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AHRQ’s National Nursing Home COVID-19 Coordinating Center

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COVID-19’s exacted a significant toll on millions of nursing home residents and staff.

The pandemic has had an outsized impact on nursing homes. By autumn 2020, almost a quarter of all COVID-19 deaths were nursing home residents and staff. To help address this devastating impact, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Coordinating Center to facilitate AHRQ’s national nursing home safety initiatives.

NORC implemented and oversaw a center that coordinated nursing home safety initiatives.

AHRQ selected NORC to implement and oversee the Coordinating Center. Our assignment included:

Engaging scientific and policy stakeholders with AHRQ and other federal partners on nursing home safety needs and best practices
Developing new safety and quality-improvement tools and resources to address gaps
Creating communications materials to promote AHRQ nursing home safety and quality improvement resources
Providing technical assistance to AHRQ on inquiries related to AHRQ nursing home safety initiatives
Compiling a repository of all AHRQ nursing home COVID-19 safety initiatives for internal and external audiences

Tools, resources, and other materials developed as part of the Coordinating Center are available on AHRQ’s website.