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101. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 03, 2011 - Our KQs focus on the quality assessment component of quality improvement. … Psychological approaches tend to focus on the mental response to impairments. … Social construction classifications distinguish between impairment and disability and tend to focus on … We will focus the review on outcome measures at the individual rather than population level. … We will focus on health-related services and will exclude other services such as job training.

102. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharm-treatment-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
     December 11, 2018 - : short term (1 to <6 months), intermediate term (≥6 to <12 months) and long term (≥12 months); focus … Below are additional details on the scope of this project: Study Designs: The focus of this review is … We will focus on RCTs and evaluate references of systematic reviews against our inclusion criteria, … Our intention is to focus on single active interventions and comparators. … We will focus on studies with the least potential for bias and the fewest limitations.

103. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/disabilities-quality-improvement-outcomes_research-protocol.pdf
     August 03, 2011 - Our KQs focus on the quality assessment component of quality improvement. … Population(s): We will focus on people of all ages with diagnosed and/or documented physical and … Psychological approaches tend to focus on the mental response to impairments. … We will focus the review on outcome measures at the individual rather than population level. … We will focus on health-related services and will exclude other services such as job training.

104. autism-update-protocol-130920 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-update_research-protocol.pdf
     September 20, 2013 - The goals of treatment for ASD focus on improving core deficits in social communication and social … For this reason, our review will focus on behavioral studies. … Social skills interventions focus on facilitating social interactions and may include peer training … The Key Questions We have modified the Key Questions (KQs) from the 2011 review to focus on behavioral … The dimensions (i.e., areas of special focus, or the columns) of each evidence table may vary by KQ

105. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-standardized-library_0.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - To address these issues, harmonization efforts must focus on harmonizing both the outcome measure concepts … Areas The first step in the process was to select the five clinical areas that would serve as the focus … The other 5 are narrower in nature and focus on topics ranging from how microbiota (gut or airway) … The other 7 registries are fairly narrow and focus on tracking gene expressions, use of a specific … ; the other few registries are narrower with a focus on specific devices (2) or identification of

106. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-standardized-library.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - To address these issues, harmonization efforts must focus on harmonizing both the outcome measure concepts … Areas The first step in the process was to select the five clinical areas that would serve as the focus … The other 5 are narrower in nature and focus on topics ranging from how microbiota (gut or airway) … The other 7 registries are fairly narrow and focus on tracking gene expressions, use of a specific … ; the other few registries are narrower with a focus on specific devices (2) or identification of

107. Quality-Gap-Palliative-Hospice Executive (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - The targets show the areas where an intervention might focus—such as an intervention specifically targeting … Areas that were the focus of this review are underlined in the figure. … framework for interventions for advanced and serious illness systematic review Note: Areas that were the focus … caregivers. 4 Settings We addressed all settings, both inpatient and outpatient, with a specific focus

108. Executive Summary: Healthcare Industry Waste and Use of Life (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2023 - • Future research may need to focus on less resource intense LCA methods to address the multitude of … Future research may need to focus on less resource intense LCA methods, or integration of LCA into existing … Future work should focus on the use of LCA studies to develop scalable interventions that can be rapidly

109. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 25, 2017 - Focus of This Summary This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated the recent evidence

110. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - This review will focus on patient safety practices for reducing burden and transmission of MDROs within … possible about the questions, limiting the number of databases searched, modifying search strategies to focus … For Review Questions 6 and 7, we will focus on the barriers, facilitators, and required resources reported … cross-sectional studies) Literature Searches for Studies of Effectiveness Our search strategy will focus … measurement of outcomes, and bias in selection of the reported results.9 The risk of bias assessments will focus

111. Topic-Brief1-Care-Coordination (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
     April 01, 2021 - Systematic reviews of transitional care interventions are available; however, they do not focus on patients … Because hospitalized patients frequently have pain, studies would not necessarily need to focus exclusively … Is the focus on effectiveness or comparative effectiveness? Yes 1d. … Is the nomination focus supported by a logic model or biologic plausibility?

112. Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/autism-adolescents/research-protocol
     March 29, 2011 - Goals of treatment for young children often focus on alleviating core deficits in communication, social … As noted, the focus of this review is on the effectiveness of therapies for ASD in adolescents and young … Given a lack of translation resources, we will also focus the review on studies published in English; … The search strategies for each of these databases will focus specifically on terms related to ASD and … Within each KQ, we will organize results by study design, with a focus on those designs less subject

113. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/rt-bone-metatases-final-protocol-amendment.pdf
     August 10, 2022 - Once cancer involves the bone, it can rarely be cured, therefore, palliation is the focus. … For evaluation of harms, we will include comparative cohort and case-control studies with a focus on … We will focus on primary studies and review systematic review (SR) references for relevant studies as … We will focus on studies with the least potential for bias and the fewest limitations. … We will focus on pain, function and quality-of-life metrics, acknowledging that systematic reviews

114. Methods-Guide-Chapter-Prioritization-And-Selection-Of-Harms-For-Inclusion-In-Systematic-Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
     February 01, 2018 - Nonetheless, the KIs agreed that it is important to focus the EPC reports on the most critical harms … • Only uses GRADE: which doesn’t focus on harms specifically, but prioritizing outcomes in general … • Focus on two or three of the most important safety outcomes. … Focus is to help patients make decisions, present findings to help them make decisions. … • Patient incorporation has been a large focus.

115. Technical Brief Summary - Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/technical-brief-34-health-worker-certification-summary.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - national thought leaders, and stakeholders from Federal agencies) clarified reasons for an increased focus … Employing mixed methods (semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and surveys) to explore patients’

116. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/rt-bone-metatases-final-protocol.pdf
     February 10, 2022 - Once cancer involves the bone, it can rarely be cured, therefore, palliation is the focus. … For evaluation of harms, we will include comparative cohort and case-control studies with a focus on … We will follow a “best-evidence” approach29 and to the extent possible, focus on comparative NRSI which … We will focus on primary studies and review systematic review (SR) references for relevant studies as … We will focus on studies with the least potential for bias and the fewest limitations.

117. CER 225: Evidence Summary Interventions for Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - Among intensive interventions, family therapy (with a focus on intervening in the entire family system

118. Comparative Effectiveness Reiew 243_Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-243-prehospital-airway-management-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - o Future research should:  Focus on rigorous studies, preferably randomized controlled trials (RCTs … Future research should focus on rigorous studies, particularly RCTs, given the multiple possible sources … This research should focus on patient subgroups and factors where there are inconsistencies in the

119. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     June 03, 2014 - Obstetricians and gynecologists continually focus on providing the best medical care at the lowest risk

120. Communication and Dissemination Strategies To Facilitate the Use of Health-Related Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/medical-evidence-communication/research-protocol
     July 31, 2012 - clinicians, payers, and others”) was listed among the first quartile of topics recommended for initial focus … This systematic review has three related components; all focus on promoting informed health and health … These systematic reviews focus on the effectiveness of the communication techniques relative to not … Systematic, meta-analytic, or theoretical reviews supporting focus on various communication strategies … We expect that most studies will focus on intermediate outcomes because they occur sooner and, thus,