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2041. Disposition of Comments Report for Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women (pdf file)
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      June 12, 2012 - 2012 3 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer 2 General I like the focus … This is reasonable as it is important to focus first on clinical outcomes, but it could be more clearly … The focus of the review was on comparative effectiveness; therefore, the body of literature required … We have modified the sentence to remove the focus on radiation. … Perhaps some minor tweaking of this section could really highlight the niche of NITs as the focus of

2042. A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - status, functional status, and frailty, an important type of functional status for older populations, focus … Some focus on the domains of health status that comprise HRQL, usually including physical health, mental … Because systematic reviewers are interested in assessing the effectiveness of interventions, our focus … Nonetheless, anchor-based MIDs that focus on the importance of the magnitude of the change provide a … More targeted measures often focus on the most salient domains and are often more responsive than generic

2043. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      February 22, 2012 - The remainder of the review will focus on adult patients with subjective idiopathic (nonpulsatile) tinnitus … In sum, our review will focus on adult patients with subjective idiopathic (nonpulsatile) tinnitus who … Therefore, treatment should focus on providing methods to reduce reactions to tinnitus. … Terms for tinnitus will be searched with a focus on human studies. … As such, unpublished studies and ongoing studies are the focus of these searches.

2044. UBIQUS Document (pdf file)
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      October 13, 2011 - Today’s webinar is one example of work being conducted as part of this focus. . … As such, the focus in much of our Community Forum work in the first year centered on understanding … Early on, their focus is inward and it takes time for them to be able to move beyond their own personal … As seen here, the focus is a picture of a woman with a bypass scar. … And I’ll briefly focus on three places that one can go on the Heart Association’s website.

2045. Understanding Health-Systems’ Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2017 - These reviews focus on a variety of issues, including assessing and comparing clinical drugs, treatments … the things that are that combination of key processes, plus the things that are getting really heavy focus … and 18 physicians on health-systems pharmacy & therapeutics committees participated in 90-minute focus … Health care decision makers’ use of comparative effectiveness research: report from a series of focus … These reviews focus on a variety of issues, including comparing clinical drugs or treatments, and interventions

2046. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      February 23, 2012 - KQ 1: We will focus on studies of comprehensive PCMH interventions that include a comparison group. … Other key methodological decisions from this series include a focus on outpatient care and the inclusion … For KQ 1, we will focus on data elements to evaluate the association between independent variables of … Developing a policy-relevant research agenda for the patient-centered medical home: a focus on outcomes

2047. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - We structured our review to maintain our focus on study populations meeting our TRD definition (≥2 antidepressant … Given our focus on Tier 1 (TRD) studies, for each KQ we first present an overview of the particular comparison … For just this set of analyses, we examined both clinical trials and cohort studies, and we focus on cognitive … Subsequent studies should focus on employing known, reliable, and valid measures of patient-reported

2048. Evidence-Summary-CER-209-Noninvasive-Nonpharmacological-Treatment-For-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2018 - bracing for knee, back or neck, electro-muscular stimulation and magnets), and acupuncture with a .focus … This provides some support for clinical strategies that focus on “active” interventions as primary … broader array of effective nonpharmacological treatments may have greater impact than those that focus … Not all patients may require multidisciplinary rehabilitation.22 Policy efforts that focus on use of … Our findings provide some support for clinical strategies that focus on use of nonpharmacological therapies

2049. Strategies To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      January 17, 2012 - Current Page Topic Timeline Oct. 28, 2011 Topic Initiated Jan. 17, 2012 Research Protocol Apr. 22, 2013 Systematic Review Aug. 9, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Strategies To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Comparative Effectiveness Review Research Protocol Archive…

2050. Comments to Effective Heath Care Program Draft Documents (pdf file)
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      March 03, 2010 - conducted as part of clinical development are by necessity of limited duration and, size and generally focus … conducted as part of clinical development are by necessity of limited duration and, size and generally focus … The topic of pregnancy registry design is extensive and is not the focus of this paper. … and technical considerations are clearly issues of great importance to the AAOS given its current focus

2051. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      April 18, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Strategies To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Comparative Effectiveness Review Amendment Date(s): Amendment 1 – January 20, 20…

2052. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      May 01, 2014 - If multiple systematic reviews are relevant and low risk of bias, we will focus on the findings from … review and highlight studies by using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach, where the best evidence is the focus

2053. chronic-fatigue-protocol (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - If multiple systematic reviews are relevant and low risk of bias, we will focus on the findings from … review and highlight studies by using a hierarchy-of-evidence approach, where the best evidence is the focus

2054. Future Research Needs for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2012 - It was recommended that future research should focus on comparative studies with long-term followup … Since diagnosis and treatment FRN topics are being dealt with separately, here we focus primarily on … Ideally, qualitative studies, such as focus groups, should be conducted to assess patients’ preferences … Focus groups could be formed by either collecting stakeholders with similar backgrounds together to … focus on specific topics or by randomizing stakeholders to focus groups in order to obtain a balance

2055. Developing Quality Indicators for Cancer End-of-Life Care: Proceedings From a National Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      September 08, 2010 - Quality indicators for pain should not just focus on the level of pain, but also on the extent to which … Specific indicators could focus on providing patients with information, such as an explicit statement … Distinguish the use of pain indicators in quality improvement versus performance measurement Focus … least one measure of bother, interference, or distress Implement dyspnea quality indicators that focus

2056. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2017 - We felt that obesity is uniquely complex and elected to focus on the articles that discuss obesity … Reviewer #3: Methods Page 20, 2nd paragraph: it will be helpful to briefly describe the focus of the … I did not see a clear distinction between full food frequency questionnaires and “screeners” that focus … reviews to show the value added by your review as being much more comprehensive than reviews that focus

2057. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      December 20, 2011 - Trauma-focused group therapy can vary in theory and practice (including the degree of structure) and in its focus … Psychological treatments with waiting list assignment, usual care, no intervention, or sham ○ We will focus

2058. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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      October 01, 2011 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: November 8, 2010 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 128.2 KB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a healt…

2059. Data Points #7: Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter, 2006-2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      August 26, 2011 - Data Points #7: Utilization of anticancer biologic products among Medicare beneficiaries, by diagnostic cancer subchapter, 2006-2009 Research Report August 26, 2011 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 429.4 KB People using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in…

2060. Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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      April 22, 2013 - Current Page Topic Timeline Oct. 28, 2011 Topic Initiated Jan. 17, 2012 Research Protocol Apr. 22, 2013 Systematic Review Aug. 9, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness Systematic Review Archived April 22, 2013 Web Version [NLM…