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461. Slide 1
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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 … 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

462. EBC-webinar-slides (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 -  the  EHC   Program  and  the  nursing  community  can  work  together  to  improve …  proficiency,  leadership  skills,  and  apply  evidence  based   practice  to  improve …    Healthcare  provider  challenge      Developing  a  useful  resource      Improve

463. Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR): Project Overview (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - addition, similar to the goal of ClinicalTrials.gov, a searchable listing of patient registries will improve … database of patient registries in the United States (to promote collaboration, reduce redundancy, and improve … transparency); • Facilitates the use of common data fields and definitions in similar health conditions (to improve

464. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2012 - 2007 Evidence Report Authors of the 2007 report concluded that the evidence for QI strategies to improve … It is critical to consider ADAPTIVE CRCTs since this allows intervention sites to work to improve compliance … The intent is to assist in making well- informed decisions and thereby improve the quality of health … Simulation almost certainly is a good way to improve performance of procedures, and probably is a good … The future research section is clearly written and hopefully can be used as an agenda to improve quality

465. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - the growing number, complexity, and cost of medical tests, which tests can reliably be expected to improve … systematic reviews of medical test studies are ultimately aimed at informing the use of those tests to improve … sufficient: a test with sensitivity and specificity in the high 90- 1-3 percent range may not improve … only one link in this chain, as when the test is being compared with an established test known to improve … Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve Ability of a test to direct clinical management and improve

466. Innovations in Stakeholder Engagement Conference Summary (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2011 - that social media and social networks can serve as a cost-effective way to solicit consumer input to improve … NCI used ideas gathered through this initiative to improve its Web site. … They also can serve as a means of collecting patient-reported outcomes measures and other data to improve … a community advisory council of farmers, ranchers, school teachers, and other community members to improve … health care initiatives, including an effort to encourage screening for colon cancer and another to improve

467. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2012 - To that end, advances in molecular and genomic medicine, such as gene expression profiling, may improve … According to Midgley et al., “[T]here are good examples of gene expression profiles being used to improve … and breast cancer and aid in determination of prognosis in breast cancer.”5 Using GEP tests could improve … Selecting appropriate patients for adjuvant chemotherapy could improve net outcomes, by giving adjuvant … Multigene assays to improve assessment of recurrence risk and benefit from chemotherapy in early-stage

468. Hi Les, (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Test Evaluation Abstract The decision to use a new test should be based on evidence that it will improve … study designs may suffice, begins by describing the pathway by which the new test is expected to improve … The Replacement Test A new replacement test may be introduced to improve patient outcomes by improving … the critical comparisons are: • First, does treatment of the extra true positive cases detected improve … The Add-On Test Add-on tests are generally introduced to improve patient outcomes through improved

469. mHealth for Diabetes (pdf file)
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     April 28, 2017 - mHealth technologies for chronic illnesses have shown promise, questions remain as to whether they improve … Telemedicine has a similar definition- “the use of information and communication technologies to improve … mHealth technologies could potentially improve the self-management of diabetes and diabetes risk factors … Although patient- facing mHealth technologies show promise24, questions remain as to whether they improve … Technologically Enhanced Coaching: A Program to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (VA-TEC).

470. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - In a later study, azithromycin three times weekly was shown to improve cough-specific health status … Developing new strategies to better preserve or improve donor-lung quality could affect the number … OCS Lung may also improve donor lung condition so that lungs previously considered as marginal in quality … a principal mediator of inflammation and tissue destruction.4 Lastly, azithromycin is thought to improve … marginal lungs and potentially to preserve or improve the condition of routine donor lungs.

471. mHealth for Diabetes (pdf file)
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     April 28, 2017 - mHealth technologies for chronic illnesses have shown promise, questions remain as to whether they improve … Telemedicine has a similar definition- “the use of information and communication technologies to improve … mHealth technologies could potentially improve the self-management of diabetes and diabetes risk factors … Although patient- facing mHealth technologies show promise24, questions remain as to whether they improve … Technologically Enhanced Coaching: A Program to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (VA-TEC).

472. Treatments for Schizophrenia in Adults: A Systematic (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Intensive case management was not found to improve global function, quality of life, or core illness

473. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - GnRH) agonists, mifepristone, ulipristal, and uterine artery embolism (UAE) reduce fibroid size, and improve … Myomectomy and hysterectomy also improve quality of life. … Interventions include expectant management or placebo; medications to improve or resolve symptoms or … Some medications and procedures also improve quality of life.

474. Autism-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - impairments in communication and social interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviors and interests) may improve … changes within this theoretically important domain, data are more limited about their ability to improve … Although such ratings outside of the clinical setting may be suggestive of generalization in that they improve … addressing interventions for younger children, children who received behavioral interventions seemed to improve … Training programs included components to improve social communication skills such as joint attention

475. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve … and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve … purchasers as well as the health care system as a whole by providing important information to help improve … Potential to improve decisionmaking for patient or provider, by decreasing uncertainty. … To improve staff competencies on new or novel assessments of the TBI patient population NCT01132898

476. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Revisiting the State of the Science – A Summary | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 09, 2013 - Current Page Topic Timeline Jan. 9, 2013 Topic Initiated Jan. 9, 2013 Systematic Review Closing the Quality Gap Series: Revisiting the State of the Science – A Summary Systematic Review Archived January 9, 2013 Download Main Document PDF 217.3 KB This report is available in PDF only [ Full Report (2…

477. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
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     October 29, 2012 - contrast to the original CER, the finding from one RCT demonstrated that magnetic stimulation did not improve … Darifenacin needed to be given to nine women in order to improve UI in one woman (Table 7).

478. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0343 Document Completion Date: 3-23-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Peripheral artery disease (PAD) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and out…

479. Stakeholder-Engagement-Benefits White-Paper (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - 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 … For example, both the interviews and literature suggest that stakeholder engagement helps to improve … Ensure research is relevant to people, improve the legitimacy of the decision-making process.

480. AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Home » News » AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient …