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21. Presenting Facts and Addressing Misinformation to Increase Nursing Home Staff Confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccine (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/covid19-vaccine-confidence-curriculum-learning-guide-staff.pdf
    March 01, 2021 - African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans ARE/ARE NOT at higher risk for side effects … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans have the highest COVID-19 death rates … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans ARE/ARE NOT at higher risk for side effects … Americans. … African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, and Native Americans have the highest COVID- 19 death rates

22. Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/primary-care-research/summary.html
    January 01, 2024 - agenda for primary care research that envisaged safe, equitable, high-quality primary care for all Americans … have remained largely unchanged—how can we provide safe, equitable, high-quality primary care for all Americans

23. Well-Child Visits on the Rise, But Disturbing Gaps Remain for Underserved Populations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/828.html
    August 01, 2022 - Joe Biden’s Memorandum on Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 are now available to help Americans … It remains difficult to measure precisely, but an  estimated 7.7 to 23 million Americans have developed … Job Opportunities at AHRQ Join the team that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by investing

24. Department of Commerce Agency Uses MEPS for New Scrutiny of Health Care Spending | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201538.html
    January 01, 2016 - and individuals, their health care providers, and employers—collects data on the health services that Americans … The result is a detailed set of statistical analyses estimating how much Americans spend on health care

25. Biden Administration Tackles Financial Strains on Healthcare Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/financial-strains-healthcare.html
    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

26. AHRQ Research Training and Career Development Opportunities: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/trainover.html
    October 01, 2020 - AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans … development of new, talented health services researchers who can contribute to improving health care for all Americans

27. The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
    June 01, 2018 - "national commitment to the measurement, improvement, and maintenance of high-quality care for all Americans … Return to Contents   Introduction Millions of Americans receive high-quality health care services … Most Americans consider it very important to know how well their health plan cares for members who are … However, the vast majority of Americans did not see any information comparing the quality of health … Return to Contents   Evidence of Quality Problems While millions of Americans receive high-quality

28. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/index.html
    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

29. Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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.

30. Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

31. Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

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

33. Challenges and Opportunities in Home Health Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/home-health-quality-improvement.html
    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

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

35. Outcomes by HCBS Participant Characteristics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find5.html
    December 01, 2012 - Rates for a slight majority of outcome indicators are higher for African Americans than for other races … Similarly, in the I/DD subpopulation, differences between African Americans and whites are more pronounced … the overall HCBS indicators exhibit a general pattern of higher rates of adverse outcomes for African Americans … The pattern for African Americans is inconsistent across measures overall, but a higher percentage of … African Americans is associated with higher rates of most outcome measures in the I/DD subpopulation

36. Sample Conference Grant Applications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/funding/fund-opps/sample-applications.html
    December 01, 2022 - further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans

37. Vanquishing Healthcare Disparities by Advancing Healthcare Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

38. Long COVID is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

39. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Cultivating Cultural Competence (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

40. Strategy 6D: Internet Access for Health Information and Advice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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 .