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61. AHRQ Slide Template 2019-Widescreen
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    January 01, 2023 - Vice President, Health Systems Improvement – AcademyHealth 3 Funding Disclosures This project … Systematic review Hospital mortality 7 of 13 studies showed improvement Adults McGaughey et al. … Systematic review Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Girotra et al. … Primary study Hospital mortality No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al. … Systematic review Incidence of cardiorespiratory arrest No improvement Adults Winterbottom et al.

62. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2013 - Infliximab:  Greater improvement in disease activity for abatacept, but no difference in remission … sulfasalazine:  Greater   improvement  in  functional  capacity  for   leflunomide.   … (Low;  Insufficient)   Faster  improvement  in  quality  of  life  with   etanercept … (Low) Leflunomide vs. sulfasalazine: Greater improvement in functional capacity for leflunomide. … (Low; Insufficient) Faster improvement in quality of life with etanercept than MTX.

63. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Surveillance (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2013 - Infliximab:  Greater improvement in disease activity for abatacept, but no difference in remission … sulfasalazine:  Greater   improvement  in  functional  capacity  for   leflunomide.   … (Low;  Insufficient)   Faster  improvement  in  quality  of  life  with   etanercept … (Low) Leflunomide vs. sulfasalazine: Greater improvement in functional capacity for leflunomide. … (Low; Insufficient) Faster improvement in quality of life with etanercept than MTX.

64. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - to implement, and supported by evidence might help to identify areas and settings most in need of improvement … They are intended to be used routinely, can provide feedback to guide short-term quality improvement … The concept of importance informs inclusion of indicators for quality improvement or reporting programs … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology

65. OUTLINE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - to implement, and supported by evidence might help to identify areas and settings most in need of improvement … They are intended to be used routinely, can provide feedback to guide short-term quality improvement … The concept of importance informs inclusion of indicators for quality improvement or reporting programs … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology

66. Urinary-Incontinence-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
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    October 29, 2012 - • >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 • >50% improvement … Improvement in UI One RCT reported greater rates of significant improvement in UI (>75 percent decrease … Placebo >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 >50% improvement … Placebo >50% improvement versus baseline in urgency in 65% patients on 100 U; p=0.086 >50% improvement … Significant improvement in UI with fesoterodine compared to placebo was dose responsive.

67. Dyspnea DEcIDE (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - as part of the American Medical Association, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI … category 3 instruments might be better for palliative care program evaluation or episodic quality improvement … The current field of dyspnea quality measurement and improvement is young and most proposed dyspnea … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC-Hospice). 2008. … PCPI = Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (American Medical Association) PEACE = Palliative

68. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2006 - Most authorities consider the goals of therapy to be improvement in uncontrolled hypertension, preservation … or salvage of kidney function, and improvement in symptoms and quality of life. … Renal artery revascularization may provide immediate improvement in kidney function and blood pressure … This may require quality improvement and other types of studies. … in blood pressure, and 1 found better improvement in kidney function than patients with unilateral

69. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - For these individuals with chronic GERD, most authorities consider the goals of therapy to be an improvement … Three of five studies found significant improvement in GERD symptoms at a mean followup of 5 years. … Significant improvement of quality of life as measured by the GERD-HRQL scale was reported by two of … However, another meta-analysis within the same systematic review showed a significant improvement in … One cohort study did not find a significant difference between men and women in symptom improvement.

70. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - cardiovascular events; bleeding risks; contrast nephropathy; poor wound healing; amputation; lack of improvement … in walking distance; lack of improvement in quality of life Key Questions from Nominators:

71. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings, 2023-2024 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - Director Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Evidence-based Practice Center Division Liaison Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency … Director, General Patient Safety Program Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency … Director of The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK … areas2-6 have realized improvements, health care continues to struggle with improvement rates that

72. AcademyHealth REACH Challenge Worksheet: (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2025 - ______________________________ Can you refine or focus your idea on one key opportunity for improvement

73. Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - Primary pain response was defined as ≥30 percent improvement (reduction) in pain score. … Secondary pain response criteria included >30 percent improvement 4 (e.g., ≥50% improvement), condition-specific … Duloxetine resulted in a small improvement in pain severity, moderate improvement in pain response, … Topical diclofenac showed small improvement in pain in the short term. … on pain improvement, function, and quality of life.

74. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    April 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 … templates, whereas this project is based on FHIR version 1.8.0 objects.c The HL7 Clinical Quality Improvement … Change from not well controlled to controlled OR change representing minimal important difference (MID) improvement

75. Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2023 - radiation therapy (EBRT) probably slightly increases the likelihood of overall pain response (pain improvement … Overall pain response is used to reflect pain improvement. … findings suggest that MF EBRT probably slightly increases the likelihood of overall pain response (pain improvement … EBRT combined with surgery may confer more improvement in neurologic outcomes related to spinal cord

76. Table 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2010 - rapid evaluation using quality improvement and benchmarking methodologies. … Medicare quality improvement community (MedQIC - Hospice). Available at: http://www.medqic.org. … Improvement in oncology practice performance through voluntary participation in the Quality Oncology … Distinguish the use of pain indicators in quality improvement versus performance measurement • Focus … the use of indicators for quality improvement; • Understand clinical triggers in the process of

77. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2012 - Studies were required to report at least one outcome of interest including symptom improvement, other … The findings for symptom improvement are presented for each condition in Table B. … Eleven bipolar studies reported symptom improvement. … Five studies provided evidence on symptom improvement in Tourette syndrome. … Four studies examined improvement for behavioral issues.

78. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2016 - PFMT-BF alone* 2 109 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in improvement in the … compared with the sham group (1.7 days, SD 3.5). ��� Severity There was no significant difference in improvement … 12.5] vs. sham group: 3.0 episode reduction [IQR 0.0–8.9]). ��� