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2101. Gibbons (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - • Is using social media for health care marketing, data dissemination, decision support, self-­‐ care

2102. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - strategy, and in whether the genetic test results are useful in medical, personal, or public health decision

2103. For adult female patients, what is the comparative effective of non-surgical and surgical treatment of chronic pelvic pain? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      July 21, 2009 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2104. Can screening among the general adult male population for elevated PCA3 (also known as DD3) gene expression, to identify those at risk for prostate cancer who may be candidates for prostate biopsy, reduce morbidity and mortality? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/can-screening-among-the-general-adult-male-population-for-elevated-pca3-also-known-as-dd3-gene-expression-to-identify-those-at-risk-for-prostate-cancer-who-may-be-candidates-for-prostate-biopsy-reduce-morbidity-and-mortality
      July 29, 2010 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2105. Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      March 13, 2012 - For patients where a decision is made to administer adjuvant chemotherapy, an additional decision has … Thus, it is important that published reports on using GEP tests in colon cancer treatment decision-making … balance of benefits and harms when GEP testing is used to impact clinical decisionmaking, that is, the decision … Use of biomarkers and surrogate endpoints in drug development and regulatory decision making: criteria

2106. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2009 - The decision to use other kinds of evidence—experimental or observational—should follow a critique … BMC Med Inf Decision Making 2008;8:19. 6. Egger M, Smith GD. … Using evidence reports: progress and challenges in evidence-based decision making Health Aff 2005 Jan-Feb … The evolution of the randomized controlled trial and its role in evidence-based decision making. … Practical clinical trials: increasing the value of clinical research for decision making in clinical

2107. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - �To be useful to decision makers, an evidence synthesis of a medical intervention should assess the balance … Identify Harms that are of Greatest Importance (I) • EPC reviews should assess harms most important to decision-makers … However, EPC reviews should include all the harms judged to be of greatest importance to decision-makers … From the perspective of a decision-making framework, a harm may be considered “important” if the probability … as a benefit or harm may depend on the intended effect of the treatment and the perspective of the decision

2108. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      March 11, 2010 - This uncertainty impacts the decision-making for clinicians who are considering treatments for subclinical … Screening interventions • : Serum TSH, with testing of serum free T4 and/or T3 if TSH is outside the decision … Full-text articles of included abstracts were then dual reviewed for a final inclusion decision. … Subclinical hypothyroidism: A TSH above the decision threshold with free T4 and free T3 levels within … A TSH below the decision threshold with free T4 and free T3 levels within the accepted range.

2109. S50 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - PBE-CPI) research meth- odology that fills gaps in information needed by clinical and health policy decision … which the hypothesis and study design are devel- oped specifically to answer the questions faced by decision … These drawbacks make find- ings less understandable to clinical decision makers. … individuals to compare the ef- fectiveness of treatments in current practice and improve clinical decision … Practical clinical trials: increasing the value of clinical research for decision making in clinical

2110. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2012 - Although information is emerging about use of GEP assays to inform the decision about use of adjuvant … Summary of peer-reviewed studies for available gene expression assays for use in the decision about … For patients where a decision is made to administer adjuvant chemotherapy, an additional decision has … As noted in the Background section, currently the decision about administering adjuvant chemotherapy … Summary of peer-reviewed studies for available gene expression assays for use in the decision about

2111. Research White Paper - EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - on when it is appropriate to search for studies in languages other than English, this will be a decision … Presumably, using a third party ensures that the final decision for selecting peer reviewers and assessing … Within the EHC program, the decision for selecting and inviting peer reviewers does not remain with … Establish a fair procedure for resolving discrepancies—do not simply give final decision-making power … Synthesis workgroup members noted that it is difficult to determine what “might be useful to decision

2112. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      December 16, 2014 - We have also noted that the American Urological Association [AUA]) currently advocates shared decision … Based on this premise, we made the decision to report all outcomes in our major findings table but … The report is probably more relevant to policy makers and less to clinical decision-makers because … The report sets up a null hypothesis when reading its intent now or in the future to direct decision … And while the conclusions are true that there remains little evidence to help in decision making for

2113. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - chapter of the EPC Methods Guide recommended that reviewers assess the harms that are important to decision … Include harms that are of greatest importance to decision-makers. … From the perspective of a decision-making framework, a harm may be considered “important” if the probability … as a benefit or harm may depend on the intended effect of the treatment and the perspective of the decision … What outcomes will impact the decision? These decision makers are usually clinical experts.

2114. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      June 17, 2009 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2115. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      January 20, 2011 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2116. What are the best practice Behavioral Health programs for type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Does educational counseling help paitients improve control and adherence to treatment? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/what-are-the-best-practice-behavioral-health-programs-for-type-1-diabetes-type-2-diabetes-and-gestational-diabetes-does-educational-counseling-help-paitients-improve-control-and-adherence-to-treatment
      May 04, 2012 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2117. What is the comparative renal of differnt contrast media used in radiographic imaging ? What is the comparative efficacy of different therapies in preventing contrast induced nephropathy? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/what-is-the-comparative-renal-of-differnt-contrast-media-used-in-radiographic-imaging-what-is-the-comparative-efficacy-of-different-therapies-in-preventing-contrast-induced-nephropathy
      December 30, 2011 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision

2118. Diagnosis and Treatment of Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/diagnosis-treatment-localized-muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer
      January 24, 2013 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision … Decision-making by urologists oftentimes is empirically-based, although more evidence is being published … treatment to recommend; a guideline such as that proposed for this evidence report would aid in the decision

2119. Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/diagnosis-and-treatment-of-non-muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer
      October 03, 2012 - variations in clinical care, controversy in what constitutes appropriate clinical care, or a policy decision … Decision-making by urologist oftentimes is empirically-based, although more evidence is being published … treatment to recommend; a guideline such as that proposed for this evidence report would aid in the decision

2120. Wheeled Mobility (Wheelchair) Service Delivery (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Souza A, Kelleher A, Cooper R, Cooper RA, Iezzoni LI, components that may influence provider decision … Payors- What are the qualifications of the decision makers that make approval/denial decisions? … Do the decision makers apply professional judgment in the review process or rely solely on decision … We suggest asking the payors, “What are the qualifications of the decision makers that make approval … Given the complexity and uniqueness of each individual situation application of a decision tree or