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421. Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 15, 2015 - Current Page Topic Timeline Nov. 23, 2010 Topic Suggestion Mar. 3, 2014 Research Protocol Jan. 15, 2015 Technical Brief May. 21, 2015 Disposition of Comments Report Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness Technical Brief Archived January 15, 2015 Web Version [NL…

422. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Crosscutting Interventions and Programs Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov Contract No. HHS…

423. Glasgow.Presentation (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 -  and  use  of  the  social  support  forum  were  associated  with  greater   improvement

424. Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 14, 2018 - Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review Timeline June 14, 2018 Topic Initiated June 14, 2018 Research Protocol Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review Feb…

425. Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living with HIV/AIDS | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 03, 2016 - Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living with HIV/AIDS Timeline February 29, 2016 Topic Initiated March 03, 2016 Research Protocol Archived Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living with HIV/AIDS …

426. Hit-Patient-Care Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence- based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports and technology assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to imp…

427. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     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.

428. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)
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     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.

429. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 27, 2012 - Current Page Topic Timeline Jan. 6, 2010 Topic Suggestion Dec. 16, 2011 Research Protocol Nov. 27, 2012 Systematic Review Apr. 12, 2013 Disposition of Comments Report Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome Systematic Review Archived November 27, 2012 Web Version [NLM Site] Download Main Document PDF 1.6 MB …

430. Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 18, 2018 - Current Page Topic Timeline Mar. 9, 2017 Topic Initiated Mar. 20, 2017 Research Protocol Jul. 18, 2018 Systematic Review Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Systematic Review July 18, 2018 Download Main Document PDF 3.8 MB Rela…

431. Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 10, 2012 - Current Page Topic Timeline Sep. 1, 2009 Topic Suggestion Jan. 27, 2011 Research Protocol Sep. 10, 2012 Systematic Review Dec. 6, 2012 Disposition of Comments Report Breathing Exercises and/or Retraining Techniques in the Treatment of Asthma: Comparative Effectiveness Systematic Review Archived September 10, 2012 …

432. EPC Program Concludes Series on Improving Health Systems Use of Evidence Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Home » News » EPC Program Concludes Series on Improving Health Systems Use of Evidence Reviews EPC Program Concludes Series on Improving Health Systems Use of Evidence Reviews The EPC Program recently concluded the publication of its 7-article series in the Joint Commissio…

433. AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Home » News » AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient Care AHRQ EPC Program Launches Learning Health Systems Panel to Help Make Evidence Reports More Useful to Health Systems in Improving Patient …

434. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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     August 16, 2016 - The statement has been revised to: The goals of therapy are improvement in uncontrolled HTN, preservation … TEP Reviewer #6 Results Were definitions of renal function improvement similar/consistent across … there is good evidence that a decrease in BP by 10-20 mmHg over a long-period of time results in improvement … helpful to provide some discussion about the postulated reason why none of the trials have shown an improvement … there is good evidence that a decrease in BP by 10-20 mmHg over a long-period of time results in improvement

435. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - revascularization were associated with moderate to large effects and a statistically significant improvement … SF-36 measure of physical functioning assessed between 3 months and 6 months showed a significant improvement … One other RCT reported a statistically nonsignificant improvement in MWD favoring exercise training … with exercise and greater quality-of-life improvement with endovascular therapy.28 Our findings … The endovascular studies in this review found mixed results with respect to functional improvement

436. Migraine-Adults-Executive-130408 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - migraine frequency, patient global assessment of treatment success, rates of clinically important improvement … Divalproex in a larger dose of 1,500 mg/day increased the likelihood of a 50 percent improvement in … In contrast, patients without stable prior topiramate use experienced improvement in quality of life … Multidisciplinary drug management programs demonstrated improvement in migraine-related disability … The few RCTs that examined quality of life provided no consistent evidence of improvement with examined

437. Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Ebell_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL   Source:    Eisenberg  Center  Conference  Series  2009,  Translating  Information  Into  Action:  Improving  Quality  of   Care  Through  Interactive  Media,  Effective  Health  Care  Program  Web  site   (http://www.effectivehealt…

438. Asthma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2011 - improvements in a Juniper symptom subscale well beyond the level of clinical significance (i.e., improvement … Quality of life was only reported in three of the trials, but did show improvement in two of them (standardized … intervention groups were small (e.g., improvements of 20 milliliters or less in FEV1 or less than 2% improvement … Three of the four trials reporting pulmonary function found greater improvement in FEV1 or PEF in participants … Hyperventilation reduction techniques provided the strongest evidence for improvement in asthma symptoms

439. First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Children and Young Adults: Systematic Review Update--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - The effects for depression symptoms or global impressions of improvement are not known. … 5, 993) RR, 1.52; 95% CrI, 1.15 to 2.02 Moderate; SGAs probably increasef Global impressions of improvement … They may increase global impressions of improvement. … 95% CrI, 0.07 to 0.84 Low; SGAs may decrease during maintenance treatmentc Global impressions of improvement … Results for clinical impressions of improvement showed little or no difference, although results were

440. Which interventions are effective in decreasing heart failure readmissions? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 27, 2012 - benefits, including but not limited to: reduction in all-cause hospitalizations and HF hospitalizations, improvement