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1601. Comparing Talk Therapy and Other Depression Treatments With Antidepressant Medicines (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/major-depressive-disorder_consumer.pdf
      September 01, 2016 - Comparing Talk Therapy and Other Depression Treatments With Antidepressant Medicines Comparing Talk Therapy and Other Depression Treatments With Antidepressant Medicines A Review of the Research for Adults e Is This Information Right for Me? This information is right for you if: �Your health care professional…

1602. Obesity (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Surgery practice, Parkstad Heerlen, reported that “EndoBarrier treatment offered rapid and long-lasting improvement … Long- term weight loss and improvement in glycemic parameters with low-dose, controlled-release … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). … Bloomington (MN): Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2009 Jan. 101 p. 12.

1603. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1406 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - The intent is to improve seniors’ safety, clinical outcomes, and quality of care and to reduce admissions … implemented senior-specific EDs have informally reported positive impacts in outcomes such as medication improvement … Ineffective planning and lack of an effective transition can lead to lapses in the quality of care, … physiology, atypical disease presentation, and psychosocial needs of senior patients  Quality improvement

1604. Updating Current Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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      September 15, 2008 - As part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Congress directed … Technology Assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of health care. … Initial work in this program originates from Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement

1605. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in Alzheimer's disease.

1606. Mental-Illness-Heart Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2013 - medications used to treat SMI, modifiable behavioral risk factors, and disparities in access and quality … of health care.

1607. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2014 - of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … care quality. … of care unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems • Potential for significant economic … of care o To reduce unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems • Potential for significant

1608. Menopause Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2015 - There was improvement in global measures with all estrogens (high SOE). … Estrogens appeared to enhance measures of interest, while SSRIs/SNRIs showed only modest improvement … Reported improvement in sleep evident with other agents such as estrogens is possibly due to treatment … symptom relief include lack of common validated instruments and assessment of meaningful clinical improvement … most effective treatment for relieving vasomotor symptoms and are 16 accompanied by the greatest improvement

1609. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2011 - Change in 39 Low 1 fair trial: ECT had significantly greater pharmacotherapy depressive severity improvement … rTMS vs. sham Health-related 60 Low 1 fair trail: low rTMS had significantly outcomes greater improvement … 1 study compared ECT with a combination of ECT and rTMS and found no differences between groups in improvement … In one fair trial, low rTMS had significantly greater improvement in health status and daily functioning

1610. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
      February 01, 2015 - Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in Alzheimer's disease.

1611. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1312 (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2013 - special needs of the senior population (people aged 65 and older) to improve safety, outcomes, and quality … of care and to reduce admissions and lengths of stay in intensive care units. … Ineffective planning and lack of an effective transition can lead to lapses in the quality of care,

1612. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/01_arthritis_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - seven standardized points also revealed that patients treated with MSC had a 0.4 mm and 0.8 mm mean improvement … The median duration of the clinical improvement provided by PRP for knee OA was 9 months. 27 Autologous … 59.8% and 65.7% in the 5 and 10 mg groups, respectively) met the American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement … Researchers reported, “ACR response rates showed a trend for improvement over time (month 1-24) with … 5 or 10 mg twice daily revealed durable ACR 20, 50, and 70 responses (measuring 20%, 50%, and 70% improvement

1613. rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine-update-protocol-170515 (pdf file)
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      May 15, 2017 - Response, or improvement, is defined using the DAS28 from one patient on two different time points. … EULAR Response Criteria Present DAS28a DAS28 improvement >1.2 DAS28 improvement >0.6 and ≤1.2 … DAS28 improvement ≤0.6 ≤ 3.2 Good response Moderate response No response > 3.2 and ≤ 5.1 Moderate … We will use predefined criteria based on the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Methods

1614. Autism-Adolescents Executive (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - in problem behaviors may slow down or stop after youth with ASD leave high school.7 This change in improvement … unvalidated measures.47,48 Studies assessing facilitated communication noted little communication improvement … This study suggested improvement in adaptive skills and high levels of family satisfaction with services

1615. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2016 - Improvement in patient symptoms, speed of improvement. … Evidence on symptom improvement was conflicting, with slightly longer duration of symptoms (N = 3 RCTs … Relative: RR range, 0.69 to 0.17 (5 RCTs) SOE: Moderate No evidence Conflicting evidence on symptom improvement … There were no differences in return clinic visits or rate of improvement of symptoms. … of Pediatrics), patient and family education for uncomplicated acute bronchitis (Michigan Quality Improvement

1616. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2010 - Layout 1 Background Head and neck cancers, specifically those arising in the oral cavity, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses/nasal cavity, salivary glands, and occult primaries, account for approximately 3 to 5 percent of cancers in the United States. According to the National Comprehens…

1617. final Fibromyalgia CER protocol_3-31-14 (pdf file)
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      April 03, 2014 - following suggestions were made and incorporated into the revised key questions below: 1) We added improvement … pain (Visual Analog Scale (VAS)40, Brief Pain Inventory41, McGill Pain Questionnaire42) § Symptom improvement … Revised FIQ (FIQR)44, Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C)45, Patient Global Impression of Improvement … of drugs or interventions KQ 2 KQ 1 Final health outcomes § Overall pain § Symptom improvement

1618. Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR) Policies and Procedures (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/registry-of-patient-registries_research-2012-2_1.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - number of centers, practices or institutions participating, or the specific purpose (e.g., quality improvement … A mechanism should be available to allow users to submit suggestions for improvement or other comments

1619. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
      December 01, 2013 - PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 12: Pregnancy, Including Preterm Birth Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither R…

1620. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 12: Pregnancy, Including Preterm Birth Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither R…