From the AHRQ Blog – AHRQ funding opportunities aim to address today’s essential challenges in advancing and improving healthcare delivery. However, this one may carry particular weight because we believe that effective, safe AI use has the potential to profoundly change American healthcare.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA & Pamela Owens PhD – The human suffering caused by sepsis is shocking. New AHRQ analyses show that in 2021, more than 2 million Americans—roughly equivalent to the population of Phoenix, Arizona—were hospitalized with sepsis, 300,000 lives were lost, and hospital costs exceeded $52 billion.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – I have been contemplating the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, held this year in Baltimore, since its conclusion recently. I hope all attendees had as enjoyable and thought-provoking experience as I had. Congratulations to AcademyHealth for hosting a well-organized meeting with stimulating, informative presentations.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – We are halfway through AHRQ’s 35th anniversary year, and in this third and final blog post about our commemoration, I would like to reflect on the role of AHRQ and our research investments, which have catalyzed major innovations in clinical care and healthcare delivery.
From the AHRQ Blog – Looking back at Older Americans Month, it is crucial that we continue to recognize the significant contributions of older adults and the urgent need to transform and improve their healthcare. Our current system is ill-equipped to meet the complex needs of older adults, who often contend with multiple chronic conditions.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – Not long ago, Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm visited AHRQ to update agency staff on HHS priorities and discuss healthcare topics ranging from the future impacts of artificial intelligence to the nation’s mental health crisis. It was also an opportunity to continue our celebration of AHRQ’s 35th anniversary—
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of May that we think deserve sharing again.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD, MHSA & Stephen Raab MD – As we celebrated Patient Safety Awareness Week 2024, AHRQ again placed particular emphasis on an aspect of healthcare delivery increasingly recognized as essential to high-quality care: timely and accurate diagnosis.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD – I am thrilled to announce that 2024 represents a momentous milestone: the 35th anniversary of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This is a time to reflect on our rich history, what we have accomplished, and the partners that helped us get to this moment.
From the AHRQ Blog – A few decades ago, a band of creative thinkers envisioned that information technology could revolutionize healthcare. It seems obvious now. At the time, it was anything but. Those innovators foresaw how machines and related information systems could make delivering healthcare services more cost-efficient and improve the quality and safety of care.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA -The COVID-19 public health emergency ended on May 11th. Several signals indicate that progress has stalled or reversed due to the stresses that the pandemic put on our local delivery systems and their workforces.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – In recent years, primary care physicians have struggled with burnout brought on by a confluence of factors—more patients with multiple health problems, paperwork requirements for reimbursement, and complications overcoming delay, deny, and defend tactics of health insurers.
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