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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-topic-refinement_methods.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Based on an assessment of the experience of various EPCs, to identify best practices and
incorporate … The
recommendations in this report were developed from our work group’s synthesis and assessment
of … These may be clinicians or other health care providers, researchers,
or other individuals who are well … the systematic review and analysis
o Studies
o Systematic reviews
• Assessment of other ongoing … consumer organizations,
purchasers of health care, and others who will use the findings from the report
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-update_research-protocol.pdf
December 23, 2014 - ); must include risk of bias assessment with validated tools. … criteria, relevant synthesis results,
and strength of evidence assessment (see section F below). … participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessment,
incomplete outcome data (i.e., was incomplete … bias by comparing
reported results with those mentioned in the methods section and an assessment of … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
health care, and others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/people-with-disabilities-protocol.pdf
January 16, 2024 - /or lack of knowledge on
the part of healthcare providers; communication failures between healthcare … , health
system policies or procedures) or attitudinal (e.g., healthcare provider knowledge or awareness … ; educational/training programs for healthcare
providers)
• Characteristics/components of interventions … reports produced by Federal or State agencies, healthcare provider organizations, or
others. … ,
practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of
healthcare
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-care-interventions-review_white-paper.pdf
March 01, 2011 - If an assessment is done, the
resulting surveillance report describing the methodology and findings … interacting nature of
multicomponent and systems-level interventions, and need for adaptation during … systems, and quality improvement interventions.5, 39 For example, an examination of
EPOC’s health systems … assessment, and synthesis.20
Investigators must consider the advantages and disadvantages of various … of
complex multicomponent health systems interventions, but also health systems leaders who use
reviews
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-liver-metastases-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
September 27, 2012 - This topic is clinically relevant and one of importance to health care providers,
patients, and policymakers … :
• Quality Assessment
o Number of participants and flow of participants through steps of study … Assessment of Methodological
Quality of Individual Studies
• Assessment of Applicability and Clinical … chemotherapy)
– Number and types of previous lines of treatment
• Outcome Assessment
o Identified … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and
others
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/multiple-sclerosis_executive.pdf
April 01, 2015 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among … Such information should
support clinicians, patients, consumer advocates, and other
decisionmakers … the MS Quality of Life-
54 (MSQOL-54, the Functional Assessment of Multiple
Sclerosis (FAMS), and the … Such areas may
contribute systems-level factors to DMT selection and
adherence, and to the successful … Needs assessment of persons with multiple sclerosis
and significant others: using the literature review
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-healthcare-horizon-scan-protocol-operations-manual-151001.pdf
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ does not
directly participate in the horizon scanning or assessment of leads or topics, and did … To evaluate components of existing horizon scanning systems and their respective
protocols to identify … , health care practices, health technology
assessment, health services assessment, comparative-effectiveness … An expert with a
potential COI and relatively lesser expertise, based on our assessment of their degree … access, infrastructure, and systems of care delivery.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ahrq-healthcare-horizon-scan-protocol-operations-manual-151001.pdf
September 01, 2015 - AHRQ does not
directly participate in the horizon scanning or assessment of leads or topics, and did … To evaluate components of existing horizon scanning systems and their respective
protocols to identify … , health care practices, health technology
assessment, health services assessment, comparative-effectiveness … An expert with a
potential COI and relatively lesser expertise, based on our assessment of their degree … access, infrastructure, and systems of care delivery.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/improved-cancer-outcomes-protocol_0.pdf
December 01, 2021 - assessment techniques, insuff icient energy intake,
unintentional w eight loss >5%, and/or loss of … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
Based on AHRQ guidance16, two independent … an assessment of the
grey literature to assess potentially unpublished studies. … Geriatric assessment and 1-year
mortality in older patients with cancer in the head and neck region: … , practicing
clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/procalcitonin-future_research.pdf
August 01, 2014 - perspectives, including methodological/research expertise, clinical experience, and consumer and
payer … uncertainty regarding
appropriate care
• Addresses high costs to consumers, patients, health-care systems … consumer and payer representation. … Technology
assessment: an American view. Eur J Radiol
1992;14:147-56. PMID: 1563415.
