Healthcare Research and Quality.Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has appointed Dr. Andrew Fishmann to the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, n.pr formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, this agency researches the quality of medical care and health services. . The council provides advice and recommendations to the AHRQ AHRQ, n.pr See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. national health services research priorities. Fishmann is director of the intensive care unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles and director of the mentoring program at Cogent Healthcare Inc. in Irvine. |
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