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581. Archived: Lung Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lung-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Contents PDF Version and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy … lung, trachea, and bronchus. 2   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy … The chest radiograph (x-ray) and sputum cytomorphologic examination (cytology) lack sufficient accuracy … The accuracy of the chest x-ray is limited by the capabilities of the technology and observer variation

582. Txncztmvpe5Ftseqts6Obm (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of different methods for confirming … However, these re- views did not address the diagnostic accuracy of differ- ent blood pressure measurement … For the current recommendation, the USPSTF exam- ined the diagnostic accuracy of office blood pressure … More research is needed on the accuracy of HBPM ver- sus ABPM and the best HBPM protocols for follow-up … More research on the accuracy of kiosk measurements is needed.

583. Archived: Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 and Younger: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/speech-and-language-delay-and-disorders-in-children-age-5-and-younger-screening-july-2015
     July 07, 2015 - Detection The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the accuracy of screening instruments for speech … The USPSTF also found inadequate evidence on the accuracy of surveillance (active monitoring) by primary … The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the accuracy of screening in primary care settings, as well as the … The USPSTF identified no studies on the accuracy of surveillance of speech and language development by … Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the accuracy of screening

584. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2006 - POA enhances the accuracy of comorbidity and complications classification systems. … For both uses, all authors concluded that POA significantly enhanced the accuracy of their models. … Improved accuracy for these two comorbidity algorithms is important because they are widely used in … Accuracy of Hospital Report Cards Based on Administrative Data. … Assessing accuracy of diagnosis-type indicators for flagging complications in administrative data.

585. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - Services Task Force examined the evidence on the natural history of CAS; systematic reviews of the accuracy … Based on population- based studies and the accuracy of carotid duplex ultra- sonography, the estimated … the USPSTF examined high-quality evidence on the natural history of CAS; systematic reviews of the accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests Two meta-analyses provide information on the accu- racy of carotid duplex … Recent systematic reviews of stud- ies about the accuracy of carotid duplex ultrasonography, using digital

586. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - prevalence of exception reporting, document specific reasons for exceptions, evaluate the relative accuracy … and patterns of exception and performance reporting, advance our empiric knowledge of the relative accuracy … Evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of exception reporting among physicians. … Evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of exception reporting among physicians. … The purpose of validation was to verify the accuracy and/or completeness of data used for calculation

587. Archived: Evidence Summary: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 03, 2003 - Three methodological problems make it difficult to assess the accuracy of screening tests for dementia … Few studies have provided information on the accuracy of screening tests for detecting people with mild … people with moderate dementia; the accuracy of these tests in detecting people with mild dementia may … Accuracy of screening tests Systematic reviews; prospective cohorts. Cross-sectional prevalence. … Accuracy of screening tests Systematic reviews. Age ≥60 y in community or outpatient setting.

588. Primary Care Screening for and Treatment of Depression in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2016 - OBJECTIVE To systematically review the benefits and harms of depression screening and treatment, and accuracy … 2 (QUADAS-2)17 for diagnostic accuracy studies, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS)18 for observational … Evi- dence on the accuracy of the PHQ for pregnant and postpartum women was very limited. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. … Diagnostic accuracy of case-finding questions to identify perinatal depression.

589. Screening for and Treatment of Suicide Risk Relevant to Primary Care: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Purpose: To review the accuracy of screening instruments and the efficacy and safety of screening for … Study Selection: Fair- or good-quality English-language studies that assessed the accuracy of screening … Two trials reported instrument accuracy in adolescent samples (combined n � 799). … Data on the accuracy of screening were even more limited in adolescents. … Does the accuracy of the screening instruments vary by population characteristics*?

590. Developing and Using Valid Clinical Quality Metrics for Health Information Technology (Health IT) with Health Information Exchange (HIE) - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2011 - Kaushal's team tested the accuracy of electronic retrieval of the data for the metric set compared to … However, there was substantial variation in accuracy across the metrics.

