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AHRQ’s Core Competencies

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's goal is to improve the lives of patients. The Agency aims to help healthcare systems and professionals deliver care that is high quality, safe, and high value. We accomplish our mission by focusing on our three core competencies:

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Health Systems Research

AHRQ invests in research that generates evidence about how to deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.
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Practice Improvement

AHRQ creates tools and strategies to help health systems and frontline clinicians deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.
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Data & Analytics

AHRQ data and analysis help healthcare decision makers understand how the US healthcare system is working and where there are opportunities for improvement.
Page last reviewed September 2019
Page originally created August 2019

Internet Citation: AHRQ’s Core Competencies. Content last reviewed September 2019. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/corecompetencies/index.html

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