The AHRQ Electronic Newsletter is issued periodically and summarizes Agency research and programmatic activities.
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Top Story |
| 2008 |
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| 10/10/08 |
Patient Safety Organization Interim Guidance Now Available Through AHRQ |
| 9/23/08 |
Modified Insulin Most Effective for Controlling Post-Meal Blood Sugar Levels |
| 8/28/08 |
New AHRQ Tool Helps Hospitals Evaluate Disaster Drills |
| 8/8/08 |
Task Force Says Men over the Age of 75 and Older Should Not Be Screened for Prostate Cancer |
| 7/21/08 |
AHRQ and AARP Team to Help Adults Over 50 Stay Healthy |
| 6/23/08 |
New Spanish-Language Consumer Guide Compares Oral Diabetes Medications |
| 6/16/08 |
AHRQ Director Testifies on Draft Health Information Technology (Health IT) Legislation |
| 5/28/08 |
AHRQ Announces Guide to Help Patients on Coumadin®Warfarin Therapy |
| 5/19/08 |
AHRQ's 2008 Annual Conference: Promoting Quality... Partnering for Change |
| 5/8/08 |
New Evidence Provides Clinicians with Better Tools to Help Smokers Quit |
| 4/23/08 |
AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Men to Take Preventive Steps in their Health Care |
| 4/7/08 |
AHRQ Data Report Shows Upward Trend for Hospital Patient Safety Culture, Highlights Areas to Focus Improvement |
| 3/27/08 |
AHRQ's 2007 State Snapshots Provide Broader Portraits of State-by-State Health Care Performance |
| 3/7/08 |
Modest Health Care Quality Gains Outpaced by Spending |
| 2/27/08 |
New Study Finds Spinal Cord Injury May Not Increase Risk of Heart Disease |
| 2/20/08 |
New Patient Safety Proposed Regulation Aims to Improve Health Care Quality and Patient Safety |
| 2/5/08 |
HHS Secretary Awards Health Leaders with Special Distinction for Improving Quality and Value of Health Care |
| 1/22/08 |
AHRQ Releases Consumer Financial Incentives Guide for Employers and Other Health Care Purchasers |
| 1/7/08 |
Blacks, Hispanics, and Other Groups Less Likely to Get Strong Pain Medications in Hospital Emergency Departments |
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| 2007 |
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| 12/17/07 |
Many Osteoporosis Medications Prevent Fractures, but None Is Proven Best |
| 11/14/07 |
AHRQ Director Testifies on Agency's Role in Health IT and Improving Quality of Care for Underserved Populations |
| 10/31/07 |
New AHRQ Tools Help Pharmacies Better Serve Patients with Low Health Literacy |
| 10/23/07 |
Many Errors by Medical Residents Caused by Teamwork Breakdowns, Lack of Supervision |
| 10/17/07 |
New Report Finds Surgery More Likely Than Angioplasty to Relieve Pain for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease |
| 10/9/07 |
HHS Secretary Leavitt Announces Plan at AHRQ's 2007 Annual Conference to Share Medicare Physician Performance Measurement Results Through Local Value Exchanges |
| 9/25/07 |
New Guide Helps Consumers and Employers Understand Health Insurance |
| 9/17/07 |
AHRQ and FDA to Collaborate in Largest Study Ever of Possible Heart Risks with ADHD Medications |
| 8/28/07 |
Executive Order Is Helping "Change the Culture" in Health Care to Achieve Better Quality, Value and Affordability |
| 8/20/07 |
New Reports Identify State-Level Privacy and Security Solutions for Secure Exchange of Health Information |
| 7/31/07 |
AHRQ Resources Help Local Communities with Disaster Preparedness Involving Nursing Homes and Hospitals |
| 7/17/07 |
While Most Diabetes Drugs Provide Similar Glucose Control, Some Offer Important Advantages |
| 6/11/07 |
AHRQ'S Annual State Snapshots Highlight States' Gains and Lags in Health Care Quality |
| 5/31/07 |
New Web Tool Provides Samples of Report Cards on Health Care Quality |
| 5/21/07 |
AHRQ Publishes Landmark Federal Handbook on the Use of Patient Registries |
