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301. 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

302. App-D-Surv-Report-2-Noninvasive-Nonpharma (xls file)
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     January 01, 2021 - NR, adj MD −0.56 (95% CI −2.21 to 1.08), p=0.50 Patient-reported global improvement in pain from baseline … NR, adj MD -0.50 (95% CI -2.48 to 1.47), p=0.6 Patient-reported global improvement in pain from baseline … B 1.5 months change from baseline Proportion of patients with ≥30% improvement on VAS: 59.0% (23/39) … MD − 1.11 (95% CI −2.75 to 0.52), p=NR Proportion of patients achieving a 3 point improvement in PSQI … MD −0.74 (95% CI −2.39 to 0.90), p=NR Proportion of patients achieving a 3 point improvement in PSQI:

303. App-D-Surv-Report-1-Noninvasive-Nonpharma 0 (xls file)
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     January 01, 2021 - NR, adj MD −0.56 (95% CI −2.21 to 1.08), p=0.50 Patient-reported global improvement in pain from baseline … NR, adj MD -0.50 (95% CI -2.48 to 1.47), p=0.6 Patient-reported global improvement in pain from baseline … B 1.5 months change from baseline Proportion of patients with ≥30% improvement on VAS: 59.0% (23/39) … MD − 1.11 (95% CI −2.75 to 0.52), p=NR Proportion of patients achieving a 3 point improvement in PSQI … MD −0.74 (95% CI −2.39 to 0.90), p=NR Proportion of patients achieving a 3 point improvement in PSQI:

304. Topic 0494 Tacrolimus Monitoring and Treatment Renal Transplantation NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     March 13, 2013 - The same family of agents responsible for the improvement in early outcomes, namely the calcineurin

305. Methods Research Report: Pilot To Promote Entry of Structured Data Into SRDR (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2019 - 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 … Implementation As described in Appendix D, the process to import structured data into SRDR is a considerable improvement

306. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2023 - report also found moderate strength of evidence linking manual screening tool use to process measure improvement … All the multicomponent sepsis intervention PSPs reported improvement in at least one process measure

307. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 25, 2024 - Studies Depression Scale; CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale; CGI-I = Clinical Global Impression-Improvement … Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SLSS = Students' Life Satisfaction Scale; SSIS = Social Skills Improvement … Studies Depression Scale; CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale; CGI-I = Clinical Global Impression-Improvement … SNRI = serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SOE = strength of evidence; SSIS = Social Skills Improvement

308. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     February 05, 2025 - Studies Depression Scale; CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale; CGI-I = Clinical Global Impression-Improvement … Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; SLSS = Students' Life Satisfaction Scale; SSIS = Social Skills Improvement … Studies Depression Scale; CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale; CGI-I = Clinical Global Impression-Improvement … SNRI = serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SOE = strength of evidence; SSIS = Social Skills Improvement

309. Updating the Framework for AHRQ’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR) (pdf file)
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     September 06, 2023 - quality measures are prioritized, which in turn determines which area will be the focus of quality improvement … ) for which we identified representatives: framework development, care models, equity, healthcare improvement

310. Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - the Science series, which aims to provide critical analysis of the existing literature on quality improvement … The review focuses on “bundled payment,” a strategy for health care quality improvement and cost containment … Other reviews in the series will address a range of quality improvement topics arising from portfolios … in the series: the ability to focus and clarify the topic area appropriately, relevance to quality improvement … Future bundled payment programs should incorporate a robust quality monitoring and improvement component

311. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - Included studies showed improvement in caregiver satisfaction, but more high-quality research is needed … Cambridge (MA): Institute for Healthcare Improvement. … Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Director Evidence-based Practice Center Division Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Evidence-based Practice Center Division Liaison Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency

312. Disposition of Comments Report for Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2012 - experience of over 10 years teaching Buteyko to over 1000 clients, I have consistently seen a huge improvement … These factors will often determine the degree of improvement as well as its duration. … confidently say that, every one who conscientiously applied the method as taught experienced significant improvement … significant decreases of >50% in panic symptoms, clinically significant decreases in asthma symptoms, improvement … Hyperventilation reduction techniques provided the strongest evidence for improvement in asthma symptoms

313. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 27 Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     October 19, 2016 - The HVHC Patient Safety Program views this improvement opportunity continuum as shared accountability—in … We would suggest that systematic approaches to improvement science would be important to include. … There are multiple improvement science methodologies. … For the last decade, many health systems have been utilizing improvement science methodologies like … Six Sigma, Lean, PDSA, and discrete event simulation for process improvement.

314. Disposition of Comments for CER 165 Fecal Incontinence (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2016 - In addition, improvement in FI without improvement in UI, may not result in improved patient satisfaction … Later you state improvement in quality of life is a primary outcome measure Thank you for your feedback … The Mellgren and Wexner papers demonstrate impressive symptom improvement and it is unclear to me why … We have provided more examples in the Discussion to better explain research gaps and areas for improvement … We are not suggesting that PFMT be abandoned; Rather, the quality of PFMT studies needs improvement

315. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
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     December 30, 2015 - Providers are more likely to value a patients’ perspective of improvement based upon their typical … Providers are more likely to value a patients’ perspective of improvement based upon their typical … Figure 23. 7.2.1 The table shows an improvement of 43m. On TST with p< .03. … Krystal reported significant improvement on SOL, WASO, TST and SE at all points. Please check. … In other ways, it illuminates areas for further improvement.

316. 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…

317. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2016 - The goals of treatment are improvement in uncontrolled hypertension, preservation or salvage of kidney … mortality, but mostly found that PTRAS improved kidney function (e.g., 7–28% of participants had improvement … All 20 case reports describe patients who had clinical and symptomologic improvement (particularly related … as, for example, patients with normal kidney function at baseline would not be expected to have any improvement … not universal, finding was that patients with worse kidney function or BP were more likely to have improvement

318. Management of Uterine Fibroids - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - more patient-centered outcomes or fibroid characteristics at baseline and in followup (e.g., symptom improvement … Longer-term outcomes such as quality of life, fertility, sexual function, improvement in symptoms and … Studies consistently reported significant improvement in measures of quality of life symptoms (days … The exception was among women who had submucous fibroids who, in one study, had less improvement in … size and uterine volume N/A N/A Change in bleeding Insufficient Few studies reported outcome; improvement

319. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     December 29, 2015 - Director Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement … Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for … Symptoms worsen over time, with periods of improvement or remission. … In phase III trials, patients treated with secukinumab yielded a significant improvement in American … This improvement was observed in both TNF-naïve and TNF-refractory populations.

320. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - For both treatment groups, investigators reported that symptom improvement was greater in plasma uric … The median duration of the clinical improvement provided by PRP for knee OA was 9 months. 52 In … Researchers reported, “ACR response rates showed a trend for improvement over time (month 1-24) with … similar ACR20 [American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement in a number of different measures] … One clinical expert stated that even a 20% improvement in the condition would be a significant improvement