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81. Development of a Primary Care Guide for Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Epic-Based Electronic Health Record Tools: A Pilot Dissemination Project | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2020 - dissemination package for use by other health systems that describes our implementation and quality improvement … dissemination package (separate document). 1 Evaluation of the initial implementation and quality improvement … Data collection and tracking for the initial implementation and quality improvement project showed that … Suggestions for improvement focused on issues of clarity and organization, as well as making the package … alcohol use can be successfully implemented with electronic health record tools; our initial quality improvement

82. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_disposition-comments.pdf
    November 30, 2012 - Evidence on the results of QI strategies to reduce HAI has shown improvement since the 2007 report. … Indeed, audit and feedback of data is integral to any rigorous quality improvement effort that relies … on the science of improvement. … clearly defines what improvement efforts are intended to achieve. … Improvement science emphasizes understanding data over time AND variation.

83. Autism Surveillance (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/autism_surveillance.pdf
    October 01, 2012 - Other studies have seen specific improvement in children with PDD- NOS vs. … Home Situations Questionnaire predicted greater improvement, regardless of tx groups. … Parent's showed significant improvement in the CSBQ scale. … In addition, repetitive behavior showed improvement with both risperidone and aripiprazole. … Other studies have seen specific improvement in children with PDD-NOS vs.

84. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/pqmp/tech-brief
    April 01, 2025 - Several studies assessed and found improvement in screening and followup metrics with use of specific … Several sources showed improvement with use of specific clinical tools or implementation practices for … Few studies demonstrated improvement in quality measure differences between groups.

85. Patient and Provider Level Strategies to Address Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tech-brief-patient-provider-strategies-protocol-final.pdf
    May 18, 2022 - Most importantly, our brief expands the scope of the evidence base beyond quality improvement (QI) … Systematic Review: Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions To Address Health … Disparities. https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality- improvement/research … /research https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/research … Disparities. https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/... 17.

86. Developing Quality Indicators for Cancer End-of-Life Care: Proceedings From a National Symposium | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - rapid evaluation using quality improvement and benchmarking methodologies. … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). Available at: http://www.medqic.org . … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology … Distinguish the use of pain indicators in quality improvement versus performance measurement Focus … the use of indicators for quality improvement; Understand clinical triggers in the process of care

87. S50 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - Objectives: To describe a new, rigorous, comprehensive practice- based evidence for clinical practice improvement … In this article, we describe a practice-based evidence for clinical practice improvement (PBE-CPI) research … The John Eisenberg Lecture: health services research as a citizen in improvement. … Clinical Practice Improvement Methodology: Implemen- tation and Evaluation. … Applying the clinical practice improvement approach to stroke rehabilitation: methods used and base-

88. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_executive.pdf
    November 01, 2012 - Which quality improvement strategies are effective in reducing the following healthcare-associated … Which quality improvement strategies are effective in increasing adherence to evidence-based preventive … Which factors are associated with the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies, including, for … Type of quality improvement strategy a. Clinician education b. Patient education c. … What is the impact of the health care context on the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies

89. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_surveillance.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - Infliximab:  Greater improvement in disease activity for abatacept, but no difference in remission … sulfasalazine:  Greater   improvement  in  functional  capacity  for   leflunomide.   … (Low;  Insufficient)   Faster  improvement  in  quality  of  life  with   etanercept … (Low) Leflunomide vs. sulfasalazine: Greater improvement in functional capacity for leflunomide. … (Low; Insufficient) Faster improvement in quality of life with etanercept than MTX.

90. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_surveillance.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - Infliximab:  Greater improvement in disease activity for abatacept, but no difference in remission … sulfasalazine:  Greater   improvement  in  functional  capacity  for   leflunomide.   … (Low;  Insufficient)   Faster  improvement  in  quality  of  life  with   etanercept … (Low) Leflunomide vs. sulfasalazine: Greater improvement in functional capacity for leflunomide. … (Low; Insufficient) Faster improvement in quality of life with etanercept than MTX.

91. OUTLINE (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-measures-framework_research.pdf
    April 01, 2010 - to implement, and supported by evidence might help to identify areas and settings most in need of improvement … They are intended to be used routinely, can provide feedback to guide short-term quality improvement … The concept of importance informs inclusion of indicators for quality improvement or reporting programs … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology

92. OUTLINE (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-quality-indicator-framework_research.pdf
    April 01, 2010 - to implement, and supported by evidence might help to identify areas and settings most in need of improvement … They are intended to be used routinely, can provide feedback to guide short-term quality improvement … The concept of importance informs inclusion of indicators for quality improvement or reporting programs … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology

93. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/urinary-incontinence-treatment_surveillance.pdf
    October 29, 2012 - • >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 • >50% improvement … Improvement in UI One RCT reported greater rates of significant improvement in UI (>75 percent decrease … Placebo >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 >50% improvement … Placebo >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 >50% improvement … Significant improvement in UI with fesoterodine compared to placebo was dose responsive.

94. AHRQ Slide Template 2019-Widescreen
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    January 01, 2023 - Vice President, Health Systems Improvement – AcademyHealth 3 Funding Disclosures This project … Systematic review Hospital mortality 7 of 13 studies showed improvement Adults McGaughey et al. … Systematic review Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Girotra et al. … Primary study Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al. … Systematic review Incidence of cardiorespiratory arrest No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al.

95. Understanding Health-Systems' Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - interviewed nine individuals with leadership roles in enhancing health-system quality, safety, and process improvement … health-systems we spoke with have either centralized and standardized quality, safety, and process improvement … Health-systems recognize that evidence and improvement ideas can come from both the top down (from leadership … needed; and forming subspecialty committees within the health-system to review information and make improvement

96. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/nonopioid-chronic-pain/research
    June 01, 2022 - Key Messages In the short term, improvement in pain and function was small with … In general, evidence on quality of life was limited and no treatment achieved a large improvement in … Moderate improvement in quality of life was seen with duloxetine in patients with neuropathic pain, and … Improvement in function was not found with duloxetine for low back pain and pregabalin/gabapentin for

97. Use of Handheld Devices for Point of Care Decision Support (Session II) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - He is a founding member of the Institute of Medicine Forum on the Science of Quality Improvement and … Mittman’s research interests include implementation science, health-care quality improvement, and health-care … the company’s decision-support solutions are optimally responsive to pressing health-care performance-improvement

98. Investing in Deliberation: Defining and Developing Decision Support Interventions for People Facing Difficult Health Decisions (Session III) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2019 - is the delegate of the Royal College of General Practitioners to the European Association of Quality Improvement … He is a founding member of the Institute of Medicine Forum on the Science of Quality Improvement and … Mittman's research interests include implementation science, health-care quality improvement, and health-care

99. Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/diabetes-mobile-devices/technical-brief
    March 01, 2019 - For type 1 diabetes, patients had clinically significant improvement in HbA1c if they used either of … two apps and statistically significant improvement using one additional app. … For type 2 diabetes, patients using any of three apps experienced clinical and statistical improvement

100. Dyspnea DEcIDE (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - as part of the American Medical Association, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI … category 3 instruments might be better for palliative care program evaluation or episodic quality improvement … The current field of dyspnea quality measurement and improvement is young and most proposed dyspnea … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC-Hospice). 2008. … PCPI = Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (American Medical Association) PEACE = Palliative