591. Archived: Oral Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Contents PDF Version and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy … and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 6   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy … abbreviated oral inspection that is more typical of the routine physical examination is also of unknown accuracy … chloride rinses to stain suspicious lesions, 13 , 14 but further research is needed to evaluate the accuracy

592. Preventing Dental Caries in Children <5 Years: Systematic Review Updating USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - One author extracted study characteristics and results, which were checked for accuracy by a second author … Evidence on the accuracy of risk prediction instruments in primary care settings is not available. … We focused on studies of screening or diagnostic accuracy performed in primary care settings. … Research is also needed to validate the accuracy and utility of caries risk assessment instruments for … Accuracy of pediatric primary care providers’ screen- ing and referral for early childhood caries.

593. Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - However, the USPSTF found fair evidence that screening tests have reasonable accuracy in identifying … The USPSTF reviewed the evidence for the accuracy of vision screening tests in children younger than … evidence evaluating the role of screening for family history or parental concern, or evaluating the accuracy … sensitivity of 60% to 71% and a specificity of 70% to 80%.8 A good quality systematic review, evaluating the accuracy … estimated sensitivity of 9% to 12.5% and a specificity of 99%.9 Three poor quality studies examined the accuracy

594. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 01, 2016 - The USPSTF also reviewed the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening, the accuracy of screening … Accuracy of Screening Tests Asking screening questions to elicit self-perceived problems with vision … Few studies have focused on the accuracy of the Amsler grid, clinical examination, pinhole test, or fundus … One study on the Amsler grid reported poor accuracy for detecting any visual condition compared with … The study reported poor accuracy, depending on the cutoff score; sensitivity ranged from 0.11 to 0.52

595. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Contents PDF Version and JAMA Link Archived Versions Burden of Suffering Accuracy … the risk of cervical cancer. 2   Return to Table of Contents Accuracy … data were reported in 1990, before the introduction of federal legislation designed to improve the accuracy … Accuracy and survival benefit of cytological prediction of endometrial carcinoma on routine cervical … Diagnostic accuracy of squamous cervical lesions studied in spatula-cytobrush smears.

596. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-2013
     January 15, 2013 - The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the accuracy of screening instruments for elderly or vulnerable … Further evaluation of the accuracy, efficiency, and acceptability of these methods is needed. … This review examined the accuracy of 14 screening tools for identifying IPV. … Accuracy of Screening Tests This review 37 included a total of 15 studies of 13 screening instruments … It also found no existing studies that determined the accuracy of screening tools.

597. Screening to Prevent Osteoporotic Fractures: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 26, 2018 - The pooled accuracy of clinical risk assessments for identifying osteoporosis ranged from AUC of 0.65 … to 0.76 in women and from 0.76 to 0.80 in men; the accuracy for predicting fractures was similar. … Diagnostic and Predictive Accuracy of Screening Key Question 2a. … In general, tools incorpo- rating BMD had higher accuracy than tools without BMD. … the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

598. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 02, 2018 - One- to 3-item screening instruments have the best accuracy for assessing unhealthy alcohol use in adults … of Screening Tests Forty-five studies (n = 277 881) addressed the accuracy of screen- ing tools; 10 … Three studies (n = 2782) conducted in US primary care settings showed better accuracy (sensitivity, 0.64 … of 1- or 2-item screening instruments and the AUDIT for de- tecting AUD, none reported on test accuracy … for screening for the full spectrum of unhealthy alcohol use.1 Only 1 study evaluated the accuracy of

599. Screening for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - METHODS Scope of the Review We searched for evidence on the benefits and harms of screening; accuracy … For screening accuracy studies, flaws that resulted in poor-quality ratings included use of an inap- … published since, met our inclusion and quality criteria (21, 23, 24, 39, 40) (Table 1) for accuracy … With respect to subgroup differ- ences, we found inconsistent results for sex differences in accuracy … Accuracy of Screening Tests for Childhood Depression Study, Year (Reference) USPSTF Quality Patients

600. Measuring Quality in Physicians’ Practices in Southwestern Missouri Using an Electronic Health Record (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2009 - clinical patient data required for measuring quality of care and 2) evaluating the efficiency and accuracy … reporting of measurement data through an EHR system should reduce staff and physician time and improve accuracy … reports to physicians on their clinical quality performance; • Demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy