| Research Portfolio Mission Statements |
| Care Management Mission: To promote the
receipt of effective, evidence-based, and patient-centered care
for acute and chronic conditions through research, information
dissemination, tool development, and promotion of policies. |
| Cost, Organization, and Socio-Economics Mission:
To improve quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health
care by providing public and private decisionmakers with the
information, tools, and assistance they need to improve the way
they organize, finance, pay for, and regulate health care. |
| Data Development Mission: To develop and
maintain data and tools to measure health care quality, efficiency,
and effectiveness and to facilitate data use and translation
into usable information by external and internal stakeholders
to inform decisionmaking and quality improvement processes.
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| Health Information Technology Mission: To increase the development,
diffusion, and adoption of health IT to improve the quality,
safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. |
| Long-term Care (LTC) Mission: To improve
outcomes, quality, and evidence-based info focused on care provided
in all LTC settings, transitions across settings, special service
accommodation for the LTC population (e.g., assistance with mobility,
basic activities of daily living, homemaker services and other role activities across
all ages): a primary focus is on improving and maintaining functioning,
community participation, and health-related quality of life.
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| Patient Safety Mission: To decrease errors,
risks, and/or hazards in health care and their harmful impact
on patients. |
| Pharmaceutical Outcomes Mission: To improve
health outcomes through the safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals. |
| Prevention Mission: To increase
the adoption and the delivery (and use) of evidence-based clinical
preventive services in the United States. |
| System Capacity and Emergency Preparedness
Mission: To empower communities and health care systems
to support all people by enhancing system capacity and preparing
for urgent and emergent demands and needs.
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| Training Mission: To continue to foster
the growth, dissemination, and translation of the field and science
of health services research to achieve AHRQ's mission and address Department priorities
in the transfer of health care research. |
Current as of June 2005
Internet Citation:
AHRQ Portfolios of Research. June 2005. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/portfolio.htm
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