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21. CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/index.html
    December 01, 2023 - At the same time, Americans are increasingly seeking out online reviews of health care services. … researchers found that patient comments have become the form of physician quality information that Americans … Americans' growing exposure to clinician quality information: Insights and implications.

22. Story Guides – Making Comparative Effectiveness Useful for Vulnerable Patients (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/allison.pdf
    December 19, 2014 - patient summaries on diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol control for Southern inner-city African-Americans

23. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Most Americans face challenges in finding, understanding, and using health information and services. … Healthy People 2030, the Nation's 10-year plan to improve the health of all Americans, recognized that

24. Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hard-questions-about-telehealth.html
    June 01, 2021 - In February 2020, just before the pandemic emerged, few Americans used telehealth regularly. … If we want telehealth to work for all Americans, we must make it so.

25. Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/addressing-historical-racism.html
    April 01, 2021 - to appropriate healthcare such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons; Asian Americans … reckoning on systemic racism and the harmful impacts it has had on the health and well-being of so many Americans

26. Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/opportunity-improve-healthcare.html
    May 01, 2022 - But these life-saving protections were often unavailable to elderly African Americans and Latinos who … President Biden supports AHRQ’s mission to transform our healthcare system to serve all Americans with

27. Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Among them: Americans are increasingly able and, in many instances, willing to engage in new activities … During the pandemic, Americans took to home-based care as never before in the form of remote medical

28. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hospice-care-ensure-quality.html
    December 01, 2022 - With the expanding patient population of older Americans, there is a dramatic rise in the need for hospice … As older Americans continue to rely on hospice for their end-of-life care, there needs to be a call to

29. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
    March 01, 2019 - Nationwide, only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy.1 That means almost 9 out of 10 Americans … Federal programs are working to ensure that all Americans always receive health-literate care, including

30. Using Comparative Effectiveness Reviews to Optimize Quality of Life for Persons with Diabetes and Chronic Pain (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/safford.pdf
    December 17, 2014 - Study Population African Americans Rural Health Condition Addressed Chronic Pain Diabetes Osteoarthritis

31. Sample Conference Grant Applications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans

32. Vanquishing Healthcare Disparities by Advancing Healthcare Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/vanquishing-healthcare-disparities.html
    November 01, 2023 - In response to the Biden-Harris Administration’s vision for ensuring equal opportunity for all Americans … to fund and disseminate research findings to address inequities and advance the well-being of all Americans

33. Long COVID is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/long-covid.html
    March 01, 2023 - According to a December 2022 survey, 14.4 percent of Americans believe they have or experienced Long … I firmly believe that a research-driven agenda committed to equity and restoring Americans’ trust can

34. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Cultivating Cultural Competence (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/cahps-strategy-6k.pdf
    August 01, 2017 - behavioral health practitioners with cultural backgrounds commonly requested by members, including African Americans … Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive African Americans … mentioned above, the health plan distributed written materials developed specifically for African Americans … materials included brochures on nutrition that were designed to be specifically relevant to African Americans … Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive African Americans

35. Strategy 6D: Internet Access for Health Information and Advice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6d-internet.html
    April 01, 2023 - Studies disagree on the number of Americans using the Internet for this purpose. … Older Americans and the Internet. Pew Internet and American Life Project. 25 March 2004. … Available at http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2004/Older-Americans-and-the-Internet.aspx .

36. Offices and Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - develop and disseminate the evidence, tools and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help Americans

37. Application and Dissemination of a Culture-Centered Approach to Tailoring Comparative Effectiveness Research Summaries (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/dutta.pdf
    December 19, 2014 - Effectiveness Research Summary Guides CERSGs) so that they impact selected target populations of African Americans

38. Primary Care Workforce Facts and Stats No. 1 (pdf file)
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/pcwork1.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - Of the nearly 956 million visits that Americans made to office-based physicians in 2008, 51.3% were

39. AHRQ Views: A Unique Effort To Advance Care for People Living With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/905.html
    March 01, 2024 - motor vehicular accidents in the disproportionate burden of childhood mortality among Blacks/African Americans … Explore Careers at AHRQ Join the team  that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing

40. AHRQ Signals Interest in Research To Improve Healthcare for People With Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    healthcare411.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/890.html
    November 01, 2023 - About 42.5 million Americans live with disabilities, according to 2021 U.S. … Explore Careers at AHRQ Join the team  that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing