NAPH issues statement against termination of AHRQ

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, president and CEO of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) took a stand against proposed changes which could potentially lead to the termination of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ).

“Terminating the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), as House appropriators propose, would badly undermine important research on health care quality, disparities in care and patient safety – research that benefits our nation’s most vulnerable people,” Siegel wrote in an official statement from NAPH. ”We must not let this misguided move against AHRQ set back efforts to improve the safety, quality, and effectiveness of care. Safety net providers’ innovative work to end health care disparities and ensure access to care for all people, regardless of ability to pay, demands robust federal support and a strong national commitment to the safety net.”

More information on Siegel statement can be found on the NAPH website.