| 5/14/07 |
U.S. Health Care Sector Moves Rapidly To Provide Consumer Information on Value |
| 4/30/07 |
New Questionnaire Can Help Hospitals with Emergency Response Planning |
| 4/23/07 |
HHS Issues Report to Congress on E-Prescribing |
| 4/13/07 |
One in Four Hospital Patients Is Admitted with a Mental Health or Substance Abuse Disorder |
| 3/30/07 |
New Checklists Help Men and Women Know Which Medical Tests Are Needed To Stay Healthy at Any Age |
| 3/16/07 |
AHRQ Study Finds First-Generation Antipsychotics Associated with Increased Mortality Risk in Seniors |
| 3/7/07 |
Special Edition—AHRQ and Ad Council Encourage Patients to Ask Questions and Get More Involved With Their Health Care |
| 2/16/07 |
AHRQ's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request is $329.6 Million |
| 2/2/07 |
AHRQ Announces New Members of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
| 1/26/07 |
AHRQ Study Finds Newer Class of Antidepressants Similar in Effectiveness, But Side Effects Differ |
| 1/19/07 |
Missed Opportunities: Too Few Americans Being Screened, Counseled to Prevent Colorectal Cancer, Obesity, Other Conditions |
| 1/5/07 |
AHRQ Study Finds that Adding Lab Data and Refining Secondary Diagnosis Information Improves Measurement of Hospital Quality |
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| 2006 |
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| 12/22/06 |
City Versus City: When It Comes to Health Insurance Costs, Geography Matters |
| 12/8/06 |
AHRQ To Fund Studies on Safety and Quality in Ambulatory Care Settings |
| 11/17/06 |
AHRQ Director Calls for Achieving Enhanced Quality and Care Through Health IT |
| 10/27/06 |
AHRQ Launches Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) Tool for Primary Care Clinicians |
| 10/20/06 |
New Evidence Report Finds Most Genomic Tests to Identify or Treat Ovarian Cancer Have Not Shown Clinical Value |
| 10/2/06 |
AHRQ Director Participates in Remaking American Medicine™—PBS Series on Health Care |
| 9/22/06 |
NQF and JCAHO Announce the 2006 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards |
| 9/15/06 |
New National Study of Medical Interns Finds Majority Exceed Work Hour Limits; A Second Study Finds a Link Between Needle-Stick Injuries and Long Shifts |
| 8/25/06 |
President Bush Issues Executive Order on Health Care Transparency |
| 8/18/06 |
New AHRQ Report Finds Anthrax in Children Difficult to Detect and Treat |
| 8/4/06 |
Obesity Surgery Complication Rates Higher Over Time |
| 7/14/06 |
New AHRQ Study on Malpractice Damage Awards on Health Care Expenditures |
| 6/30/06 |
New AHRQ Asthma Care Resource Guide Offers Help To States |
| 6/23/06 |
AHRQ Director Testifies on Accelerating the Adoption of Health IT |
| 6/9/06 |
New Study Finds Increased Risk of Birth Defects Related to First Trimester Use of ACE Inhibitors |
| 5/26/06 |
Study Finds No Clinically Significant Difference in Effectiveness of Drugs for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment |
| 5/19/06 |
A Special Message from AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., on the 200th issue of the Agency's Electronic Newsletter |
| 5/11/06 |
AHRQ Study Finds Computer Alerts Can Help Reduce Prescribing of Drugs That May Interact with Blood Thinners |
| 4/27/06 |
New AHRQ Study Shows Medicaid Spending on Outpatient Drugs More Than Doubled in Recent Years |
| 4/21/06 |
AHRQ Study Finds Wrong-site Surgery Rare and Preventable |
| 4/13/06 |
AHRQ Releases New Report To Help Providers Adopt Health IT |
| 3/31/06 |
New Evidence Report, Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request, Is Available |
| 3/17/06 |
AHRQ Launches New Web-based Tool for States To Measure Quality Performance |
| 3/10/06 |
AHRQ Listening Sessions on Patient Safety Organizations Set for March 13 and 16 |
