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81. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People With Substance Use Disorder: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/outcomes-dental-services-rapid-research.pdf
    May 01, 2025 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … in drug abstinence, greater improvement in employment and greater reduction in homelessness … in drug abstinence, greater improvement in employment and greater reduction in homelessness

82. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rapid-social-isolation-older-adults-final.pdf
    February 01, 2019 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Most poor-quality studies showed improvement in health but not social isolation; however, study design

83. Systematic Review on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/surveillance-report-2-nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain.pdf
    April 01, 2022 - .* One trial found no improvement with gabapentin on quality of life and activity versus placebo* … system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … systematic reviews to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality … of healthcare in the United States.

84. Mittman_Respondent_Elwyn 3 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/investing_mittman_respondent.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Center  Conference  Series  2009,  Translating  Information  Into  Action:  Improving  Quality …  of   Care  Through  Interactive  Media,  Effective  Health  Care  Program  Web … • What  is  the  role  of  narrative  in  implementation  /  quality  improvement

85. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2012 - Low Greater improvement in health-related quality of life (SF-36 physical component) for leflunomide … Low Greater improvement in functional capacity for leflunomide. … Low; Insufficient Faster improvement in quality of life with etanercept than MTX. … Low In MTX-naïve subjects or those not recently on MTX, greater improvement in functional capacity … Low More rapid improvement in functional capacity by 28 weeks but no differences by 56 weeks.

86. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Review: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/structured-handoff-rapid-research.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Systematic review of quality improvement projects related to intershift nursing handover. … system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Morning handover of on-call issues: opportunities for improvement. … Addition of CORES to the I-PASS handoff: a resident- led quality improvement study.

87. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Primary Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/research-gap-primary-care-summary-table.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - of healthcare services. … of healthcare in the United States. … quality. … of care, or experience with care. … There was no improvement in pain at any time point.

88. AHRQ Slide Template 2019-Widescreen
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/mhs-IV-epc-grand-rounds-slides.pptx
    January 01, 2023 - Vice President, Health Systems Improvement – AcademyHealth 3 Funding Disclosures This project … Systematic review Hospital mortality 7 of 13 studies showed improvement Adults McGaughey et al. … Systematic review Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Girotra et al. … Primary study Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al. … Systematic review Incidence of cardiorespiratory arrest No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al.

89. Mittman_Respondent_Ebell 2 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/use_of_handheld_mittman_respondent.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Center  Conference  Series  2009,  Translating  Information  Into  Action:  Improving  Quality …  of   Care  Through  Interactive  Media,  Effective  Health  Care  Program  Web … www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm)     Slide  1:  Technological  Approaches  to  Quality  Improvement

90. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Patient Monitoring Systems To Prevent Failure To Rescue (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-monitoring-systems-rapid-review.pdf
    December 01, 2024 - ) No consistent improvement Low SOE (3 studies) No consistent improvement Hospital mortality … No study found a statistically significant improvement. … Ten Steps Toward Improving In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality of Care and Outcomes. … system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services.

91. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0094_04-09-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - language, cognitive, and social abilities; reduction in associated medical conditions and symptoms; and improvement

92. Research White Paper: Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-outcome-measure-harmonization-depression.pdf
    November 01, 2020 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Clinical Response Improvement in Depressive Symptoms— Response Patient age 18 or older with a … Clinical Response Improvement in Depressive Symptoms— Remission Patient age 18 or older with a … Data are used primarily to support a practice’s quality improvement activities and quality reporting

93. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-adherence-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
    August 18, 2011 - care quality. … Because medication adherence is becoming more recognized as an important health care–quality issue, … care quality. … Quality of care 3. … Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality.

94. Evidence-Summary-CER-209-Noninvasive-Nonpharmacological-Treatment-For-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-209-evidence-summary-non-pharma-chronic-pain.pdf
    June 01, 2018 - Mind-Body Practices • Alexander Technique resulted in a slight improvement in function in the short … • Exercise tended toward slightly greater improvement in short-term pain compared with usual care … • CBT was associated with a slight improvement in pain (on a 0-10 scale) compared with usual care … Significantly more participants in the tai chi group also showed clinically meaningful improvement … • Multidisciplinary treatment was associated with a slight improvement in pain compared with usual

95. Methods Report Appendix A: Foray Into Computable Reports (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methods-report-web-interactive-presentation-appendix-a.pdf
    May 29, 2025 - • Evidence synthesis for 51 specific interventions (14 intervention categories) for • Cure, improvement … ] [Amount of evidence] • n studies • N people [Outcomes (studies; people)] • Cure (75; 13921) • Improvement … information] [Amount of evidence] • n studies • N people [Outcomes (studies; people)] • Cure (54; 8664) • Improvement

96. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bereaved-persons-protocol.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - A standardized approach to bereavement risk-screening: a quality improvement project.

97. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-interventions-comparing_methods.pdf
    November 01, 2008 - Accessed November 2007. 3 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2008

98. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_slutsky_comparing_medical_interventions.pdf
    November 01, 2008 - Accessed November 2007. 3 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2008

99. Disposition of Comments_Systematic Review: Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/behavioral-health-screening-disposition-comments.pdf
    April 09, 2025 - However, it is not clear why quality-improvement studies that do not include interrupted-time series … We did not exclude quality improvement (QI) studies per se. … There are many “traditional” quality-improvement projects using statistical process control charts … Those engaged in quality- improvement in the field may feel ignored if the exclusion criteria are not … They did not assess patient experience, or the quality of care received, which are critical to understanding

100. Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Diabetes: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-outcomes-diabetes-rapid-research.pdf
     November 01, 2024 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of healthcare services. … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Glycemic control also shows a consistent improvement in the URs and SRs overall.