Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia, uses and contributes to the AHRQ Healthcare Simulation Dictionary, which international simulation experts developed to standardize the ...

The number of Americans treated for acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections decreased significantly from 33.2 million in 2016 to 17.9 million in 2020. (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced a new Challenge competition that is intended to demonstrate how the use of AHRQ’s patient safety tools has resulted in safer ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) relies on AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program systematic reviews to inform a number of guidelines advising best treatment practices for ...

Sierra Vista Hospital, an 11-bed critical access hospital in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, implemented practices from AHRQ’s Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections ...

Most hospitals adhere to nurse staffing guidelines, but gaps in staffing are reported more frequently at hospitals serving patients who have medical or obstetric complications, a new AHRQ-funded study ...

An estimated 8.1 percent of adults aged 18 years and older received heart disease treatment in 2020. That proportion was highest among those aged 65 and older at 23.9 percent, compared with 6.3 ...

Between 2008 and 2019, the percentage of mothers who were uninsured at the time of birth declined among women in two income groups: those in families that earned annual incomes between 0 and 138 ...

A mortality surveillance system established by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority identified more than six times the number of ...

Rural primary care practices in New Mexico have expanded on an AHRQ initiative to offer proven medication-assisted treatment to patients with opioid use disorder (MAT for OUD, or MOUD). With AHRQ ...

The Dayton (Ohio) Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center facility has adopted AHRQ’s SHARE Approach as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' national Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative to help ...

In 2020, among women living in the lowest-income areas, an average of 11 died for every 100,000 maternity admissions—more than twice the average of 5.1 deaths for every 100,000 maternity admissions ...