AHRQ Announces Plans for National Healthcare Extension Service to Disseminate Evidence

A Notice of Information issued by AHRQ signals the agency’s intent to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity to create state-based healthcare extension cooperatives to increase the use of evidence in clinical practice. 

Cooperatives will work with Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, community groups, policy and payment experts, and others to improve care delivery. AHRQ will also issue funding opportunities for two related projects: a national coordinating center, and a national evaluation center. Working together, these projects will be designed to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of patient-centered outcomes research evidence through improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice, and reduce healthcare disparities, especially among people who receive Medicaid, are uninsured, or are otherwise medically underserved. 

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