Care setting or organization

AHRQ medical abbreviation

AHRQ means "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality".

Each meaning matched at least two public references (5 in all for AHRQ), checked October 23, 2026. The table lists them.

Run it in Rivvi

Ask what AHRQ means in your note

Paste a sig line, a note, or a claim and Rivvi spells out each abbreviation and flags the ones on the Do Not Use list.

Free to start. No card. Opens Rivvi, the AI workspace for healthcare teams.

Meaning	Latin origin	Where used	Checked against
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	None	Billing, Charting	NCI Thesaurus, including CDISC SDTM terminology (NCI EVS) NLM SPECIALIST Lexicon abbreviations file (LRABR) FDA Acronyms and Abbreviations CMS Acronyms Federal agency program pages (CMS, Medicare.gov, SSA, IRS, OIG, HHS, DOL, HRSA, FDA, CDC) and healthcare.gov glossary

Sample reference: "AHRQ toolkit."

A made-up line that shows the abbreviation in place. It is not about any patient and is not an instruction.

What does AHRQ mean in medical terms?

AHRQ means "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality".

Where is AHRQ used?

AHRQ shows up in billing and charting. Its category here is care setting or organization.

Is AHRQ on the Joint Commission Do Not Use list?

No. AHRQ is not on the Joint Commission Do Not Use list or the ISMP error-prone list as checked on October 23, 2026.