AHRQ Strategic Plan

As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports health services research initiatives that seek to improve the quality of healthcare in America. AHRQ’s mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within HHS and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.

AHRQ works to fulfill its mission by conducting and supporting health services research, both within AHRQ as well as in leading academic institutions, hospitals, physicians' offices, healthcare systems, and many other settings across the country. The Agency has a broad research portfolio that touches on nearly every aspect of healthcare.

The Agency is guided by and supports the strategic plan goals of HHS. AHRQ's activities, along with the activities of other Operating Divisions of HHS.