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101. Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … In addition, performance based on individual reviewer decisions was explored. … in the training sample to learn and to predict decisions. … Hence, the reviewer‘s decisions may be an imperfect gold standard. … full text screening decisions.

102. Acute Care Nursing Staff Shortages That Compromise Patient-to-Nurse Ratios | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2025 - staffing-level interventions (e.g., facility-driven staffing ratios, use of patient acuity tool for staffing decisions … Findings were mixed on the use of patient acuity tools in staffing decisions.

103. Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Patients can make better decisions about using prokinetics such as oral, intravenous, and sublingual … Thus, accurate diagnosis of gastroparesis is integral to decisions about management. … Other outcomes include the ability of testing to influence treatment decisions by changes in medications … about patients. 13 We will address this issue by looking for data on how treatment decisions differ … Motility assessment Transit time Pressure patterns Treatment decisions Change in

104. Identifying, Selecting and Refining Topics for Comparative Effectiveness Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - They provide syntheses of relevant evidence to inform real-world health care decisions for patients, … Engaging a range of stakeholders in program decisions while also achieving efficiency and timeliness. … Evidence has been recognized as the "new anchor for medical decisions," 1 and many consider systematic … reviews to be the best source of information for making clinical and health policy decisions. 2 These … research products rigorously summarize existing research studies so that health and health care decisions

105. Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … Many of the decisions about study inclusion made during the course of the initial systematic review … Future changes in scope may require additional decisions on how to best incorporate them. … Allotting adequate time to team members made it possible to efficiently make study inclusion decisions … In our experience, making decisions about the SOE in quarterly updates (to date) has not been difficult

106. Communicating (Im)Precision and Uncertainty In Clinical Evidence (Session I) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - particular emphasis on risk communication and numeracy (people's ability to use numbers to inform their decisions … He co-directed the recently published National Survey of Medical Decisions (the DECISIONS Study) and

107. Integrating Stakeholder Preferences in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Potential Uses of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - The purpose of CER is to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers and policy makers to make informed decisions

108. Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - role dissemination products from evidence reports may play for specific decision makers and specific decisions

109. Effective Health Care Program History | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2022 - Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science was established to translate complex … different audiences and to develop tools that encourage and empower consumers to make informed health care decisions

110. What is the comparative effectiveness of imaging techniques for the assessment of response to treatment in metastatic breast cancer? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Potential Impact How will an answer to your research question be used or help inform decisions for … who will be able to use this information to make more informed treatment recommendations and coverage decisions … who will be able to use this information to make more informed treatment recommendations and coverage decisions

111. What is the effectiveness of interventions designed to support children in transition from pediatric care to adult care with special health care needs? Ineffective transition planning can have significant negative consequences on children… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - Rather, decisions are usually made on a case by case basis. … Potential Impact How will an answer to your research question be used or help inform decisions for … This research will inform decisions about when, how, and if children with special health care needs should … or perspective: (you may select more than one category if appropriate) This research will inform decisions

112. Knowing Your Options: A Decision Aid for Men With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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113. TND-485-09-03-2013 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Instead, they prepare patients to make informed, values-based decisions with their practitioner.”

114. EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - ; designing care delivery; clinical decisions; coverage decisions; policy; allow user to do own … ; practice decisions; coverage decisions Minimum of 3 months (7 products) • 3 products limited … , decisions not likely to have negative health consequences for large populations, decisions that can … , and decisions about low cost interventions. … The purpose for most of these was to be used in health system decisions.

115. Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - They provide syntheses of relevant evidence to inform real-world health care decisions for patients, … These decisions require clinical insights as well as statistical expertise. … ; each of these decisions and assumptions may affect the main findings. … When necessary, multiple decisions and assumptions can be considered simultaneously. … When necessary, multiple decisions and assumptions may be considered at the same time.

116. Identification of Future Research Needs in the Comparative Management of Uterine Fibroid Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2019 - conduct of new research in areas where existing scientific evidence is insufficient to inform health care decisions … program and Section 1013 of MMA, the AHRQ Effective Healthcare , DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions … with multiple stakeholders to identify clinical problems for which new research will inform treatment decisions … By leaving treatment decisions up to the patient and provider (and not randomizing patients to a particular … result of this process is a prioritized research agenda that should reflect the needs of those making decisions

117. Underage Drinking | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     It is dangerous because it Causes many deaths and injuries Can lead to poor decisions about engaging

118. Seasonal Affective Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     to enjoy Fatigue and decreased energy Difficulty concentrating, remembering details and making decisions

119. Teen Mental Health | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     You're under stress to be liked, do well in school, get along with your family, and make big decisions

120. Supporting Informed Decision Making When Clinical Evidence and Conventional Wisdom Collide | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Making decisions in a complex information environment: evidential preference and information we trust