AHRQ To Award $5 Million for Health Services Research Related to COVID-19

HHS has announced that AHRQ plans to award $5 million in grants to support novel, high-impact studies that evaluate the responsiveness of healthcare delivery systems, healthcare professionals and the overall U.S. healthcare system to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new funding opportunity will focus on the healthcare system’s response during and following the pandemic in four areas: improving the quality of care and patient outcomes; improving patient safety; understanding the pandemic’s impact on socially vulnerable populations and people with multiple chronic conditions; and understanding how digital health innovations such as telehealth contributed to the health system response to COVID-19. Funded projects will include multi-method, rapid-cycle research with the ability to produce and disseminate initial findings within 6 months after award and then regularly throughout the remainder of the award period. Acces the funding announcement.