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121. Arthritis-Knee-Physical-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Aerobic exercises Improvement Aquatic exercises No improvement Strengthening exercises Improvement Tai … Worse PEMF No improvement Ultrasound Improvement Diathermy No improvement Heat No improvement* Cryotherapy … * Aerobic exercises Improvement Aquatic exercises Improvement Strengthening exercises No improvement … Tai Chi No improvement Proprioception exercises Massage Improvement* Joint mobilization Improvement* … improvement* E-stim No inprovement PEMF No improvement* Ultrasound No improvement Diathermy No improvement

122. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - The median CRP of the treated patients was 12.0 (3.3-76.6).22 A study of tocilizumab found improvement … to be effective, safe and well-tolerated; 1 study including 55 patients on rituximab18 that found improvement … These demonstrate marked improvement in ESR The conclusions are possibly out of date given data … with no fever, including 59% w. 90% improvement. 48% had 0 joints with active arthritis, 52% discontinued … with no fever, including 59% w. 90% improvement. 48% had 0 joints with active arthritis, 52% discontinued

123. Juvenile-Arthritis-Dmards Surveillance (pdf file)
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     March 14, 2013 - The median CRP of the treated patients was 12.0 (3.3-76.6).22 A study of tocilizumab found improvement … to be effective, safe and well-tolerated; 1 study including 55 patients on rituximab18 that found improvement … These demonstrate marked improvement in ESR The conclusions are possibly out of date given data … with no fever, including 59% w. 90% improvement. 48% had 0 joints with active arthritis, 52% discontinued … with no fever, including 59% w. 90% improvement. 48% had 0 joints with active arthritis, 52% discontinued

124. 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)
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     December 01, 2021 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Practice Center Program Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency

125. AHRQ EPC Program Helps Health Systems Use Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2023 - Systematic Reviews To Support Health System Decision Making Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement … linking evidence reports and performance measures to help learning health systems use new information for improvement … Evidence Reports Research Report Sep 16, 2020 Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement

126. AHRQ EPC Program Research Gaps Summary: Women's Health (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … In general, evidence on quality of life was limited and no treatment achieved a large improvement in … • Reporting of the proportions of patients achieving a clinically meaningful improvement for measures … Outcomes • More studies that clearly define and report UI outcomes (cure, improvement, satisfaction

127. Module IV- Skills for Successful Engagement (pdf file)
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     January 05, 2017 - of interest § Provide at least two suggestions for effective evaluation and continuous quality improvement … of interest § Provide at least two suggestions for effective evaluation and continuous quality improvement … It is also important to provide an opportunity for meeting evaluation and improvement. … skills § Identifying stakeholders § Preparing stakeholders § Managing bias & conflict § Continuous improvement … Slide 22 Challenge: Continuous Improvement § Review processes § Encourage feedback § Incorporate

128. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - (Low strength of evidence) Improvement on work and social adjustment scales in 2 trials. … (Low strength of evidence) Better global improvement in 2 trials. … (Low strength of evidence) Better global improvement; changes in clinical global improvement, 1.26 … Two trials of rintatolimod showed improvement in some measures of performance, while one trial showed … GET improved measures of function, global improvement, and to a lesser degree, fatigue.

129. Kidney Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2024 - Systematic Review Archived August 27, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement … Research Protocol Archived February 22, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement

130. Kidney Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2024 - Systematic Review Archived August 27, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement … Research Protocol Archived February 22, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement

131. Strategies to Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - We plan to focus on dissemination, implementation, and quality improvement (D/I/QI) strategies targeting … Examples of quality improvement strategies include (1) provider targets: audit and feedback, facilitated … Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health Disparities. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/research/ . … "[Mesh] OR "quality improvement"[All Fields] OR "quality initiative"[All Fields]) #3 Search (

132. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - For example, the Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium guidelines are based on evidence limited to … in patient symptoms, speed of improvement, utilization of vaccinations, quality of life Key sources … in patient symptoms, speed of improvement, patient satisfaction, quality of life, and adverse effects … Southfield (MI): Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium. 2010 Spurling GKP, Del Mar CB, Dooley L, … Measuring improvement in such skills, however, may be difficult.

133. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2005 - For these patients, who have chronic GERD, most authorities consider the goals of therapy to be improvement … A challenge in treating GERD is that neither improvement in symptoms nor reduction in the need for antisecretory … Almost 90 percent of patients who were followed for 5 or more years in both surgical arms reported improvement … Improvement of esophageal pH exposure compared with sham could not be demonstrated for Stretta™. … (Comment: observational data reported 80-90% improvement in symptoms at 5 years followup.)

134. Advancing Registry Methodology and Transparency | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2022 - Patient registries are an important tool for clinical research, quality improvement, population management

135. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Weight: Pooling of 5 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs. … control. 1 single arm trial found an improvement from baseline. … BMI: Pooling of 2 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs. … BMC Z-score: 1RCT found an improvement with rhGH vs. control. … Antibiotic Use: 3 RCTs found an improvement with rhGH vs.

136. Understanding Health-Systems’ Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2017 - Director Director Officer of the Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Preventive Services Task Force and Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Evidence-based Practice … Center Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Health- systems recognize that evidence and improvement ideas can come from both the top down (from … Using centralized performance improvement processes.

137. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Patient Monitoring Systems To Prevent Failure To Rescue (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - In primary studies of adults, none of the interventions showed consistent improvement in relevant outcomes … ) No consistent improvement Low SOE (3 studies) No consistent improvement Hospital mortality … (2 studies) No conclusion drawn Moderate SOE (7 studies) Improvement Low SOE ( … No study found a statistically significant improvement. … A Quality Improvement Project for Monitoring Surgical Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

138. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2022 - short-term followup, evidence showed no differences between opioids versus nonopioid medications in improvement … Opioid plus nonopioid combination therapy was associated with little improvement in pain at short-term … One RCT found a taper support intervention associated with greater improvement in function but no difference

139. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - The RISA study did find a statistically significant improvement in FEV1% predicted (prebronchodilator … The degree of improvement did not achieve the MID for this outcome. … Our center, through careful patient selection, has noted significant improvement in quality of life, … The intent of bronchial thermoplasty is asthma control, not improvement in pulmonary physiology as … Given the inconclusive evidence of pulmonary physiology improvement across the three trials but no

140. Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - literature search for KQ1 sought to identify studies that showed a causal relationship between PFS and improvement … meaningfulness of PFS as an outcome in the absence of association with OS; and (3) the extent to which improvement … Jun 05, 2024 Underperformance of Contemporary Phase III Oncology Trials and Strategies for Improvement