The United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) was an online, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare-related metadata, specifications, and standards. USHIK contained ...

Welcome to the Toolkit for Improving Skin Care and MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care, developed in the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention. Effective infection prevention interventions in ...

Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (PDF, 11.1 MB) ...

Over the last decade, there has been a tremendous growth in user-generated content about healthcare experiences. At the same time, Americans are increasingly seeking out online reviews of health care ...

As stewards of taxpayer funds, AHRQ must deliver results that matter to the public. Today, I’m pleased to announce that AHRQ is moving toward a strategy that aligns our priorities and funding ...

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama in January 2009. Since that time, AHRQ and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in U.S. hospitals. This September, AHRQ is offering provider resources and data on the seriousness of sepsis during Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis is a ...

In 2021, AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) asked adults in rural and nonrural areas to describe medical care availability in their neighborhoods. About 17.7 percent of those in ...

In the United States, the cost of treating adults with heart disease totaled $100 billion in 2022. A new statistical brief from AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) presents data on the ...

Research has helped to establish effective diagnosis and treatment practices for child and adolescent mental health disorders, but gaps remain in patient-centered studies that explore “what is the ...

A new interactive tool from AHRQ allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore trends in hospital care for sepsis, a life-threatening condition that is among the most expensive to treat in ...

The rate of central-line associated bloodstream infections at any hospital type increased substantially between 2019 and 2021. Small hospitals saw an increase of 98.4 percent—the largest increase at ...