News and Highlights
HHS Releases 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
The 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows the progress and opportunities for improving healthcare quality and reducing healthcare disparities. Chartbooks on specific topics, such as access to care, patient safety, and healthy living, provide more detailed information. In addition, downloadable slides are available for presentations.
Data Spotlight
- A new Data Spotlight features data from HRSA-funded Health Centers on hypertension. This data source is one of many data sources used in the NHQDR A related infographic is also available.
Learn about other QDR analyses by visiting our Data Spotlights and Fact Sheets page.
Chartbooks
The 2018 Chartbook on Patient Safety is now available online on the AHRQ website.
This updated Patient Safety chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of patient safety from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of patient safety. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.