture Improving, but Gaps Remain
4/20/2015	New AHRQ Report Shows Patient Safety and Access Improvements, but Disparities Remain
3/17/2015	AHRQ Issue Brief Shows How Simulation Can Help Protect Ebola Patients, Health Care Workers
3/11/2015	Fewer Young Adults Rely on the Emergency Department for Routine Care

2014

Date	Title
12/15/2014	AHRQ Data and New Guide Highlight Need To Reduce Medicaid Readmissions
12/02/2014	AHRQ Data Show HAC Rate Continues To Decline
10/20/2014	Measuring Coding Intensity in the Medicare Advantage Program
10/09/2014	AHRQ Data Reveal Wider Impact of Opioid Overuse
8/28/2014	Insurance Coverage Data Creates Baseline for Affordable Care Act's Impact

Internet Citation: AHRQ Views: Blog Archive. Content last reviewed January 2019. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/index.html