Leora Horwitz
@leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health; #NIHRECOVER adult PI; general internist; quality/safety/healthcare delivery; mom of 3 boys. Posts are my own. #MedSky
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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August 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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-...
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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
August 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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HHS silently installs new AHRQ Director after it eliminates the AHRQ Office of the Director in the April 1 HHS RIF
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#AHRQ
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Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D.
Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D., is a board-certified molecular pathologist and attorney who was formerly Chief Medical Officer of OmniSeq, Inc., a tumor profiling company that was acquired by LabCorp. Dr....
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August 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
HHS silently installs new AHRQ Director after it eliminates the AHRQ Office of the Director in the April 1 HHS RIF
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#AHRQ
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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!!
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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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August 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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!!
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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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August 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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...
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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August 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Attention - new opportunity to obtain funding for ancillary studies for #RECOVER #LongCOVID cohorts recovercovid.org/funding/roa-... #MedSky
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the return on investment for this type of research is huge.
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
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
the return on investment for this type of research is huge.
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AHRQ cannot publish new funding opportunities - it’s beyond the awards process….
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
AHRQ cannot publish new funding opportunities - it’s beyond the awards process….
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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
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
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
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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 🧵
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
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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 🧵
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Full details on the meeting: insidehealthpolicy.com/share/149694
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July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Full details on the meeting: insidehealthpolicy.com/share/149694
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AHRQ funds a good chunk of the practical medical research in the US.
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
July 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
AHRQ funds a good chunk of the practical medical research in the US.
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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
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
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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
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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.
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
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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.
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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
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40668732/
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July 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Man this one really hurts AHRQ is vital to evidence based practice and making healthcare better
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
July 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Man this one really hurts AHRQ is vital to evidence based practice and making healthcare better
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Just reckless, anti-science and will cause real harm in the long run on people.
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
July 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Just reckless, anti-science and will cause real harm in the long run on people.
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Important thread 🧵 on a terrible decision.
Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
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
July 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Important thread 🧵 on a terrible decision.
Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
Thank you @leorahorwitzmd.bsky.social
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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…🤔
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…🤔
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.
July 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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…🤔
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…🤔
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
July 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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/...
June 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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/...
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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
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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