HealthIT Answers May 6, 2024
By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., Kevin Chaney, M.G.S., and Bryan O. Buckley, Dr.PH, M.P.H., M.B.A., AHRQ
New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies
Just over 20 years ago, the Institute of Medicine released two seminal reports on the need to improve healthcare quality—one on healthcare disparities, another that emphasized the promise of digital healthcare technologies. Since then, healthcare technology has made significant strides. However, as the latest AHRQ report on healthcare quality and disparities shows, inequities persist.
AHRQ remains committed to funding and disseminating research that addresses inequities. In the last ten years, we’ve invested over $89 million across 153 research projects focused on reducing healthcare disparities. Last November, following an agency-sponsored stakeholder summit, AHRQ experts...
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