By Cindy Brach MPP – “Research clearly shows that when patients communicate effectively with their healthcare team, clinical care and outcomes improve,” AHRQ Acting Director David Meyers recently noted. Everyone—no matter how educated—appreciates and can benefit from clear communication.
By Members of AHRQ’s National Advisory Council – As vaccines for COVID-19 are being deployed across the country, there is much hope that, Delta variant notwithstanding, we will eventually overcome a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
By David Meyers MD, Francis Chesley MD, & Kamila Mistry PhD MPH – We as a country are facing a critical moment in grappling with the legacies of racism and inequality that cut across our society. We at AHRQ are acutely aware of the enduring racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities embedded in our healthcare system.
By Arlene S. Bierman MD MS & David Meyers MD – During American Heart Month, we’re reminded that heart disease remains the Nation’s leading killer—claiming more than 600,000 lives each year and imposing considerable distress to millions of American families.
By Cindy Brach, MPP & Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS – When healthcare consumers are unable find, understand, and use information to inform decisions about their care, the consequences can be dire.
By Gopal Khanna MBA & Christine Chang MD MPH – It’s been all-hands-on-deck at AHRQ during the COVID-19 crisis. A national health emergency demands a national response, and AHRQ is proud to join with our sister agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services in contributing where we can.
By Bob McNellis, MPH, PA & Michael I. Harrison, PhD – A healthy human heart beats at the center of a healthy life. We are reminded every February, during American Heart Month, that we must continue our work to curb the biggest contributors to heart disease…
By Dr. David Meyers – One of the greatest joys of being a family physician is celebrating with patients who have set a health goal and achieved it—the new father who quit smoking, the busy teacher who made the time to get back in shape and who completed her first 5K race…
By Sharon Arnold PhD – Signs of support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month emerge each October—pink ribbons on bumper stickers, pink sweatbands on football players, and seas of pink T-shirts on runners enrolled in charity races to “find the cure.”
By Sharon Arnold PhD – During National Public Health Week, April 3–9, AHRQ was proud to join those saluting public health professionals who help people live healthier lives. Their efforts are vital to improving the quality and safety of the Nation’s health care.
By Robert McNellis MPH, PA – It was Look Magazine in 1966 that first brought national attention to a new health profession in the United States—the physician assistant (PA). The following year, in October 1967, three ex-Navy Corpsmen graduated from Duke University as the first PAs in the Nation.
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