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Following are brief explanations of the navigational tools available and listings of the major categories and subcategory offerings (with highlighted products on the AHRQ Web site).


Navigational Tools

Search: Use keywords for topical index search of site
Browse: Select from subject list for selected documents on site
What's New: Recent uploads to Web site
Frequently Asked Questions: Access to AHRQ's most requested information
Información en español: Consumer documents available in Spanish


Content

News & Information

Newsroom (Press Releases/Audio & Video/Fact Sheets/Testimony, Speeches, Interviews/Press Office Contacts)
Healthcare 411 Podcasts
Publications & Products (Publications Catalog /Publications Online Store)
FOIA Reading Room (Freedom of Information Act)
Electronic Policies (Copyright/Linking/Privacy)
Other HHS Agencies


Special Interest

State and Local Policymakers
Nursing Research
Grants On-line Database
PDA Applications
How AHRQ Helps People


Clinical Information

Evidence-based Practice (Evidence-based Practice Centers/Evidence Reports/Technical Reviews)
Outcomes & Effectiveness (Fact Sheet/The Outcome of Outcomes Research/CERTs)
Technology Assessment
Preventive Services (Put Prevention Into Practice/U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
Clinical Practice Guidelines (National Guideline Clearinghouse™/Guidelines Online)


Consumers & Patients

Health Conditions/Diseases (Next Steps After Your Diagnosis/ Common Uterine Conditions: Options for Treatment/Pneumonia: More Patients May Be Treated at Home/Understanding Your Body)
Health Plans Questions and Answers About Health Insurance)
Prescriptions (Your Medicine: Play It Safe)
Prevention & Wellness (Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children/Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults/What You Should Know about Stroke Prevention)
Quality of Care (Five Steps to Safer Health Care/20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors/Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care)
Quit Smoking (Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence)
Surgery (Having Surgery? What You Need to Know)


Funding Opportunities

AHRQ Research Funding Priorities
Mission Statement — Welcome from the Agency Director — AHRQ Portfolio Missions — Staff Contacts
Funding Announcements
Requests for Applications — Program Announcements — Archive
Research Policies
AHRQ Grants Policies — PHS Grants Policy Statement — Federal Regulations and Authorities — Federal Register Notices — Policy Notices Archive
Grants Process
Application Forms — Application Receipt Dates — Grant Mechanisms and Descriptions — Receipt and Referral Process — Peer Review Process — Award Process — Post Award Management — Terms and Conditions — Grant Payment — Reporting Requirements — Non-Competing Continuation Applications — Final Reports
Grant Application Basics
Overview of the Application Process — Timeframe for Application Preparation — Grant Application Tips — Essentials of the Research Plan — Common Problems Identified During Peer Review — Protection of Human Subjects
Training and Education
Intramural Opportunities — Research Education Grant Programs — Questions and Answers — Tools and Resources — Trend Data — Workshops and Conferences
Contracts
Small Business Innovation Research Program — Requests for Proposals


Data & Surveys

Safety Net Monitoring Initiative
Vulnerable populations — access to care
MEPS—Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS Web Site)
HCUP—Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (Overview/HCUPnet/Nationwide Inpatient Sample—NIS/State Inpatient Databases—SID/State Ambulatory Surgery Databases—SASD/Kids' Inpatient Database—KID
HIV & AIDS Costs & Use (HCSUS Fact Sheet)
Grants On-Line Database
Grants funded by AHRQ — abstracts of intramural research and data projects — working papers from AHRQ staff


Research Findings

Research Activities: Online Newsletter
Fact Sheets / Syntheses
Topics:
Primary Care
Managed Care
Markets
Mental Health
Long-term Care
Methods

Healthcare Costs

Specific Populations

Child (Funded Projects/State Children's Health Insurance Program/Supporting Research/Child Health Advisory Group/Child Health Toolbox)
Women (Women's Health Highlights/Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women/Health Care for Minority Women)
Minorities (Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care/Improving Health Care for Ethnic and Racial Minority Populations/Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities: EXCEED)
Elderly
Rural Health
Disabilities
Low Income
Inner City
Chronic Care
End of Life


Quality & Patient Safety

Health Information Technology
Electronic health records — innovation — privacy — international standards — data sources — clinical vocabulary
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™
CAHPS®: Consumer Assessment of Health Plans
Measuring Healthcare Quality (Q-SPAN: Expanding and Improving Quality of Care Measures)
Medical Errors & Patient Safety (Fact Sheet/20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet/Medical Errors: The Scope of the Problem)
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
Web M&M
Quality Indicators (Quality Indicators: Download/Prevention Quality Indicators: Download)
Quality Information & Improvement (Americans as Health Care Consumers: The Role of Quality Information/Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System/Theory and Reality of Value-Based Purchasing)


Public Health Preparedness


About AHRQ

Mission & Budget (Budget Justification for Fiscal Year 2009/ AHRQ Profile/Reauthorization Fact Sheet)
Strategic Plan
Organization & Contacts (Key Contacts/National Advisory Council Overview/Offices & Centers)
Map and Directions to AHRQ
Events & Announcements
AHRQ Job Vacancies


 

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