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AHRQ Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care

Tools to help long-term care facilities protect residents’ skin and reduce the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms through four key strategies.

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AHRQ's Mission and Priorities

AHRQ commits to delivering results that matter to the public with research priorities.

AHRQ Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care

Tools to help long-term care facilities protect residents’ skin and reduce the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms through four key strategies.

Explore National Hospital Care Trends

HCUP offers the largest collection of hospital care data across states, including inpatient and emergency services.

See How Americans Use Health Care

MEPS tracks medical services, costs, and coverage for U.S. families and individuals.

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Impact Case Studies

Learn how AHRQ-funded findings, products and tools have impacted healthcare delivery

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AHRQ Research Studies

A compilation of research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.

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Featured Programs

AHRQ programs provide information and resources to help healthcare organizations and providers deliver safe, high-quality, and equitable care across all settings.

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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Making healthcare safer in all settings

Healthcare-Associated Infections

AHRQ funds research and provides tools to help healthcare teams understand and prevent healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance.

National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research

Supporting transformative primary care research, tools and methods to improve the delivery of primary care.

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Diagnostic Safety and Quality

Funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and how to prevent them.

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Data & Analytics

Providing data and analysis to help healthcare decision makers understand how the healthcare system is working and identify opportunities for improvement

Sepsis

AHRQ provides several resources to better understand and address sepsis, including an interactive data visualization examining the burden of sepsis nationally.

Digital Healthcare Research

Providing evidence on how digital healthcare can advance quality, safety, and efficiency for patients and their families

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EvidenceNOW

Using external practice coaches to help primary care clinicians implement the best evidence into care

Learning Health Systems

Conducting research and provides training, tools, and data to help healthcare organizations improve care

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Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems

Surveying patients to report on and evaluate their experiences with healthcare

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Patient Safety Network

Providing the latest literature, news, and expert commentary on patient safety topics

Effective Health Care Program

Improving healthcare quality by providing the best available evidence on benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and services

Evidence-based Practice Centers Program

Generating evidence reports on a wide spectrum of topics to inform clinician practice improvements, guide policymaking, and identify future research needs

About our work at AHRQ

The purpose of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health services, and access to such services through the establishment of a broad base of scientific research and through the promotion of improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.

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Health Systems Research

AHRQ invests in research that generates evidence about how to deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.

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Practice Improvement

AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and frontline clinicians deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.

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Data & Analytics

AHRQ data and analysis help healthcare decision makers understand how the US healthcare system is working and where there are opportunities for improvement.

FLU.GOV

Know what to do about the flu.

MyHealthfinder

Help your loved one stay safe at the hospital.

Healthy People 2030

The latest data related to disparities for the leading health indicators.

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