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281. Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Rehabilitation Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation_executive.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - depend on identifying the level of change in a particular scale score that equates to meaningful improvement … rehabilitation = 16.1, unadjusted in a cohort study34), despite the authors’ suggestion of greater improvement … significant increase in the CIQ score from pretreatment to post-treatment, without a significant improvement … of clinically meaningful change in the ICRP group, with 52 percent showing clinically significant improvement … This study suggested that a 4.2 change in CIQ score is necessary for meaningful improvement.34 Improvements

282. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - was considered sufficient to conduct meta-analyses on the response to treatment (at least 50 percent improvement … A subgroup of patients older than 60 years old showed a significantly greater improvement than those … Pain One fair-quality systematic review showed that improvement in pain scores was similar for duloxetine … Results indicate similar improvement in somatization. … Insufficient One effectiveness study showed greater improvement with paroxetine versus placebo in dysthymia

283. Obesity (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - results from a 46-patient clinical trial (SEQUEL) evaluating weight loss sustainability and metabolic improvement … Long- term weight loss and improvement in glycemic parameters with low-dose, controlled-release … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). … Bloomington (MN): Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2009 Jan. 101 p. 16. … Durable weight loss and metabolic improvement at two years with the EndoBarrier (DJBL).

284. Executive Summary - Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Outcomes: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - amino acid (BCAA)-enriched total parenteral nutrition (TPN).40 Another medium-risk-of-bias study found improvement … status, with one showing a benefit and one no difference.28, 66 Two low- risk-of-bias studies reported improvement … individuals receiving preoperative oral carbohydrate drinks.28, 66 A third low-risk-of-bias study reported improvement

285. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
     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.

286. Alcohol-Misuse-Drug-Therapy Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy_executive.pdf
     January 27, 2012 - The SAMHSA treatment improvement protocol provides basic information, guidelines, tools, and resources … The largest pharmacotherapy trial, COMBINE, reported some evidence of improvement in QoL with naltrexone … insufficienta direct evidence to conclude that treatment with acamprosate or naltrexone leads to improvement … head-to-head trials found no statistically significant difference between the two medications for improvement … Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) No. 49.

287. Disposition of Comments for CER 181 Mental Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-health-children_disposition-comments.pdf
     December 19, 2016 - Peer Reviewer 7 Introduction It is not clear that implementation, dissemination, and quality improvement … Peer Reviewer 8 Methods The authors treat implementation, dissemination and quality improvement as distinct … detail Peer Reviewer 1 Discussion/ Conclusion Part of the reason is the wide variety of quality improvement … Peer Reviewer 7 General In KQ1, the authors focus on quality improvement, implementation, and dissemination … here are details related to editing and sometimes a point of clarification or recommendation for improvement

288. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0332_07-29-2010.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - What is the improvement in sensitivity or specificity of the PCA3 assay in detecting prostate cancer

289. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-rapid-research.pdf
     April 01, 2024 - An RCT suggested some improvement in infection rates with a multi-component infection control bundle … Implementing quality improvement strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections: A systematic … 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

290. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
     April 15, 2019 - Some registries are developed solely to assist in quality improvement, but many serve broader research … and medical associations are turning to registries as valuable mechanisms for structuring quality improvement … Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for quality measurement, improvement, and reporting.34 … /nqrn.page http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/physician-consortium-performance-improvement … /nqrn.page http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/physician-consortium-performance-improvement

291. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2025 - Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons Systematic Review Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons Executive Summary Main Points • Only a small body of evidence has evaluated the effects of screening approaches. There was insufficien…

292. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - (e.g., changes in medications, nutrition), or to affect patient-centered outcomes (e.g., symptom improvement … change in medications, change in nutrition) or to affect patient- centered outcomes (e.g., symptom improvement … a direct comparison of WMC with ROM. 14 Discussion Potential Niche for WMC WMC is a potential improvement … We found low SOE to suggest that WMC is associated with modest improvement in diagnostic accuracy over … No standards exist in the field of motility assessment for determining the minimum improvement of diagnostic

293. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - of diagnosis 65% vs. 55% of subjects, p=NS, 1 trial, N=34 Insufficient Depression symptoms BDI (mean improvement … EMDR PTSD symptoms 1 trial (N=140) reported more rapid improvement with EMDR but no difference after … completion of treatment Insufficient Loss of diagnosis 1 trial (N=140) reported more rapid improvement … bMean CAPS improvement: 38 (95% CI, 26 to 50) vs. 14 (95% CI, 4 to 25) in 1 triale between-group effect … 538 subjects with a variety of index trauma types.25 While the point estimate suggested a greater improvement

294. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - One fair-quality RCT found improvement in EPDS scores at 6 months in women randomized to screening … the Parental Stress Inventory (PSI) or PSI- Short Form (PSI-SF) as an outcome showed a significant improvement … in PSI scores with screening and treatment, despite showing improvement in depressive symptoms. … that directly compared screening with any instrument with no screening, and although they suggest an improvement … a difference in a parental functioning outcome would be likely to have sufficient power to detect improvement

295. Antipsychotics-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - stop taking their medication for a number of reasons, including adverse events (AEs) and a lack of improvement … Scale (PANSS) (low SoE); one study showed benefits for clozapine on the Clinical Global Impression–Improvement … for Schizophrenia; CGI–BP = Clinical Global Impression–Bipolar; CGI–I = Clinical Global Impression–Improvement … Functional outcomes Fluphenazine vs. quetiapine No significant difference for sexual dysfunction or improvement … Fluphenazine vs. risperidone No significant difference for sexual dysfunction or improvement on treatment

296. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nursing-home-safety_research-protocol.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - falls, pressure ulcers, delirium and adverse drug events all have been the subject of hospital quality improvement … medical and nursing care, care for specialized populations such as individuals with dementia, quality improvement … home medical record information about care-process delivery: implications for staff management and improvement … The Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) quality improvement program: an overview

297. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - given the current rapid advances in technology.38 Accuracy may be sufficient in providing evidence of improvement … measuring physician confidence, one can seriously question the validity of such studies as substitutes for improvement … Evidence of an improvement in health is stronger than documented accuracy, but one may not always need … Accuracy studies are neither sufficient nor always necessary for showing improvement in patient outcomes

298. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper3-lijmer02262010-2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - given the current rapid advances in technology.38 Accuracy may be sufficient in providing evidence of improvement … measuring physician confidence, one can seriously question the validity of such studies as substitutes for improvement … Evidence of an improvement in health is stronger than documented accuracy, but one may not always need … Accuracy studies are neither sufficient nor always necessary for showing improvement in patient outcomes

299. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - 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

300. Slide 1
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     January 01, 2013 - Improved services, policy change, health improvement, etc. 17 Metrics: Trust Indicators … therapy and diabetes education Fitness programs Community garden Retinal screenings Health System Improvement