Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AdventHealth, a nonprofit health system based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, used AHRQ's climate change primer to reduce its carbon footprint. The result: as of June 2024, about 40% of all purchased electricity comes from wind power. By the end of 2025, AdventHealth's renewable energy portfolio will generate more electricity than all its facilities currently consume. A new AHRQ Impact Case Study has details. https://lnkd.in/gKJ9yajH

AHRQ will be at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting, Learn Serve Lead 2024, from November 8-12 in Atlanta! Visit us at Booth 602 to learn how AHRQ is advancing healthcare through data-driven research, innovative tools, and evidence-based strategies. Let's connect and discuss how we can work together to improve patient care, enhance safety, and support medical education. #AAMC24

A new AHRQ issue brief addresses urgent challenges encountered in U.S. rural healthcare to achieve diagnostic excellence, with a focus on enhancing surgical and specialty care, bolstering care coordination and screening patients for social determinants of health. The brief highlights the substantial impact of diagnostic errors in rural healthcare settings, emphasizes disparities in access to high-quality diagnostic care and underscores the importance of community engagement, regionalization and collaboration among interested parties. Access the new issue brief now. #HealthEquity https://bit.ly/40v5fxo

An estimated 60,000 U.S. women are affected each year by serious pregnancy-related complications. The crisis is particularly acute for Black women, Native women, and women in rural communities. AHRQ’s new Maternal Health Indicators (MHI) software module, currently in testing phase, allows state organizations, payers, researchers, healthcare providers and others to track maternal morbidity trends, develop improvement strategies, and conduct research using administrative data. The tool exemplifies AHRQ’s #MaternalHealth improvement efforts, which include data analyses and a toolkit to advance perinatal safety. Learn more in this new AHRQ Views blog post, authored by AHRQ Health Statistician Whitney Schott, Ph.D., and Judy George, Ph.D., program lead for AHRQ’s Quality Indicators Program. https://bit.ly/3AithBq

A webinar on November 14 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. ET will explore real-world case studies on implementing urinary incontinence management. The webinar from AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence initiative will highlight how two grantees implemented nonsurgical urinary incontinence interventions within #PrimaryCare settings, focusing on provider education, feedback loops, and workflow integration. Presenters will discuss the challenges and benefits of these approaches, as well as the publicly available tools and resources to enhance care and bridge the gap between evidence and practice. Register now. https://bit.ly/4f6wnaE

The National Advisory Council (NAC) for AHRQ will hold a hybrid meeting on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. E.T. The meeting will feature highlights from AHRQ Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., and updates on AHRQ’s Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF) Extension Program and the Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council (SNAC) National Action Alliance to Advance #PatientSafety. Members of the public and the media are invited to join the meeting virtually. https://bit.ly/3UGzz4O

New #AHRQ PSNet Innovation, “The Critical Radiology Alert Process,” is available. Check it out to see VUMC’s new process for catching and reporting incidental radiologic findings.#patientsafety https://lnkd.in/eWZg-3zb

The American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting in San Francisco, Nov. 9 to 13, will include 30 presentations or posters on AHRQ-funded research. AHRQ grantees will address topics ranging from optimizing artificial intelligence to advancing clinical decision support. AHRQ staff will moderate or participate in panel discussions on the 20th anniversary of AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research program, the future of healthcare informatics, digital healthcare equity, and efforts to reduce clinician burden. Access more information on AHRQ presentations. #AMIA2024 https://bit.ly/4eoORSG

From November 9-13, #AHRQ will be at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium in San Francisco! Come say hello at Booth 409 to discover our latest efforts in health informatics, AI-driven innovations, and data-driven research that are shaping the future of healthcare. Explore how AHRQ’s tools and resources can enhance research and patient safety in this rapidly evolving landscape. #AMIA2024

A webinar on Nov. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. ET will explore factors that contribute to burnout in healthcare organizations and highlight evidence-based interventions to address these challenges. Colin P. West, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Education at the Mayo Clinic, will share real-life stories that highlight worker experiences and the positive impact of strategies to reduce burnout. The webinar will be sponsored by the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety, a public-private collaboration established by AHRQ on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services. Register now for the webinar. #PatientSafety https://bit.ly/3JVNuy8