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441. A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Such evaluation serves as a tool for continuous quality improvement, can close the loop on evidence … (VHA) Descriptive (quality improvement collaborative within VHA) • Evidence to inform quality indicators

442. Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

443. 15 Crosscutting Potential High Impact June 2012 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - suggested several mechanisms (e.g., patient education, medication monitoring) through which this improvement

444. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2011 - The antipsychotics risperidone and aripiprazole each have at least two RCTs demonstrating improvement … In addition, repetitive behavior showed improvement with both risperidone and aripiprazole. … music therapy were of poor quality, and two fair-quality studies of auditory integration showed no improvement … Improvement of neurobehavioral disorders in children supplemented with magnesium-vitamin B6. II. … Improvement in sensory impairment and social interaction in young children with autism following treatment

445. Health Facilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2013 - Review Archived July 26, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement

446. Pregnancy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 09, 2012 - Research Protocol Archived February 22, 2012 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement

447. Letter of Appreciation 2014 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Research and Quality David Meyers Acting Director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

448. Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Programs for Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - stage of recovery do multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs offer patients the best chance of improvement … Timing: At what stage of recovery do multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs offer the best chance of improvement … Timing: At what stage of recovery do multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs offer the best chance of improvement … stage of recovery do multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs offer patients the best chance of improvement … Timing: At what stage of recovery do multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs offer the best chance of improvement

449. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Crosscutting Interventions and Programs Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov Contract No. HHS…

450. Glasgow.Presentation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 -  and  use  of  the  social  support  forum  were  associated  with  greater   improvement

451. Hit-Patient-Care Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to imp…

452. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - clinical practice and quality of care, assist in care delivery and coordination, and support quality improvement … This issue has been explored at length with regard to quality improvement registries. … Further details are provided in the chapter on “Quality Improvement Registries” in the AHRQ registries … Institute for Healthcare Improvement. … How Intermountain trimmed health care costs through robust quality improvement efforts.

453. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     August 16, 2016 - The statement has been revised to: The goals of therapy are improvement in uncontrolled HTN, preservation … TEP Reviewer #6 Results Were definitions of renal function improvement similar/consistent across … there is good evidence that a decrease in BP by 10-20 mmHg over a long-period of time results in improvement … helpful to provide some discussion about the postulated reason why none of the trials have shown an improvement … there is good evidence that a decrease in BP by 10-20 mmHg over a long-period of time results in improvement

454. Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL   Source:    Eisenberg  Center  Conference  Series  2009,  Translating  Information  Into  Action:  Improving  Quality  of   Care  Through  Interactive  Media,  Effective  Health  Care  Program  Web  site   (http://www.effectivehealt…

455. Asthma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - improvements in a Juniper symptom subscale well beyond the level of clinical significance (i.e., improvement … Quality of life was only reported in three of the trials, but did show improvement in two of them (standardized … intervention groups were small (e.g., improvements of 20 milliliters or less in FEV1 or less than 2% improvement … Three of the four trials reporting pulmonary function found greater improvement in FEV1 or PEF in participants … Hyperventilation reduction techniques provided the strongest evidence for improvement in asthma symptoms

456. Migraine-Adults-Executive-130408 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - migraine frequency, patient global assessment of treatment success, rates of clinically important improvement … Divalproex in a larger dose of 1,500 mg/day increased the likelihood of a 50 percent improvement in … In contrast, patients without stable prior topiramate use experienced improvement in quality of life … Multidisciplinary drug management programs demonstrated improvement in migraine-related disability … The few RCTs that examined quality of life provided no consistent evidence of improvement with examined

457. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - revascularization were associated with moderate to large effects and a statistically significant improvement … SF-36 measure of physical functioning assessed between 3 months and 6 months showed a significant improvement … One other RCT reported a statistically nonsignificant improvement in MWD favoring exercise training … with exercise and greater quality-of-life improvement with endovascular therapy.28 Our findings … The endovascular studies in this review found mixed results with respect to functional improvement

458. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - The effects for depression symptoms or global impressions of improvement are not known. … 5, 993) RR, 1.52; 95% CrI, 1.15 to 2.02 Moderate; SGAs probably increasef Global impressions of improvement … They may increase global impressions of improvement. … 95% CrI, 0.07 to 0.84 Low; SGAs may decrease during maintenance treatmentc Global impressions of improvement … Results for clinical impressions of improvement showed little or no difference, although results were

459. DEMENTIA INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S #04 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2015 - Director Acting Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Task Order Officer Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and … Memory improvement following induced hyperinsulinemia in Alzheimer's disease.

460. Sleep-Apnea Surveillance (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Three assessed sleepiness and found an improvement. … Two RCTs assessed neurological or neurocognitive outcomes, only 1 showed an improvement. … Quality of life was assessed in 1 RCT, no improvement was reported. … A statistically significant improvement in AHI was observed in the MAD group compared with the surgery … A statistically significant improvement in AHI was observed in the MAD group compared with the surgery