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201. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 27, 2010 - field edges to conform to the targets, without an intention to spare any organ. 3D represents an improvement … This technical improvement is not expected to yield measurable differences in tumor control, unless … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared … This technical improvement is not expected to yield measurable differences in tumor control, unless … We agree with the reviewers that there are trends for improvement in other domains of QOL in IMRT compared

202. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 1 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - NSAID, multidose Pain, 1 day to <1 week: No difference (SOE: low, based on 3 RCTs) Global improvement … (5 trials, RR 0.64, 95% CI 0.53 to 0.76) (SOE: low for pain intensity and global improvement, moderate … ranged from 4.8 to 5.3 points) and 24 hours (mean improvement ranged from 5.7 to 6.0 points). … The trial did not report likelihood of rescue or repeat medication use or likelihood of global improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency

203. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2024 - Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Acting Director Evidence-based Practice Center Division Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Evidence-based Practice Center Division Liaison Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Director Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Quality improvement project to decrease the rates of clostridium difficile infections in a tertiary

204. Methods Research Report: Improving Health Systems' Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects Summary (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2019 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … 3-page summaries for two EPC reviews based on guidance from the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement …     4 Implementation science    3 Graphic design    3 Quality improvement … Quality Improvement a. Yes or no b. “Total hours” text box (number only) c.

205. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 12 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - within a specific period of time, along with a summary statistic known as the net reclassification improvement … NRI).40 In the group that developed the outcome event within the specified period of time, the net improvement … In the group who 12-8 did not experience the outcome event, the net improvement is the proportion … The NRI is the simple sum of net improvement in classifcation of patients that did or did not experience … Extensions of net reclassifcation improvement calculations to measure usefulness of new biomarkers.

206. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 27, 2011 - of the 2004 CQG series, which performed a critical analysis of the existing literature on quality improvement … There are some studies of different types of QI interventions (case management, order sets, and improvement … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (Vol. 2: Diabetes Care … Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 1Series Overview … Definition of Terms There are two main types of quality improvement models in palliative care.

207. Restless-Legs Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2011 - MCIDs are the smallest increments of improvement considered worthwhile by the patient. … and quality of life) Clinical Global Impressions (CGI)[1]  Assessment of severity, improvement … Improvement) is assessed  Assessed by clinician  Disease severity (item 1; 1 = not at all … ill and 7 = extremely severe ill)  Improvement from baseline (item 2; 1 = very much improved … We anticipate that studies may report dichotomous outcomes (e.g., global assessment of improvement)

208. White Paper: Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving Evidence (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2025 - Director Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Acting Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Task Order Officer Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … efforts, we sought feedback from the TEP on the usefulness of the data visualization and areas for improvement … The TEP members did not describe specific areas for improvement, though they noted that there may be

209. Lumbar-Fusion-Draft-Report-Appendix-D (xls file)
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     January 01, 2019 - B Participants over 47 years old logistic regression RMDQ >10 point improvement: OR 6.80 (95% CI 1.38 … Government Low 1 month Global Perceived Effect (marked or very marked improvement overall [score of 1 … in VAS leg pain, % (n/N) 6 weeks: 49.2% (95/193) vs. 49.7% (96/193) ≥50% improvement in VAS leg pain … on RDQ, % (n/N) 6 weeks: 37.3% (72/193) vs. 31.6% (61/193) ≥50% improvement on RDQ, % (n/N) 23.8% ( … B Proportion of patients with ≥40% functional improvement, % (n/N) 3 months: 72% (43/60) vs. 82% (49

210. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 02, 2012 - published a report on asthma care, entitled Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement … The report authors examined the published literature through May 2006 to evaluate whether quality improvement … A framework for improvement. JAMA 1999 Oct 20;282(15):1458-65. PMID: 10535437. 16. … Quality improvement strategies for children with asthma: a systematic review. … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Volume 5—Asthma Care

