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241. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     August 16, 2016 - We have revised the sentence to make the goals more explicit. … Response Peer Reviewer #3 Introduction In both the executive summary and the introduction, the goals … Would recommend and favor all statements of the goals defaulting to the more comprehensive listing. … The statement has been revised to: The goals of therapy are improvement in uncontrolled HTN, preservation … TEP Reviewer #7 Introduction ...Third paragraph, first sentence, the goals of therapy are reduction

242. Introduction to N-of-1 Trials: Indications and Barriers (Chapter 1) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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243. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - on the factors of interest was assembled in a series of tables for presentation to AHRQ, with the goal … Other Stakeholders The workgroups for each of the five clinical areas were developed with several goals … Leveraging Existing Resources A key goal of this project was to leverage existing resources and build … To support that goal, the existing common data elements and value sets were used whenever possible. … registries were found through internet searches At least 6 registries are very broad in scope, with the goal

244. S29 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - The goals of the study and the interview questions provided an initial organizing framework. … interviews varied by site: at 1 site, we were able to recruit only 3 leaders; at 4 sites, we met our goal … of recruiting 4 leaders; and at 3 sites, we exceeded our goal, and recruited 5 leaders. … Cost differential (1 drug is much less expensive; goal is to determine whether less expensive is as effective

245. Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Final Report (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2022 - This follow-up PHQ-9 was sent directly to the patient via email, with the goal of enabling clinicians … A key goal of the app is to enable clinicians to view the outcome measures within the EHR, without the … conduct data quality evaluations on a routine basis, and these evaluations were expanded to address the goals … A key goal of implementing the harmonized outcome measures in patient registries is to create research … interoperability standards, quality reporting processes, and the normal process of care, with the goals

246. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - It is NOT the goal of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System to make predictions on the future … According to MFMER, the primary ES-4 treatment goal is to maintain blood sugar levels as close … However, targets are individualized according to clinician judgment about the optimal goal for a specific … of the surgery differ, although the same procedures are used to accomplish those goals. … The goal of bariatric surgery is typically achieving weight loss, while the goal of metabolic surgery

247. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review 235_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     November 04, 2020 - If the document is intended to accomplish goals 1-7 as laid out in the introduction, it might be worthwhile … to return to these goals and provide relevant take home points for each goal in the conclusion of … characteristics (in this type of project) should be universally applicable to all trauma populations if the goal … Discussion/Concl usion Major findings description were sparse and might be more closely linked to project goals

248. Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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249. Phenylketonuria Executive (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2012 - The usual treatment goal is a blood Phe level Effective Health Care Effective Health Care Program … This supports the typical target goal for Phe level in individuals with PKU (120 to 360 µmol/L).3 Notably … LNAAs may work should be clarified, as should the optimal target population and specific treatment goals … remains the mainstay of treatment for PKU, and maintaining control over the lifetime is an appropriate goal … Nonetheless, there is potential to support patients in achieving their clinical goals and possibly

250. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - It is NOT the goal of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System to make predictions on the future … It is the accepted standard for monitoring diabetes management goals. … However, targets are individualized according to clinician judgment about the optimal goal for a specific … Many patients with T2DM do not meet treatment goals and require additional therapy with one of two … Despite combined hypoglycemic therapy, many patients with T2DM can still fail to meet treatment goals

251. Disposition of Comments_CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - The goal of the report was to understand the evidence base for effective care interventions and to … Therefore, we focused on experimental or quasi- experimental study designs to address that goal. … The goal of the report, stated in the evidence summary, is to understand the evidence base for a very … for full letter) Introduction The introduction provides useful information about the origin and goals … It has the goal to gain further knowledge about the patient/user barriers and challenges as well as

252. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2012 - very broad one, I think it reasonable that the authors have focused in this review on the short-term goals … very broad one, I think it reasonable that the authors have focused in this review on the short-term goals … It should be rephrased to reflect that the goal of these modalities would be to perform as mentioned … Perhaps by saying instead: "While surgical approaches can provide definite answers, the goals of the … While a study concerning the "ability to achieve paternity" is the ultimate goal, it requires a 20-30

253. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 36: Strategies for Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement (pdf file)
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     August 26, 2020 - It was our goal to capture all potential outcomes and categorize them in these https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … When the goal is to engage patients to do what you think they should do, this likely needs to specific … The goal of this review was not to do primary data collection from the electronic health record, but … This goal would be better served if the scope of the review were expanded to include recent developments … terms of lost opportunity of outcomes, increased complexity of untreated conditions that are not at goal

254. Engaging-Caregivers-Appendix-B (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - information, discharge plan/disposition, followup plan with primary care and subspecialists, code status/goals … ICU stay using a structured form to guide daily family communication, including the patient status, goals

255. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 48_Use of Life Cycle Assessment in the Healthcare Industry: Environmental Impacts and Emissions Associated With Products, Processes and Waste (pdf file)
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     November 20, 2024 - Peer reviewer #1 Introduction Page 1 line 21, this is the ‘Goal and Scope’ phase. … LCA can be divided into process and EIO, with some studies using both techniques depending on the goal … There also isn't mention of the definition of the Functional Unit as an important concept in the goal … The section has been revised and reordered to reflect the primary goals of reduction, aversion, and … very hard to try to map GHG Protocol scopes onto published LCAs unless they were designed per their goals

256. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - involvement that are mutually beneficial to stakeholders and research institutions, and ultimately serve the goals … Stakeholder Engagement Evidence suggests that engaging stakeholders in research increases: A primary goal

257. Covariate Selection for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
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     January 01, 2013 - The goal of comparative effectiveness research is to determine if a treatment is more effective or safer … When the goal of comparative effectiveness research is to estimate the total causal effect of the treatment … The goal is to use the graph to identify a sufficient set of variables to achieve unconfoundedness, sometimes

258. CER 205 Disposition of Comments for Physiologic Predictors of Severe Injury: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2018 - to look at mass casualty triage schemes which use physiologic parameters but have a very different goal … common way to discuss triage accuracy then sensitivity and specificity and there was ACS guidance on goal

259. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 271, Treatments for Maternal Mental Health Conditions (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2024 - Such conclusions do not achieve the stated goal of the document. … The goal of this systematic review was to review and summarize the pertinent existing studies, which … are likely to be the most effective, however we have added this to the discussion as an important goal

260. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2014 - Peer Reviewer #2 Introduction The introduction nicely frames the issues studied and the goals of the … Added the following sentence to the first paragraph: “In particular, with the goal of reviewing the … The goal of this review is not to fully educate non-radiation oncologists on the different types of … to the exclusion of any study that used 2D RT that is perhaps a serious flaw relative to the study goals … Section Comment Response TEP #5 Methods The methods are appropriate and clearly stated to address the goals