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Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
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Agency Information

About AHRQ

AHRQ: Reauthorization Fact Sheet
AHRQ Profile: Quality Research for Quality Healthcare
What Is AHRQ (PDF File, 215 KB; PDF Help)
Quality Research for Quality Health Care (PDF File, 572 KB; PDF Help)
A Call for Partners: Opportunities for Collaboration
Interviews, Speeches, and Testimony

Articles of Interest Alert

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Organization

Offices and Centers
Key Contacts
Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Director
Map and Directions to AHRQ
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
Biographies: Members of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Performance Plans

Strategic Plan
Performance Plans for FY 2004 and 2005 and Performance Report for FY 2003
Performance Plans for FY 2003 and 2004 and Performance Report for FY 2002

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Budget Information

Fiscal Year 2009

Budget Justification

Fiscal Year 2008

Budget Justification

Fiscal Year 2007

Budget Justification

Fiscal Year 2006

Budget Justification

Fiscal Year 2005

Budget Justification
Testimony on Budget Request

Fiscal Year 2004

Annual Report
Budget Justification
Testimony on Budget Request

Fiscal Year 2003

Annual Report
Budget in Brief
Justification of Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees
Slide Presentation (PowerPoint® file, 156 KB, HTML)

Fiscal Year 2002

Annual Report
Budget in Brief
Justification of Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees

Fiscal Year 2001

Annual Report
Budget in Brief
Justification of Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees, Fiscal Year 2001

Fiscal Year 2000

Justification of Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees, Fiscal Year 2000

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Conference Presentations


AHRQ 2007 Annual ConferenceNew!
September 26-28, 2007

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Research Findings


Agency Press Releases
Date   Title
3/17/08 HHS Secretary Appoints New Members to AHRQ National Advisory Council
3/13/08 AHRQ Awards $5 Million To Help Integrate Clinical Decision Support Technologies into Health Care Delivery

Research Activities, June 2008:
AHRQ and the Ad Council encourage men to take preventive steps in their health care

Research Activities, May 2008:
AHRQ's 2007 State Snapshots provide broader portraits of State-by-State health care performance
AHRQ and Ad Council encourage Hispanics to become more involved in their health care
AHRQ awards $5 million to help integrate clinical decision support technologies into health care delivery
New members appointed to AHRQ National Advisory Council

Research Activities, January 2008:
AHRQ-sponsored project will develop strategies to optimize medical resident hours and work schedules to improve patient safety

Research Activities, November 2007:
AHRQ launches a new series of advice columns
AHRQ announces the next phase of its Evidence-based Practice Center program

Research Activities, October 2007:
AHRQ's free notification service brings news and information to your E-mail inbox

Research Activities, November 2006:
AHRQ and United Health Foundation to distribute the latest clinical prevention recommendations
AHRQ launches Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) tool for primary care clinicians

Research Activities, May 2006
AHRQ expands the therapeutics education and research network
Business coalitions join AHRQ to improve the quality of diabetes care
Transition to electronic submission of grant applications continues at AHRQ

Research Activities, March 2006
AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., receives the AMA's Nathan Davis Award
AHRQ announces new program: Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks
AHRQ announces new program: Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks

Research Activities, December 2005:
AHRQ sponsors Medical Care supplement on new HIV/AIDS empirical studies
HHS Secretary appoints new members to AHRQ National Advisory Council

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