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121. How can patients who have chronic diseases better prepare for critical illness and the end of life? Will a decision aid, using individualized estimates of outcomes, help shared decision making about advance care planning? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 22, 2011 - devices, drugs, or interventions you would like to see compared: a decision aid about end of life decisions … Potential Impact How will an answer to your research question be used or help inform decisions for

122. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2020 - evidence described here, decision makers also may consider these other evidence sources to inform decisions … makers—patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions … Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … EPC) program is developing a range of rapid evidence products to assist end-users in making specific decisions

123. Knowledge Briefs: Public Deliberation | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2013 - Others play a short-term role in shaping health decisions, such as Canada's Romanow Commission that convened … Public deliberation in decisions about health research.

124. PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 01, 2013 - examined the use of the prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) gene in improving initial or repeat biopsy decisions … initial biopsy; at-risk men considering repeat biopsy; and men with prostate cancer making treatment decisions

125. Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2019 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … about the management of patients with urinary incontinence, as well as health system decisions related … This need can be served by providing a framework for exploring decisions affected by multiple attributes … More generally, evidence informs, but does not fully determine, clinical and policy decisions.20, 21 … Decisions are based on the evidence but also take into account the decisionmaker’s preferences, must

126. Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 15, 2018 - role dissemination products from evidence reports may play for specific decision makers and specific decisions

127. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2012 - 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 … Pressure patterns ○ Treatment decisions 1. Change in medications 2.

128. 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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     March 14, 2012 - 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 medications

129. Using Deliberative Methods to Engage the Public: Facilitating a Deliberative Session (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - Researcher, American Institutes for Research (AIR) • Marge Ginsburg, MPH, Director, Center for Healthcare Decisions … o Decisions … the participants work to help the sponsor achieve project goals and consultation occurs after major decisions

130. Differing Levels of Clinical Evidence: Exploring Communication Challenges in Shared Decisionmaking (Eisenberg Center Conference Series 2011) | Effective Health Care Program
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     September 30, 2011 - Shared Decisionmaking January 03, 2017 White Paper Supporting Shared Decisions

131. AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2021: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Making 1 Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making Evidence Needed Evidence-Based Decisions … Made Guideline Developers Clinical Practice Guidelines Healthcare Policymakers Coverage Decisions … that are timely, unbiased, accessible, and readable and have actionable conclusions for healthcare decisions … Goal 4: Improve future evidence for healthcare decisions by accelerating the reduction of evidence gaps … Synthesizing Telehealth Research to Inform Healthcare Decisions: The AHRQ Evidence- based Practice Center

132. Prioritization Criteria Methodology for Future Research Needs Proposals Within the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in … The process of making decisions about health-related priorities is complex and context- dependent and … On the contrary, stakeholders who will be using the research to make decisions need to consider whether … The approaches described here may be adapted based on decisions by the EPC and the stakeholders; including … Once the stakeholders have identified the questions that need to be answered to make decisions, the

133. Ced -Appendix-2 (xls file)
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     October 12, 2022 - commentor recommended that CED should be expanded to local-level (i.e., Medicare Administrative Contractor) decisions … Page 30 of the report states the following: Although real-world evidence is often sought for coverage decisions … As a result, less precise diagnostic information may lead to suboptimal clinical decisions and outcomes … CED should not substitute CMS analysis of clinical evidence and conclusions for decisions delegated to … As a result, less precise diagnostic information may lead to suboptimal clinical decisions and outcomes

134. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 2 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - The linkages leading from changes in patient management decisions to health outcomes are often of particular … comparators) and are limited in their ability to represent the impact of test results on clinical decisions … , and the specific potential outcome consequences of altered decisions. … the analytic framework to illustrate details of the potential impact of test results on management decisions … Implicit in this example is the comparability of downstream management decisions and outcomes between

135. Localized Prostate Cancer | Effective Health Care
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     June 08, 2018 - Medical decisions should always be made with your doctor, and you may want to talk with your family and

136. Reliability Testing of the AHRQ EPC Approach to Grading the Strength of Evidence in Comparative Effectiveness Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 22, 2012 - Our study provided only a first approximation of reviewers' rationales for differences in SOE decisions … insufficient understanding of the guidance itself and how best to overcome that deficit, and complex decisions

137. Methods-Guidance-Topics Methods (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - 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 … to priority-setting criteria, the evidence used when making these decisions, and any programmatic

138. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis and Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     October 23, 2014 - Where decisions were made to conduct specific analyses, the rationale for doing so was duly provided … This report could be used as the basis for practice decisions. … However, there are just so many important decisions related to imaging for HCC that are just not even … Peer Reviewer #7 General Regarding the decisions that might be made on the basis of evidence based … From this document, I do not think that any person could make good and appropriate decisions about

139. Preparing and Engaging Patients in the Use of Evidence in Shared Decision Making | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 30, 2013 - Effectiveness Strategies for Engaging Patients in Shared Decision Making Perspectives on Quality Decisions

140. No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings: A Rapid Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 02, 2020 - Health systems, clinicians, policymakers, and the general public want evidence to inform critical decisions