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361. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/11_pepticulcer_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - purported to or may hold potential to diagnose, treat, or otherwise manage a particular condition or to improve … Reports from observational studies suggested that helminths might prevent or improve UC by inducing … No effective treatments are available to improve long-term nutritional absorption other than intestinal … altered immunologic response to antigens. 2 Preclinical studies suggest that helminths prevent or improve … A reduction in PN might significantly improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

362. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-heart_research-protocol.pdf
     April 18, 2012 - Protocol 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Strategies To Improve … family support interventions are helpful for improving mental health outcomes and may be helpful to improve … general medical outcomes.20 Interventions and treatments used to 2 improve cardiovascular risk … To meet criteria for KQ 4, the study must state a goal to improve more than one condition related to … The Health and Recovery Peer (HARP) Program: a peer-led intervention to improve medical self-management

363. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - An Update (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/asd-interventions-disposition.pdf
     May 26, 2017 - We have revised the abstract to improve clarity. … facilitates the child's ability to participate in the sensorymotor experiences in adaptive ways to improve … report reads " There is low strength of evidence that auditory integration based approaches do not improve … We have revised the abstract to improve clarity. … Results Finding that there is low strength of evidence that sensory integration treatment did not improve

364. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
     December 01, 2014 - purported to or may hold potential to diagnose, treat, or otherwise manage a particular condition or to improve … No effective treatments are available to improve long-term nutritional absorption other than intestinal … Experts were optimistic that reductions in PN use could potentially improve patient health outcomes … increases the longer a patient is PN-dependent.4 No effective long-term treatments are available to improve … PN reduction might significantly improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

365. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-centered-medical-home_research-protocol.pdf
     February 23, 2012 - strategies for enhancing outcomes for patients with chronic illness,2 numerous remaining opportunities to improve … systems, private practices, and the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.14-16 The goal is to improve … series include a focus on outpatient care and the inclusion of studies where the intervention seeks to improve … Educational and organizational interventions to improve the management of depression in primary care … Academic detailing to improve use of broad-spectrum antibiotics at an academic medical center.

366. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - Systematic reviews of medical tests help determine which tests can be relied on to improve health outcomes … Reviews (1 of 4) Systematic reviews of medical tests help determine which tests can be relied on to improve … The ultimate purpose of medical tests is to improve patient outcomes. … The second tenet is that the purpose of using medical tests is to improve patient outcomes. … problem with this focus is that a test can have excellent specificity and sensitivity but will not improve

367. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-intro.ppt
     June 01, 2012 - Systematic reviews of medical tests help determine which tests can be relied on to improve health outcomes … Reviews (1 of 4) Systematic reviews of medical tests help determine which tests can be relied on to improve … The ultimate purpose of medical tests is to improve patient outcomes. … The second tenet is that the purpose of using medical tests is to improve patient outcomes. … problem with this focus is that a test can have excellent specificity and sensitivity but will not improve

368. Disposition of Comments Report for Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
     January 15, 2015 - implication that the absence of controlled research on the capacity for use of quality indicators to improve … process measures because we can’t measure outcomes; but use of these measures has not been shown to improve … Given these resource considerations, we chose not to focus QMs that improve only process or structure … However, there is a lack of evidence addressing the effectiveness of these interventions to improve … For example: Recent NIMH RFAs for research aimed at testing interventions to improve medical outcomes

369. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 261_Postpartum Care up to 1 Year After Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/postpartum-care-one-year-disposition-comments.pdf
     June 02, 2023 - of the data on maternal morbidity and mortality and provided an excellent argument for the need to improve … outcome, it seems this population should be included or you risk ending up with a guideline that may improve … We welcome this project as an opportunity to improve postpartum care and agree with the authors that

370. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Fatigue and Sleepiness of Clinicians Due to Hours of Service (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/fatigue-sleepiness-protocol.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about PSPs that can improve … that literature, the MHS II review concluded that work hour limitations did not reduce mortality or improve … healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about PSPs that can improve

371. Management and Outcomes of Binge-Eating Disorder in Adults: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/binge-eating_clinician.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - Evidence was inconclusive about the comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions to improve … inconclusive about the effectiveness of any combination of pharmacological and psychological treatments to improve … of pharmacological interventions or the effectiveness of any specific combination of treatments to improve

372. Technical Brief 13: Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_technical-brief.pdf
     December 01, 2012 - and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve … Research is underway to improve this decisionmaking. … “There are good examples of gene expression profiles being used to improve disease classification in … Does use of the GEP assay for treatment management improve net health outcome (considering benefits … Gene expression signature to improve prognosis prediction of stage II and III colorectal cancer.

373. Methods Research Report: Testing a Machine Learning Tool for Facilitating Living Systematic Reviews of Chronic Pain Treatments (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-testing-machine-learning-tool-chronic-pain.pdf
     November 01, 2020 - 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 … purchasers as well as the healthcare system as a whole by providing important information to help improve

374. Single-arm studies in comparative effectiveness reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/single-group-studies_white-paper.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - 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 … As a step forward, we have developed suggestions to improve the reporting of single group studies in

375. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - Lumacaftor/ivacaftor demonstrated the ability to improve outcomes, quality of life, and longevity by … OCS Lung may also improve donor lung condition so that lungs previously considered marginal in quality … In clinical trials, EVLP with XPS has been successfully used to assess and improve the function of … Treatment with the lumacaftor/ivacaftor combination has significant potential to improve the lives … marginal lungs and potentially preserve or improve the condition of routine donor lungs.

376. A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-results-search-strategies-developed-with-without-text-mining-tools.pdf
     March 01, 2021 - 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. … Text-mining tools (TMTs) are a potentially powerful resource to improve and streamline search strategy … Does using TMTs in the draft search strategy evaluation step improve the final search by identifying … It is uncertain whether TMTs can improve the evaluation step.

377. Roblin_final (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/roblin.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - into a model that will effectively direct attitudes and behaviors in  the intended direction  (improve … it in…I wanted to finish what I started and make sure I am giving  myself an opportunity  to  improve

378. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
     February 01, 2015 - purported to or may hold potential to diagnose, treat, or otherwise manage a particular condition or to improve … small clinical trials (Craft et al., 2012; Craft et al., 2013) suggest that intranasal insulin may improve … easily accessible, and simply administered drug, some experts believed that intranasal insulin could improve … Some experts were also unconvinced that intranasal insulin would improve patient health outcomes, because … Additionally, multiple experts expressed reservations regarding intranasal insulin’s potential to improve

379. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nursing-home-safety_research-protocol.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - Studying NH Safety The literature relevant to NH safety and the challenges with moving forward to improve … Examples include efforts to provide incentives for NH to improve care quality, to NH staff training … efforts to improve care processes and prevent safety problems, and other staff training approaches to … improve both NH care processes and outcomes in the areas of unintentional weight loss, urinary incontinence … These studies typically use dedicated research staff to implement specific, standardized protocols to improve

380. Physical Therapy for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis Disposition of Comment Report (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/arthritis-knee-physical-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
     November 06, 2012 - therapist may not have sufficient information to develop a treatment plan to prevent disability and improve … In addition, we analyzed all eligible outcomes that the principal investigators aimed to improve. … The 5th bullet notes that exercise (aerobic, strengthening and aquatic) improve pain, function and/ … Suggesting that one PT intervention could improve all outcomes is not really feasible nor reasonable … It is not expected that a treatment to improve strength would necessarily improve pain, so determining