#HHS #AHRQ Next time you go to the hospital - REMEMBER -Roger Klein, RFK JR & HHS decided it is “not in the best interest of the fed govt” that it is SAFE, EFFECTIVE & HIGH QUALITY. @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @atrupar.com

HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies

The Trump administration terminated dozens of health research grants this week, telling grantees it is shifting priorities to issues like the “overmedication of children” and autism, according to a pr...

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Our new study in @jamanetworkopen.com! We found that heat-associated ED use in older adults at a safety-net hospital was amplified at a heat index of 90F - below NYC’s 95F advisory threshold. Health systems can use EHR data to identify + address patient-level risks missed by municipal efforts.

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's 89 degrees in LA today! Is your grandmother at risk? In new research in @jamanetworkopen.com led by @alexazan.bsky.social we find heat risk is quite variable: older patients at one ED had little risk from high heat while those at another in the same city had markedly higher ED rates. 🧵/1

It's 89 degrees in LA today! Is your grandmother at risk? In new research in @jamanetworkopen.com led by @alexazan.bsky.social we find heat risk is quite variable: older patients at one ED had little risk from high heat while those at another in the same city had markedly higher ED rates. 🧵/1

#AHRQ NOFOS EARLY EXPIRED NIH GUIDE No new awards since 4/25 - entire grants program staff FIRED If no active NOFOs & no FY26 awards IS AHRQ NO LONGER A GRANT MAKING AGENCY Does Congress care @meganranney.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social

Proud of @societygim.bsky.social for taking action to preserve the vital grant-making functions of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which more than pays for itself by funding research to improve patient safety and quality of care #MedSky #HealthPolicy www.citizen.org/news/health-...

Health Research Groups Sue HHS For Halting Grantmaking at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, nonprofit organizations Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) sued Robert…

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5. Real progress means being strategic about where we look (domains with usable signals, outcomes, and interventions) and disciplined in how we learn: agile cycles of probing, discarding, and scaling (~more agile, less waterfall...) @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social

HHS silently installs new AHRQ Director after it eliminates the AHRQ Office of the Director in the April 1 HHS RIF rogerdklein.com #AHRQ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @alt-hhs.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social

HHS AHRQ - supported research to make healthcare safer! Now can’t fund grants, publish new NOFOs or award contracts but according to HHS these duties are unnecessary!! @alt-hhs.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com

Federal cuts to health care research and quality agency make Missouri hospitals less safe • Missouri Independent

The Trump administration recently slashed funding for the federal agency that works to improve our health care system.

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Why cutting funds for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality #AHRQ and other scientific research is penny wise pound foolish. Thanks @ericboodman.bsky.social for including me. #MedSky #HealthPolicy www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/t...

Claiming to fight waste, Trump administration slashes potentially cost-saving research

Claiming it wants to cut waste, the Trump administration has terminated grants for research testing ways to save the health care system money.

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Attention - new opportunity to obtain funding for ancillary studies for #RECOVER #LongCOVID cohorts recovercovid.org/funding/roa-... #MedSky

RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery

The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.

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the return on investment for this type of research is huge.

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ cannot publish new funding opportunities - it’s beyond the awards process….

So much of the research that I use to help treat patients in my family medicine office comes from #AHRQ. On a day with a lot of depressing news, this it at the top

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

This is wildly reckless; AHRQ is little known to the general public and even those working in healthcare- but their behind the scenes impact is massive. See the 🧵

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Full details on the meeting: insidehealthpolicy.com/share/149694

AHRQ funds a good chunk of the practical medical research in the US.

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

If we really wanted to reduce healthcare costs, we’d increase AHRQ funding. This is tragic and short-sighted. Another disappeared federal agency that no one knows about but has helped save numerous lives (Q=Quality) and lots of money

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ is the Agency for HealthCare and Research Quality. It more than pays for itself by providing practical insights about a sector that represents a huge portion of GDP. But Trump has decided that research is inefficient.

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

This is such good work by Hopkins’ Joe Levy and team #HBHI @bsph-hpm.bsky.social

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

AHRQ-funded researchers calculated the US could save $150M every year by switching from low molecular weight heparin to aspirin for blood clot prevention in orthopedic trauma patients. (That grant cost <$100K.) t.co/NqWBB3X0rx

Man this one really hurts AHRQ is vital to evidence based practice and making healthcare better

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Just reckless, anti-science and will cause real harm in the long run on people.

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Important thread 🧵 on a terrible decision. Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ does amazing work in healthcare that saves lives and saves money. 👑 Defunding it is just dumb. It’s something you’d only do if you were trying to destroy our healthcare system, not fix it. 💣 It’s almost like the current administration is actively trying to destroy the country…🤔

Leora Horwitz@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social · last yr.

And that's just a handful of results from June/July alone. AHRQ's entire annual research budget is $224M. Without it, we will have more infections, higher costs, more diagnostic errors & less evidence-based care. It pays for itself many times over! Please, consider contacting HHS or your local reps.

Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Online early in Obesity, in a study of >15K patients nationally, we find that almost half of people prescribed #semaglutide (Wegovy) stop taking it by 5 months - esp if they have a high copay or lower income - even though all had commercial insurance. #MedSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Now completely sold out in-person - but you can still register to attend all but the workshops online! www.eventbrite.com/e/catalyzing... Our stand-out lineup features Tom Maddox, Genevieve Melton-Meaux, Raina Merchant & Mitesh Patel, then panels, posters & workshops. #MedSky #HealthPolicy

Now completely sold out in-person - but you can still register to attend all but the workshops online! www.eventbrite.com/e/catalyzing... Our stand-out lineup features Tom Maddox, Genevieve Melton-Meaux, Raina Merchant & Mitesh Patel, then panels, posters & workshops. #MedSky #HealthPolicy

AHRQ and ASPE being merged. HRSA being merged with SAMHSA and NIOSH. #medSky #HealthPolicy https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/hhs-restructuring-doge.html