| 3/1/06 |
AHRQ's Listening Sessions on Patient Safety Organizations Set for March 8, 13, and 16 |
| 2/16/06 |
AHRQ Launches New "Learning Resources" to Help Providers Adopt Health IT |
| 2/10/06 |
New AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review Finds Noninvasive Tests May Miss Breast Cancer |
| 1/27/06 |
New AHRQ-Funded Study in JAMA Finds Diet High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids Unlikely to Reduce Risk of Cancer |
| 1/13/06 |
AHRQ Issues Third Annual National Reports on Health Care Quality and Disparities |
| 1/4/06 |
Special Issue: AHRQ Launches New Audio and Video Media Tools |
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| 2005 |
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| 12/30/05 |
AHRQ to Release the 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report at National Leadership Summit on January 9 |
| 12/20/05 |
AHRQ Releases First Comparative Effectiveness Review; Certain Drugs Found as Effective as Surgery for Management of GERD |
| 12/12/05 |
AHRQ Launches Project to Develop Guide for Patient Registries |
| 11/18/05 |
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Seeking Future Research Topics |
| 11/10/05 |
AHRQ-Funded Study Finds Continued Antibiotic Overprescribing for Children with Sore Throats |
| 10/28/05 |
AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy Speaks to AMIA |
| 10/14/05 |
New Publication Helps Consumers Find Information and Support After a Diagnosis |
| 9/30/05 |
AHRQ Launches New "Effective Health Care Program" to Compare Medical Treatments and Help Put Proven Treatments into Practice |
| 9/23/05 |
AHRQ Releases a New Breast Cancer Booklet in Spanish |
| 9/16/05 |
New Publication Helps Consumers Understand and Get Quality Health Care |
| 9/2/05 |
Guidance Available from AHRQ To Help Communities Reopen Former Hospitals to Care for Survivors of Hurricane Katrina |
| 8/26/05 |
AHRQ-Supported Study Finds Medical Disparities Narrowing |
| 8/15/05 |
AHRQ Issues New Data on the Uninsured |
| 8/2/05 |
Dr. Clancy Testifies on AHRQ's Health Information Technology Research |
| 7/8/05 |
Task Force Releases New Recommendations on HIV Screening |
| 7/1/05 |
Dr. Clancy Testifies on AHRQ's Health Information Technology Research Portfolio |
| 6/24/05 |
AHRQ Announces First Phase of Reviews Under Its New Research Program on the Effectiveness of Health Care Interventions |
| 6/3/05 |
AHRQ's Daniel B. Stryer, M.D., 1964-2005 |
| 5/27/05 |
New Web-based Tool Helps Planners Inventory Resources for Public Health Emergencies |
| 5/20/05 |
AHRQ Director Testifies on HHS Telemedicine Activities |
| 5/13/05 |
Ambulatory Performance Measures Represent a Major Step in Improving Quality of Health Care |
| 4/29/05 |
Latest Data Show That Use of Antibiotics to Treat Ear Infections Is Falling |
| 4/14/05 |
AHRQ Launches New Web Site Designed To Provide Single National Source for Patient Safety Findings and Resources |
| 4/8/05 |
AHRQ Director Issues Quality Challenge at National Summit |
| 4/1/05 |
AHRQ Director Issues New Quality Challenge |
| 3/18/05 |
Study Finds Hospital Leaders Have Serious Reservations About Mandatory Error Reporting |
| 3/11/05 |
New Study on Computerized Order Entry Finds Flaws that Could Lead to Errors, Points to Opportunities for Improvement |
| 3/4/05 |
Second National Reports on Quality and Disparities Find Improvements in Health Care Quality, Although Disparities Remain |
| 2/4/05 |
Task Force Recommends that Male Smokers Between the Ages of 65 and 75 Be Screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
| 1/28/05 |
New Study Finds Harmful Drug-drug and Drug-disease Interactions Among the Elderly |
| 1/7/05 |
New AHRQ Diabetes Care Resource Guide Offers Help to States |
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| 2004 |
