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101. Summary Report Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - The PCMH model aims to improve both care and patient experience across the full care continuum, from … These analyses further focus the lens of inquiry to improve our understanding of how to improve quality … Interventions targeting communication and decisionmaking did not improve patient satisfaction. … All audiences have the same aim: to improve health by improving health care quality. … Meta- analysis of trials of interventions to improve medication adherence.

102. EPC Program Concludes Series on Improving Health Systems Use of Evidence Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2022 - The series highlighted the EPCs pilot translational products to improve the ability of health systems

103. Developing Quality Indicators for Cancer End-of-Life Care: Proceedings From a National Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Measuring the quality of end-of-life cancer care is essential to understanding how best to improve patient … Introduction There is broad agreement on the need to improve end-of-life care for people with cancer … By comparing performance between settings, using current tools, care teams can improve their current … Long term goals include providing incentives to improve performance of consistent depression screening … Better documentation of communication and coordination are needed to improve care.

104. • Measurement and outcomes need consensus definitions • State Medicaid programs need robust HEDIS and NCQA measures for all severe and persistent mental health conditions. • Consensus definitions would help answer questions such as “Does… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - would help answer questions such as “Does the use of validated and evidence-based outcomes measures improve … “Does the use of validated and evidence-based outcomes measures improve clinician outcomes?” … Overall, can systematic outcomes measurement be used to improve outcomes for patients, individual providers … is that outcomes measurement needs to be seen as part of treatment given the potential to guide and improve … Routine use of validated, evidence-based outcomes measures can improve outcomes for patients, providers

105. Elderly | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2024 - Rapid Evidence Product Archived February 11, 2019 Addressing Social Isolation To Improve … Adults: A Rapid Review Research Protocol June 14, 2018 Addressing Social Isolation To Improve

106. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Overall High Impact Potential: Interactive robotic dolls to improve social skills of children with … They thought that the device has potential to improve quality of life for children and their families … These experts thought the device has potential to improve quality of life for children and their … A researcher indicated this device could potentially address the need to improve existing services. … social skills of children with autism Intervention Interactive robotic dolls to improve social

107. Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2018 - Enhanced care interventions that integrate psychiatric treatment into cardiology and primary care settings improve … Combining cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressant medication may improve depression outcomes … but does not clearly improve cardiac outcomes. … effectiveness, enhanced care interventions that integrate psychiatric treatment into other clinical settings improve … Disorders in Children and Adolescents Research Protocol Dec 04, 2023 Interventions to Improve

108. Autism-Update Clinician (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - Moderate evidence exists that child-focused early intensive behavioral interventions can improve cognitive … and developmental interventions such as the UCLA/Lovaas Model and the Early Start Denver Model can improve … cognitive and language outcomes for some children.  � Play- and interaction-based interventions improve … receiving early intervention.  � Parent-focused early intensive behavioral interventions may improve … � Secretin does not improve language, cognition, behavior, communication, autism symptom severity

109. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Moderate evidence exists that child-focused early intensive behavioral interventions can improve cognitive … and developmental interventions such as the UCLA/Lovaas Model and the Early Start Denver Model can improve … [evidence medium] Play- and interaction-based interventions improve joint attention skills in young … [evidence medium] Parent-focused early intensive behavioral interventions may improve language skills … Secretin does not improve language, cognition, behavior, communication, autism symptom severity, or socialization

110. Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Lithium, asenapine, cariprazine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone may modestly improve … Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth Research Protocol Dec 04, 2023 Interventions to Improve

111. Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - There is low strength of evidence (SOE) indicating that cognitive behavioral therapy interventions improve … There is insufficient SOE to suggest that medical interventions improve outcomes relative to inactive … Treatment in Children and Adolescents Research Protocol Dec 04, 2023 Interventions to Improve

112. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (Amended) (pdf file)
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     July 02, 2020 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review

113. Comparing Talk Therapy and Other Depression Treatments With Antidepressant Medicines | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Antidepressants improve the way your brain uses certain chemicals that control your mood and stress levels … Depression symptoms improve for three out of every five people who try antidepressants as their first … John's wort, and SAMe may improve depression symptoms about as well as antidepressants, but more research … Fish oil does not appear to improve depression symptoms as well as antidepressants, but more research … Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth Research Protocol Dec 04, 2023 Interventions to Improve

114. S38 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Observed Intracluster Correlations and Design Effects for Outcomes in a Trial of Strategies to Improve … For example, interventions to improve preventive care may have limited value for patients at the end … The trial of interventions to improve care for osteopo- rosis illustrates this phenomenon.15 Table 3 … Academic detailing to improve use of broad-spectrum antibiotics at an academic medical center. … Principles of educational outreach (academic detail- ing) to improve clinical decision-making.

115. Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in Management of Asthma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2019 - Key Messages BT along with standard medical management, compared to medical management alone, may improve … standard medical management, compared to a similar procedure without the heat (sham procedure), does not improve … However, BT and standard care, compared with a sham bronchoscopic procedure and standard care, did not improve … compared to medical management alone in two controlled but nonblinded studies, these measures did not improve

116. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2021 - Oral and intravenous corticosteroids improve dyspnea and reduce the clinical failure rate. … Vitamin D supplementation may improve quality of life. … Oral and intravenous corticosteroids improve dyspnea and reduce the clinical failure rate (low SOE). … Vitamin D supplementation may improve quality of life (low SOE). Conclusions.

117. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2011 - Although medical researchers have demonstrated many efficacious medical treatments to improve health … Means To Address the Problem To improve health care quality, interventions used to improve medication … Meta-analysis of trials of interventions to improve medication adherence. … Chronic disease management: what will it take to improve care for chronic illness? … Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient compliance: a meta-analysis.

118. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     August 04, 2023 - better communication at transitions of care.11,13-15 Structured communication is an approach to improve … These approaches may improve direct health and utilization outcomes for patients, but may also impact … Interventions to improve communication at hospital discharge and rates of readmission: a systematic … https://www.ahrq.gov/health- literacy/improve/precautions/tool5.html. Accessed 2023 Jun 23. 17. … Structured communication is an approach to improve communication via use of standardized procedures,

119. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2025 - low-certainty evidence that use of the SBAR tool (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) can improve … patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency plans, and synthesis to receiver) can improve … structured handoff tool I-PASS probably improves patient clinical outcomes and use of the SBAR tool may improve

120. Healthcare System Level Strategies to Address Racial/Ethnic and Related Disparities in Health and Healthcare | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2022 - In 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced goals to improve health equity, … eliminate disparities, and improve  the health of all groups as one of its goals through the launch of … broadly at the healthcare system-level and 2) designed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve … multifaceted strategies) designed to reduce racial, ethnic, and related socioeconomic disparities and improve … or quality assurance, health care/ or quality improvement/ 2992792 20 (strategies or intervention or improve