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321. Identifying, Selecting and Refining Topics for Comparative Effectiveness Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Fifth is the need for any prioritization approach to undertake process evaluation and improvement measures … A similar approach has been successfully undertaken by others. 16 Second, more explicit attempts are … scientifically rigorous, and transparent, with public participation. 3 The EHC Program's current approach … However, only process evaluation will allow determination of whether this approach helps in fairly selecting … Evidence-based medicine: a unified approach.

322. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - With this approach, the prevalence and density of MRSA disease fell significantly among all patients … This approach, while reliable and familiar in the hands of most clinical laboratories, is plagued by … This so-called “guilty until proven innocent” approach, while sound from an epidemiological perspective … Determining the optimal approach once patients are identified as colonized with MRSA presents an even … In adherence with the Methods Guide,33 the general approach to grading individual comparative studies

323. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - pressure ulcers, falls and high health care utilization. 12,13 However, a major limitation to this approach … unintentional weight loss, urinary incontinence, and hospital readmissions. 15-17 Studies using this second approach … Our approach is to compile the literature-based information for each GQ, then to review the degree to

324. S38 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - If education or evidence leads providers to conclude that 1 therapeutic approach is preferred over others … This latter approach, also called the minimization technique, is particularly useful if the number of … Another approach is to consider only designs with small average differ- ences between treatment groups … This approach was taken by Henderson and colleagues25 in a cluster- randomized trial of a sex education … An alternative approach is possible when trials are conducted within health care systems with claims

325. Management of Uterine Fibroids | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2019 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

326. Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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     July 28, 2010 - The interdisciplinary approach to pain management is an extension of a more general multidisciplinary … approach; both models address the multifactorial causes of pain.7 Question 2 will provide important

327. Module II: Stakeholders and Stakeholder Engagement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2011 - Provide Insights on Research Priorities § Refine Topics & Develop Key Questions § Help Develop Research Approach … research priorities § Refine the research topic and develop key questions § Help develop research approach … § Help Develop Research Approach … Investigators should consider the overall objective of the research, and use it to guide a systematic approach … The approach should emphasize the importance of identifying the questions most salient to end-user stakeholders

328. Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis of Test Performance When There Is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Formulating an effective evaluation approach requires careful consideration of the context in which the … are more theoretically motivated. 19,20 At the same time there are situations when a multivariate approach … negative) predictive value; Prev = prevalence; Se = Sensitivity; Sp = specificity The herein recommended approach … severity will (likely) affect sensitivity but not specificity, leading to a preference for the bivariate approach … The summary line approach is also most helpful when different explicit thresholds are used across studies

329. Labor Dystocia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2020 - Overall, the comments affirmed our planned approach. … The strength of evidence will be assessed using the approach described in AHRQ's Methods Guide. 20,26 … In brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk … The quality of relevant existing reviews will be graded using a components approach, with key components … The approach has been modified in order to apply the design-specific criteria outlined in the Methods

330. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - outcome measures may not differ between disabled and nondisabled populations, but the methodological approach … One approach is to use a medical orientation, focusing on pathology, such as classifications based on … Our strategy explicitly anticipates having to commence the search with a broad approach and the possible

331. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 246_Management of High-Need High-Cost Patients: A "Best Fit" Framework Synthesis, Realist Review, and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - To determine how to identify HNHC patients (KQ 1), we used the best-fit framework synthesis approach

332. Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2022 - Using a mixed-studies review approach, we searched for interventions or implementation strategies for

333. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0265 Document Completion Date: 09-13-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Cryptorchidism (undescended testicle) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, compara…

334. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage Patients, Consumers, and the Public (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2011 - Finally, it is important to adapt your methods, materials, and overall approach to the current political … As Ela mentioned, you’ll want to determine whether you will evaluate your approach and how you will …  When treatment effectiveness is minimal, what is a fair approach to coverage? … o When treatment effectiveness is minimal, what is a fair approach to coverage? … It’s when there is more than one way to approach a problem or resolve a conflict that lends itself to

335. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage Patients, Consumers, and the Public (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2011 - Finally, it is important to adapt your methods, materials, and overall approach to the current political … As Ela mentioned, you’ll want to determine whether you will evaluate your approach and how you will …  When treatment effectiveness is minimal, what is a fair approach to coverage? … o When treatment effectiveness is minimal, what is a fair approach to coverage? … It’s when there is more than one way to approach a problem or resolve a conflict that lends itself to

336. Patient-Centered-Medical-Home Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - A systems-based approach to improving quality and safety 3. … We evaluated the quality of individual studies using the approach described in AHRQ’s Methods Guide … For this latter approach to succeed, studies will need to report the details of the PCMH intervention … Conclusions The PCMH model is a conceptually sound approach to organizing patient care and appears … Quality improvement in chronic illness care: a collaborative approach.

337. CER 222: Evidence Summary: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Data synthesis involved a hierarchy-of- evidence approach, where the best evidence was considered most

338. S1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - EDITORIAL Preface Scott R. Smith, MSPH, PhD The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) launched a new era in national healthpolicy in the United States. In addition to increasing access to outpatient prescription medications through a new federal program, this landmark legislation creates new opportunities and a r…

339. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 45: Long COVID Models of Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - The Technical Brief mentions that integrative medicine is well suited for the whole health approach … However, a whole health approach goes beyond this objective – it requires systems transformation. … The University of Texas site utilized the “Whole Health System Approach to Long COVID. … Yoga Therapy is inherently a biopsychosocial spiritual approach. … This approach is supported by the following data.

340. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review 255: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs (pdf file)
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     May 31, 2022 - Due to space constraints and readability concerns, detailed information on the approach for risk of … We need a holistic, developmental approach to transition. Thank you. … to assist transition-aged youth and young adults while a more rigorous evidence based approach is … Our methodological approach along with the study inclusion and exclusion criteria was discussed with … We identify in our methods the approach to inclusion and exclusion as well as risk of bias that were