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| 12/17/04 |
List of Priority Conditions for Research under Medicare Modernization Act Released |
| 12/10/04 |
New Evidence Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin Supplements Available |
| 12/3/04 |
New AHRQ Consumer Tool Puts Quit Plan in a Smoker's Hands |
| 11/12/04 |
New Survey Helps Hospitals Measure and Improve Patient Safety Culture |
| 10/29/04 |
Limiting Medical Interns' Work Hours Can Reduce Serious Medical Errors In ICUs |
| 10/22/04 |
AHRQ's Carolyn Clancy Participates in eHealth Initiative's Health Information Technology Summit |
| 10/15/04 |
HHS Awards $139 Million to Drive Adoption of Health Information Technology |
| 10/8/04 |
HHS Partners with Discovery Networks, U.S., and Clinician Groups on New Tools To Help Combat Childhood Obesity |
| 9/24/04 |
New Guide Helps Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in the Event of Bioterrorism or Other Public Health Emergency |
| 9/17/04 |
Many Chronically Ill Patients Don't Tell Their Doctors That They Limit Use of Prescription Drugs Because of Cost |
| 9/10/04 |
Oral Erythromycin Combined With a Number of Commonly Used Drugs May Increase the Risk of Sudden Death From Cardiac Causes |
| 8/20/04 |
AHRQ Seeks Volunteer Sites to Test Ambulatory CAHPS® (ACAHPS®) |
| 8/6/04 |
Coming Soon—New AHRQ Patient Safety E-newsletter |
| 7/30/04 |
New AHRQ Bioterrorism Preparedness Tool Available |
| 7/23/04 |
Secretary Announces New Health Information Technology Framework |
| 7/19/04 |
AHRQ and the Federal Trade Commission Collaborate on Articles in the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics |
| 7/9/04 |
New AHRQ Evidence Report Summary on Celiac Disease Available |
| 6/25/04 |
New Evidence Report on Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia Available |
| 6/18/04 |
AHRQ Makes Access to Hospital Data Easier |
| 6/10/04 |
Children Frequently Experience Medical Injuries in Hospitals |
| 5/28/04 |
Task Force Recommends Vision Screening for Children Younger than 5 Years Old |
| 5/21/04 |
New AHRQ Tool Helps Hospitals With Emergency Management Plans |
| 5/7/04 |
New AHRQ Report Says Better Coordination of Resources Along Regional Lines Is Essential to Bioterrorism Preparedness |
| 4/30/04 |
New AHRQ Tool for PDAs Helps Clinicians Select Preventive Services By Age and Gender |
| 4/23/04 |
HHS Town Hall Meeting on Priorities for Research Under Medicare Modernization Act Set for May 21 |
| 4/16/04 |
HHS Solicits Input on Priorities for Research Under Medicare Modernization Act |
| 4/8/04 |
Press Briefing to Release Two New Health Literacy Reports |
| 3/26/04 |
AHRQ-Funded Study Indicates that Hysterectomy Leads to Better Outcomes and Greater Patient Satisfaction than Medicine for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding |
| 3/19/04 |
AHRQ Director Testifies Before Ways and Means Subcommittee on HHS Quality Issues |
| 3/12/04 |
AHRQ Director Outlines Budget Priorities for Patient Safety, Health Information Technology |
| 3/5/04 |
AHRQ Releases New Tool for PDAs to Help Clinicians Treat Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| 2/27/04 |
AHRQ Director to Testify Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on FY '05 Budget Request |
| 2/20/04 |
Treadmill Testing, EKG, and CT Scans Not Recommended for Screening Patients at Low Risk for Heart Disease |
| 2/6/04 |
AHRQ's FY 2005 Budget Proposal Set at $304 Million |
| 1/23/04 |
New Data Available That Show a Relationship Between Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Disease |
| 1/16/04 |
AHRQ Announces New Chair and Members of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force |
| 1/9/04 |
Reminder: Letters of Intent Due February 6 for Three New RFAs on Health Information Technology |
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