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301. An Ethical Framework for N-of-1 Trials: Clinical Care, Quality Improvement, or Human Subjects Research? (Chapter 2) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2019 - In addition, HHS is committed to taking every appropriate opportunity to measure and improve the quality … In addition, the use of prior n-of-1 outcomes to improve the design and execution of trials would also … If they are designed to improve the care of an individual patient, it is reasonable that they be considered … Clarify intent for n-of-1 trial Is the primary reason for designing an n-of-1 trial to improve … Or is it intended to help improve care for the population of patients with that condition?

302. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - with structured communication during care transitions and assess the effectiveness of these PSPs to improve … These approaches may improve direct health and utilization outcomes for patients, but may also impact … Relevant PSPs may also improve outcomes we did not include here. … https://www.ahrq.gov/health- literacy/improve/precautions/tool5.html. … Using story and art to improve education for older patients and their caregivers.

303. CER 222: Evidence Summary: Achieving Health Equity in Preventive Services (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Question 4: What is the effectiveness of health information technologies and digital enterprises to improve … Fifty studies (in 53 publications) evaluated the effectiveness of interventions to improve colorectal … Evidence is high for the effectiveness of telephone calls and prompts to improve colorectal cancer … Studies should expand to include more than one site or geographic region to improve statistical power … for subgroup comparisons and improve understanding of similarities and differences across defined

304. Eliciting Patients’ Values and Preferences in Decision Making (Session II) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 01, 2019 - Fraenkel’s research interests lie in applying scientifically rigorous approaches to better understand and improve … range of sociodemographic groups and diseases, and customization of the original software program to improve … Haidet has been exploring the intersections of jazz music and medicine, in an effort to improve the improvisational

305. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 254: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2022 - Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) that use video for instruction and collaboration, may improve

306. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - purported to or may hold potential to diagnose, treat, or otherwise manage a particular condition or to improve … These include interventions intended for use during pregnancy to improve fetal outcomes and an intervention … to improve neonatal outcomes (i.e., two in utero surgical procedures for repairing congenital abnormalities … They generally agreed this intervention could improve access to emergency contraception for some women

307. Community-Based Participatory Research Slides Text Version (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - of importance to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social change to improve … & Duran, CBPR contributions to intervention research: The intersection of science and practice to improve … and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor a clinical condition or to improve … to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions that will improve

308. Caffeine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Companies that make energy drinks claim that the drinks can increase alertness and improve physical and … There's limited data showing that energy drinks might temporarily improve alertness and physical endurance

309. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions To Modify Health Care Provider Adherence to Asthma Guidelines (pdf file)
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     May 19, 2013 - Public Review Executive Summary Very comprehensive review of available data on interventions to improve … Discusses the issues with asthma that are important and does state that following the guidelines will improve … Of course when you select process outcomes, following guidelines will of course improve those. … We have attempted to improve the readability of the document. … This review will likely be a very useful resource for designing further studies to improve adherence

310. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - the Text2Quit program, which is a novel, interactive text- messaging platform that is intended to improve … 1 The Text2Quit program is being positioned as an adjunctive intervention to these therapies to improve … some experts suggested that the quit rate seen in trials does suggest the program’s potential to improve … They viewed these interventions as having a moderately high ability to improve adherence. … Most also expressed confidence in this intervention’s potential to improve health outcomes, in terms

311. Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2019 - For women enrolled in the WIC Program, peer-support interventions offered by WIC agencies may improve … care education or training of staff alone (without additional breastfeeding support services) does not improve

312. Reducing Hospital Length of Stay Supplemental Info (pdf file)
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     June 27, 2019 - Hospitals and health systems, including CEOs, will use this information to improve patient safety and

313. Technical Brief Summary - Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve … consistency in the quality of care provided, confer opportunities for educational and career advancement, improve

314. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 239: Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine (pdf file)
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     December 29, 2020 - Intranasal (IN) lidocaine may improve acute migraine. … following information: “Although only studied in one or a few small trials, several other therapies may improve

315. Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews: A Comparative Evaluation of Three Tools | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2019 - Evidence of their reliability and usability may improve their acceptance within the SR community. … Designing tools based on reviewers’ self-identified preferences may improve their compatibility with

316. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Integration | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Key Messages Getting evidence into practice to improve clinical decision making remains an ongoing … Translating evidence into tools that improve clinical decision making remains an ongoing challenge.

317. Tympanostomy Tubes in Children with Otitis Media | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2021 - Overall, the evidence suggests that TT placed in children with persistent middle-ear effusion improve … TT did not consistently improve language, cognition, behavior, or quality of life.

318. Accomplishments of the Learning Health System Panel To Inform and Encourage Use of Evidence Reports (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2021 - Participated in interviews for the evaluation and provided recommendations to improve the usability

319. AHRQ’s EPC Program: Supporting Better Healthcare for 25 Years (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2022 - s Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program has established a unique role in ongoing efforts to improve

320. Evidence Synthesis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 18, 2018 - Evidence Synthesis Products Brochure October 18, 2018 Synthesizing Evidence To Improve