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1. During National Primary Care Week, AHRQ Celebrates the Tradition of Primary Care Practices Delivering Whole-Person Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - to the nation’s primary care practices for their unique and critical contributions in caring for all Americans … AHRQ looks forward to future advances as primary care practices build upon their tradition as Americans … At AHRQ, we work towards a future where all Americans receive high-quality, whole-person care that is

2. With New Funds Proposed for 2024, AHRQ is Poised to Tackle Critical Healthcare Challenges | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2023 - reducing fragmentation and realigning incentives, which can improve the quality of care provided to all Americans … much-needed diagnostic safety research to prevent errors and delays in diagnosis, which affect 12 million Americans … his budget press conference , “Our charge is to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans … part of that charge, we are committed to advancing equity in health and human services so that all Americans

3. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2023 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) MEPS is the only national data source measuring how Americans … from families and individuals that provides timely, comprehensive information on the health status of Americans

4. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans … tools, and support to over 5,000 primary care physicians that will improve the care for over 8 million Americans … that hospitalization rates more than doubled between 1993 and 2012, when there were more than 700,000 Americans

5. Health Services and Primary Care Research Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2021 - learning health system models, and find new approaches to dissemination to improve healthcare for all Americans … in patients’ lives and is vital for improving the quality, safety, and value of healthcare for all Americans … and PCR across the Federal enterprise in order to achieve our goal of improving healthcare for all Americans

6. AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Trends | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2023 - Department and Inpatient Visits for COVID-19 in 2020 In 2020, 32.5 percent of Black non-Hispanic Americans … stay, significantly higher than the 17.1 percent and 17.2 percent of White non-Hispanic and Hispanic Americans … Explore Careers at AHRQ Join the team  that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing

7. Recent National Quality Strategy (NQS) Webinars | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2017 - Office of Personnel Management shared their tailored approaches to improving health care quality for all Americans … , Federal, State, and private-sector stakeholders to improve health and health care quality for all Americans

8. Strategy 6K: Cultivating Cultural Competence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2020 - behavioral health practitioners with cultural backgrounds commonly requested by members, including African Americans … program 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 … Competent Disease Management Improves Self-Monitoring and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive African Americans

9. Biden Administration Tackles Financial Strains on Healthcare Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2023 - Americans have long been facing a healthcare affordability crisis. … recent article published in Health Affairs , AHRQ researchers highlighted the financial pressures Americans

10. CAHPS Patient Narrative Item Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

11. Multiple Chronic Conditions Chartbook (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - In fact, 31.5% of all Americans, almost a third of the population, are now living with multiple chronic … Percentage of All Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions – 2010 DATA HIGHLIGHT In 2010, over a … Americans had multiple chronic conditions. … Chronic Conditions Chartbook: 2010 MEPS Data | 5 Percent of All Americans with Chronic Conditions … Percent of All Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions, by Age Group – 2010 DATA HIGHLIGHTS The

12. 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

13. Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

14. 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

15. Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

16. For Hospice Care, a Pressing Need to Ensure Quality for Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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

17. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
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    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

18. 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2022 - effectively the healthcare delivery system provides safe, high-quality, and equitable care to all Americans … Portrait of American Healthcare: Key Findings Demographics • The median age of Americans increased … Census, 86.1% of Americans lived in metropolitan counties compared with 85.0% recorded in the 2010 Census … Many Americans cannot afford dental care due to health insurance plans that “carve out” separate coverage … Personal spending for healthcare services has increased for the most well-off Americans.

19. 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

20. Vanquishing Healthcare Disparities by Advancing Healthcare Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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