13. … uncertainty regarding
appropriate care
• Addresses high costs to consumers, patients, health-care systems
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-assessment-research-updates_research.pdf
September 15, 2008 - for clinical and consumer
decision-making. … , that is,
reviewing the literature and gathering expert opinion in support of this assessment. … Using this approach, they determined that out of 17 guidelines, new evidence and expert assessment
indicated … The method did
not involve expert assessment, but instead relied on a combination of quantitative and … Our overall assessment of the need for updating is shown in Table 3.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/venous-ulcers-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
September 13, 2012 - being treated with compression systems, what are the benefits and harms of using systemic
antibiotics … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies
Article quality will be assessed differently … assessment tool.7 We will supplement these tools with additional quality-assessment questions
based … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the
methodological quality both of randomised … research, including patients and caregivers, practicing
clinicians, relevant professional and consumer
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cerebral-palsy-feeding_research-protocol.pdf
June 12, 2012 - The diversity of the clinical features is reflected in multiple
classification systems that include … CP classification systems used and understood by qualified medical practitioners (www.cerebralpalsy.org … Health insurance coverage of adolescents: a current
profile and assessment of trends. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and
others … Risk of selection, reporting, and other bias are assessed in the Quality Assessment Form Part I.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_executive.pdf
January 27, 2012 - The object is to help
consumers, health care providers, and
others in making informed choices
among … assessment and
treatment of other medical and psychiatric problems.9
Treatments for Alcohol-Use Disorders … had a complete set of
assessment interviews, and suggest that disulfiram may
have a role in the treatment … (N=162 of 605 subjects) who drank and had a complete set of assessment interviews, but it did not report … Alcohol-use Disorders: The NICE
Guidelines on Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Harmful
Drinking
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/radiation-brain-metastases/protocol
January 28, 2020 - providers, and evidence synthesis experts. … assessment approaches and the latest revision of the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool (RoB 2) that is currently … the rigor of the adverse event assessment (e.g., use of a scale or checklist) and whether adverse events … The strength of evidence assessment will use the AHRQ EPC program strength of evidence assessment categories … , practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/practical-considerations.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Given the trend towards state-level legalization of cannabis, and the lack of regulation of
kratom and … theoretical example where the SOE changed would be where
new larger trials were added, such that the assessment … Bias No Ongoing assessment
was successful, given
the small volume of
literature
None; on-going … assessment
helped to avoid problems
None
Meta-
analysis
No Updating meta-
analysis more
frequently … e.g., ongoing screening, abstraction, and risk of bias assessment).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-standardized-library_0.pdf
February 01, 2019 - The information in this report is intended to help EPCs and AHRQ understand health-systems
need and … outcomes for assessment. … so that users can understand the level of
comparability between measures across different systems and … ; the remaining 11 are
funded by a combination of NIH,
universities and health systems
Approximately … Assessment of Therapies in
AF (TREAT-AF)
Mintu Turakhia
Stakeholder Organization Representative
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-standardized-library.pdf
February 01, 2019 - The information in this report is intended to help EPCs and AHRQ understand health-systems
need and … outcomes for assessment. … so that users can understand the level of
comparability between measures across different systems and … ; the remaining 11 are
funded by a combination of NIH,
universities and health systems
Approximately … Assessment of Therapies in
AF (TREAT-AF)
Mintu Turakhia
Stakeholder Organization Representative
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-safety_research.pdf
July 01, 2009 - The DEcIDE
network assists health care providers, patients, and policymakers seeking unbiased information … new analytic tools to assist healthcare providers, patients, and
policy makers with making informed … different from the focus of this project, assessment of those
approaches and lessons learned may be … data content for the
receiving entity) and healthcare providers who transmit any health information … Design factors that are measured in an assessment of sustainability should include
(1) effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/noninvasive-nonpharm-pain-update/protocol
March 01, 2019 - factors), with complex interactions, making assessment and management a challenge. … national initiatives to address gaps related to understanding the complexities of pain assessment and … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies
The predefined criteria used for the … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others