AHRQ Testifies Before Appropriations
Subcommittee
March 12, 2004 - At a March 10 hearing
before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services and Education, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) Director Carolyn Clancy, M.D., outlined
the agency's proposed FY 2005 budget. The proposed AHRQ budget
recommends total funding of $304 million (level funding with
FY 2004), including $84 million for patient safety research
and $162 million for research and dissemination activities
related to improving health care quality.
In his questions, Subcommittee Chairman Ralph Regula (R-Ohio)
focused on how the agency has educated the public and providers
on ways to improve health care quality and efficiency. Dr.
Clancy discussed partnerships with various provider groups,
including collaborations with the AAMC to ensure that research
findings on best practices are part of medical students' training.
She emphasized AHRQ's efforts to translate its research into
practice by distributing information on health care quality
to all types of health care sites.
Information:
Erica Froyd, Director, Public Health and Research Legislative Affairs
AAMC Government Relations
efroyd@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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