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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer; of higher quality; more accessible, equitable, and affordable; and to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that research findings are understood and used. AHRQ funds a variety of research and demonstration initiatives and creates materials to teach and train health care providers and health care system professionals to put the results of research into practice. In addition to the AHRQ initiatives already discussed in this chapter, AHRQ safety innovations include:

 The Comprehensive Unit‐based Safety Program (CUSP) – this strategy for preventing health care‐associated infections (HAIs) combines improvement in safety culture, teamwork, and communication.

 EvidenceNOW – this initiative aligned with Million Hearts® provides clinical practice support to over 5,000 primary care physicians with the goal of improving the heart health of millions of patients and improving the capacity of the practices to incorporate new research findings and information into practice.

 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project – this initiative highlighted the opioid overdose epidemic and contributed to Health and Human Services' launch of a major multipronged initiative to reduce opioid abuse.

 Re‐Engineered Discharge (RED) – this structured protocol and assortment of implementation tools help hospitals rework their discharge processes to reduce readmissions by determining patients' needs and designing and communicating discharge plans.