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201. Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-web-interactive-presentation.pdf
     September 01, 2019 - To improve the scientific rigor of these evidence reports, AHRQ supports empiric research by the EPCs … to help understand or improve complex methodologic issues in systematic reviews. … These methods research projects are intended to contribute to the research base in and be used to improve … Selected feedback on how to improve interactive reports ............................................ … Selected feedback on how to improve interactive reports Suggestion Thematic classification Provide

202. OUTLINE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
     April 01, 2010 - Evaluation criteria include importance; scientific acceptability, including validity, evidence to improve … researchers, and policymakers can refine and implement indicator sets to effectively evaluate and improve … Using this framework, we can more consistently and effectively measure and improve the quality of cancer … • Evidence to improve outcomes: Evidence that changes as measured by the indicators lead to changes … Enhancing data systems to improve the quality of cancer care.

203. OUTLINE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-framework_research.pdf
     April 01, 2010 - Evaluation criteria include importance; scientific acceptability, including validity, evidence to improve … researchers, and policymakers can refine and implement indicator sets to effectively evaluate and improve … Using this framework, we can more consistently and effectively measure and improve the quality of cancer … • Evidence to improve outcomes: Evidence that changes as measured by the indicators lead to changes … Enhancing data systems to improve the quality of cancer care.

204. Making Healthcare Safer IV: High Reliability Organization (HRO) as a Patient Safety Practice (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hro-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about PSPs that can improve … Healthcare organizations have increasingly implemented HRO principles to improve safety and quality … healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about PSPs that can improve … Healthcare organizations have increasingly implemented HRO principles to improve safety and quality;

205. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
     September 26, 2014 - Several experts commented that the intervention would significantly improve patient health outcomes … However, experts commented that the device’s potential to improve patient health is limited by its … Therefore, a need exists for improved insulin options to improve glycemic control. … Pharmacotherapy designed to improve the effectiveness and duration of insulin is warranted. … Unmet need and health outcomes: ITCA 650’s subcutaneous delivery could improve patient adherence to

206. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response: Acute Care Nursing Staff Shortages That Compromise Patient-to-Nurse Ratios (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research.pdf
     April 01, 2025 - administrators, researchers, and government agencies about patient safety practices (PSPs) that can improve … o Improve regulatory efficiency. o Value the unique contribution of nurses. … Interventions to improve nurses' job satisfaction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. … Minimum nurse-to- patient Ratios Improve Staffing, Patient Outcomes. … Shadowing to Improve Teamwork and Communication:: A Potential Strategy for Surge Staffing.

207. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Evidence%20Summary_1.pdf
     April 01, 2020 - underlying neuropathological etiology is to inform decision making about drug and nondrug treatments to improve … ■ In patients not receiving cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine may improve clinical impression … of change, did not improve function, and evidence was insufficient about cognition, other efficacy … ■ In patients receiving cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine did not improve clinical impression … ■ Cholinesterase inhibitors did not improve agitation more than placebo, and evidence was insufficient

208. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
     December 01, 2013 - An unmet need has existed for novel, effective therapies to improve outcomes in this patient population … Thus, an unmet need has existed for novel, effective medications to improve outcomes in this patient … Ivacaftor appears to have a sound theory underlying its mechanism of action and potential to improve … Health disparities: Ivacaftor could improve health disparities, one clinical expert noted, stating that … marginal lungs and potentially to preserve or improve the condition of routine donor lungs.

209. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 246_Management of High-Need High-Cost Patients: A "Best Fit" Framework Synthesis, Realist Review, and Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hnhc-evidence-summary.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - Interventions for HNHC patients aim to improve their quality of care and health outcomes while reducing … patients and determine the causal mechanisms and effectiveness of complex interventions that intend to improve

210. September 2021 Surveillance Report 1: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 250: Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-other-plant-based-treatments-surveillance-report-1-updated_0.PDF
     December 01, 2021 - clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve … development of systematic reviews to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve

211. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - Thus, an unmet need has existed for novel, effective therapies to improve outcomes in this patient … Ivacaftor in combination with an experimental CF drug, lumacaftor, has also been shown to improve lung … Thus, an unmet need has existed for novel, effective medications to improve outcomes in this patient … Ivacaftor appears to have a sound theory underlying its mechanism of action and potential to improve … Health disparities: The oral administration of ivacaftor could improve health disparities, one expert

212. Survey of Medicare Part D Plans’ Medication Therapy Management Programs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management-1_research-2007.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - Interpreting the findings of the IMPROVE study. … A randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk … Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension. … Interventions to improve adherence to lipid lowering medication. … Interventions to improve the management of diabetes in primary care, outpatient, and community settings

213. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/developmental-delays-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     June 01, 2013 - purported to or may hold potential to diagnose, treat, or otherwise manage a particular condition or to improve … Facts: Most individuals with an ASD are treated through highly structured behavior programs to try to improve … Most individuals with an ASD are treated through highly structured behavior programs to try to improve … believe that acute intranasal oxytocin (Pitocin®, Syntocinon®) administration might significantly improve … However, at this time, no medications are available that address and improve the core symptoms of ASD

214. Systematic Review Search Strategy Development Tools: A Practical Guide for Expert Searchers (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/search-strategy-white-paper.pdf
     February 01, 2025 - and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve … To improve the scientific rigor of these evidence reports, AHRQ supports empiric research by the EPCs … to help understand or improve complex methodologic issues in systematic reviews. … These methods research projects are intended to contribute to the research base in and be used to improve … The use of search tools throughout the stages of strategy development may increase efficiency, improve

215. Fleisher (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/fleisher.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - similar issues • Spark new knowledge or interest • Provide referrals • Create social support and  improve … • Does it improve access to the “best” choices? • Can we measure the impact? … Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio o Intended to improve

216. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/head-neck-cancer_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2010 - Research to improve the management of xerostomia and to disseminate that knowledge to clinical practice … could potentially improve morbidity and quality of life for cancer patients. … Standardization in terminology and measurement would improve the quality of randomized controlled trials

217. Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-update_consumer.pdf
     September 01, 2014 - intensive behavioral interventions that focus on helping children with their overall development may improve … Research is not clear about whether they improve social skills, daily living skills, or the severity … � Programs that address how children play may improve children’s social interactions, but more research

218. Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_clinician.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - better target prostate cancer when compared with the treatments described in this review and, thereby, improve … for prostate cancer –� A need for continuing ongoing research for prognostic surrogate markers to improve … may allow many of the currently available treatments to better target prostate cancer and, thereby, improve

219. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/restless-legs-future_research.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - Our original report included recommendations to improve future research on this topic. … Does treatment of RLS improve non-RLS comorbidities? 6 9. … Potential to improve decisionmaking for patient or provider, by decreasing uncertainty. … I 3 Does treatment of RLS improve non-RLS comorbidities? … • Does treatment of RLS improve non-RLS comorbidities?

220. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Annual Report 2023 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2023.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - Advance Evidence Synthesis Methodology: Improve the explanatory power and efficiency of evidence synthesis … Improve Evidence Quality: Improve future evidence for healthcare decisions by accelerating the reduction … This change may improve treatment outcomes for patients with cancer as well as address disparities among … Systematic Review of Perinatal Pharmacologic Interventions Why: Obstetrician-gynecologists want to improve … Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons 19. Long COVID Models of Care 20.