July is National #MinorityMentalHealthMonth. At AHRQ, we recognize the unique challenges faced by minority communities in accessing mental health care. We're dedicated to advancing research and resources to improve mental health services and outcomes for all. Let's work together to break down barriers and promote equity in mental health care. Learn more about our efforts and join us in making a difference.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Hospitals and Health Care
Rockville, MD 49,563 followers
About us
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. For further information go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/
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http://www.ahrq.gov
External link for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Rockville, MD
- Type
- Government Agency
- Specialties
- Health Care Quality Improvement, Health IT, Evidence-Based Medicine, Prevention, Health Care Data, Patient-Centered Care, and Patient Safety
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5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857, US
Employees at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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AHRQ grantee Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., is working to identify and prevent medication prescribing errors, such as prescribing two or more medications that interact badly with each other. Find out how she is using information technology to alert clinicians to potential allergy and drug-drug interactions. Our latest AHRQ grantee profile has details. #PatientSafety https://lnkd.in/gjMh2Kgr
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AHRQ is seeking scientific information submissions to inform our review on "Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review." We invite the public to contribute both published and unpublished data to enhance the quality of our review. Submissions are due by August 1. Your input is crucial in advancing our understanding and improving #MentalHealth outcomes. https://bit.ly/4cOMo3o
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How can EHRs enhance #diagnostic accuracy? Explore the role of the electronic health record in improving patient outcomes in a new #AHRQ Issue Brief https://lnkd.in/e-w5TUg5
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The Landscape Assessment on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Scale Patient-centered Clinical Decision Support (PC CDS) provides an overview of current approaches for using AI to scale PC CDS, outlines existing challenges, and highlights promising practices to ensure #PatientSafety and privacy. Developed by the AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC), the report provides key findings relative to the PC CDS scaling dimensions, such as automating processes, facilitating technical development and support, supporting cognitive processes and decision making, and facilitating sharing and replication of PC CDS. https://lnkd.in/e7DdrWC8
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The AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (CDSiC) Taxonomy of Override Reasons for PC CDS Recommendations provides a first-of-its-kind framework for analyzing #patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) overrides. The taxonomy can be used to analyze reasons expressed by PC CDS recipients for not accepting PC CDS guidance and is particularly suited to facilitating comparison of overrides of PC CDS recommendations and alerts across different institutions to share lessons learned. Learn more. https://lnkd.in/eNdb53Dq
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An AHRQ-funded study published in Physiological Measurement concluded that a predictive analytics tool called CoMET, developed five years before the COVID-19 pandemic, was very accurate in predicting which patients declined in the hospital during the pandemic. Tested in a randomized controlled trial with more than 10,000 #patient visits, the tool accurately predicted significant health declines, primarily due to respiratory issues. The study found that the tool's predictions remained accurate despite changes in clinical practices over time, including during the pandemic. The analysis underscores the importance of real-world validation for predictive models, researchers concluded. https://lnkd.in/e98arV4r
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AHRQ is at the National Black Nurses Association Annual Conference in San Francisco! If you’re here, come by Booth 603 to learn about our many resources for nurses, like this study on Best Practices for Telehealth in Nurse-Led Care Settings. We’re committed to helping nurses provide the best #PatientCare with evidence-based research and resources. https://bit.ly/4d7iIPm
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While we typically think of patient safety from a clinical care delivery standpoint, health plans have a unique role in addressing patient safety. Learn more about the health plan’s role in improving patient safety in this month’s #AHRQ PSNet Perspective. https://bit.ly/3Lr3qc6
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Dive into #AHRQ's latest issue brief on Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on #Diagnostic Safety https://lnkd.in/e-w5TUg5
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