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341. 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

342. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
     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

343. 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

344. 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

345. 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

346. Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 23, 2014 - intensive behavioral interventions may elicit robust gains while others may not demonstrate marked improvement

347. Autism-Update Clinician (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - intensive behavioral interventions may elicit robust gains while others may not demonstrate marked improvement

348. White Paper: Living Systematic Reviews: Practical Considerations for Adapting Scope and Communicating the Evolving Evidence (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/scope-communicating-evolving-evidence-white-paper.pdf
     July 01, 2023 - 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

349. Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/stakeholder-engagement_research.pdf
     September 01, 2011 - Authorized in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, the EHC Program

350. Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 17, 2010 - over time, it remains broadly underutilized. 15-20 These findings suggest that there is much room for improvement … Reliable and valid measures of the quality of end-of-life care are necessary to define targets for improvement … in the period immediately prior to death, yet it is hard to use retrospective measures for quality improvement … These data also suggest that while retrospective measures are not ideal for quality improvement, that … they may be useful to identify populations who may benefit from quality improvement initiatives.

351. Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 23, 2014 - Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Timeline January 06, 2014 Topic Initiated May 23, 2014 Research Protocol Archived Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections …

352. AHRQ Researchers Show How Learning Health Systems Can Help Organizations Improve Practice | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 03, 2020 - Home » News » AHRQ Researchers Show How Learning Health Systems Can Help Organizations Improve Practice AHRQ Researchers Show How Learning Health Systems Can Help Organizations Improve Practice A recent Journal of Hospital Medicine article by AHRQ researchers explored ho…

353. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-231-dementia-interventions-evidence-summary_0.pdf
     August 01, 2020 - of dementia and the anticipated increase in care needs over time, it may be difficult to identify improvement

354. Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 22, 2011 - Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium. … Southfield, MI: Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium; 2009. … Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. … Bloomington, MN: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement; 2009. … Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 49. Rockville, MD: U.S.

355. Psoriasis-Chronic Executive (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - 3 when evaluating intermediate (plaque BSA measurement, PASI , Patient’s Assessment of Global Improvement … , PGA, and individual symptom improvement) and final health outcomes (mortality, HRQoL [e.g., DLQI … moderate strength of evidence.17-19 Both PASI 50 and PASI 75 were evaluated and showed favorable improvement … The mean change in DLQI at 16 weeks was greatest for patients who achieved at least a PASI improvement … 75 percent (-9.5±5.8), while the mean change in DLQI was lowest for patients who achieved a PASI improvement

356. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
     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.

357. TND-0775-150722 (pdf file)
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     May 12, 2015 - adult schizophrenia include psychotherapy, multicomponent programs (e.g., Antipsychotic Treatment Improvement

358. DuBenske_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - CHESS+Clinician  Report  (CR)   • Greater  rates  of  improvement  for  symptoms  

359. Topic 0484 Treatments for Fecal Incontinence NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)
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     January 09, 2014 - Comparator(s): Those listed above (i.e. compared to each other) and usual care (no treatment) Outcome(s): Improvement

360. Diagnosis and Treatment of Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 24, 2013 - Improvement in prevention of malignant spread Improvement in treatment and follow-up Improved … treatment alternatives for those unable to undergo traditional therapy Improvement in quality