211. App-D-Opioid-Chronic-Pain-Surveillance-Report-3 (xls file)
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     September 30, 2015 - . -2.5 (SE 0.1) Pain response ≥30% improvement: 58.0% (349/602) vs. 56.0% (229/409), RR 1.02 (95% CI … ): –2.17 (0.24) vs. –2.28 (0.26), mean difference -0.11 (95% CI -0.17 to -0.05)* Pain response ≥30% improvement … : 44% (69/156) vs. 53% (73/137), RR 0.88 (95% CI 0.67 to 1.156)* Pain response ≥50% improvement: 24% … 1.95 (SD 0.21) vs. -0.71 (SD 0.18), mean difference -1.24 (95% CI -1.37 to -1.11)* Pain response ≥30% improvement … : 60% (12/20) vs. 35% (7/20), RR 1.71 (95% CI 0.85 to 3.44)* Pain response ≥30% improvement: 30% (6/20

212. White Paper: Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Director, Task Order Officer Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … subjective—either statistically, arbitrarily, or consensus derived (e.g., a standard deviation or 25% relative improvement … of effect 6-minute walking distance WMD: 28.7 meters (95% CI, 10.9 to 46.5) Moderate SOE Improvement

213. White Paper Commentary: The Evidence Base for Telehealth: Reassurance in the Face of Rapid Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2020 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Evidence-based 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 for

214. Making Healthcare Safer IV: High Reliability Organization (HRO) as a Patient Safety Practice (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - ; providing training and learning opportunities for providers and staff; and implementing quality improvement … HROs were highlighted as a recent trend in healthcare quality improvement and described as “organizations … deviation in safety processes or practices is observed without fear of blame or punishment; and process improvement

215. App-E-Surv-Rept-1-Acute-Pain (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - B: Perception of global improvement better or much better: OR 8.00, 95% CI 2.88 to 22.05 day 0; OR 2.01 … B Pain improvement <1.3 points on 0 to 10 VAS: 14% (11/77) vs. 32% (25/77), RR 0.44 (95% CI 0.23 to 0.83 … mean [SD], 0 to 10 VAS) at 2 hours: 4.4 (2.6) vs. 5.2 (2.5), difference -0.8 (95% CI -1.7 to 0.0) Pain improvement

216. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2015 - Primary outcomes included pain, symptom improvement, function, participation, fatigue, sleep quality … However, how symptom improvement is different than the areas of pain, fatigue and function needs to … However, how symptom improvement is different than the areas of pain, fatigue and function needs to … Consider an example where the MID is 0.50 and patients mean improvement vs. control is 0.25. … We noted that the results of these analyses suggest that pain improvement may not depend on baseline

217. Untitled (pdf file)
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     July 10, 2015 - In addition, a prospective cohort study28 found significant improvement in quality of life and the visual … Significantly more women who had writing therapy as a disclosure reported improvement in pain than those … Head-to-head comparisons showed that women taking goserelin had greater improvement in pelvic pain score … Head-to-head comparisons showed that women taking goserelin had greater improvement in pelvic pain … Significantly more women who had writing therapy as a disclosure reported improvement in pain than

218. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Additionally, patients treated with Mobi-C were reported to have more improvement than patients treated … with ACDF in Neck Disability Index scores at every time point and more improvement in visual analog … However, the TDR [total disc replacement] patients experienced significantly more improvement than … Both groups showed clinical improvement at followup with no statistical difference between groups. … Authors reported the mean VAS scores to measure pain severity (lower scores show improvement)75 were

219. Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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     November 15, 2018 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Evidence-based Practice Center Program Center for Evidence and Practice Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … QRDA templates, whereas this project is based on FHIR version 1.8.0 objects.d The HL7 Clinical Quality Improvement

220. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Process evaluation and improvement should also consider important human factors and logistical concerns … What areas of improvement would you like to see in currently marketed technologies? 2. … What areas of improvement would you like to see in currently marketed technologies? 8. … Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), University Healthsystem Consortium (UHC), Institute for Healthcare Improvement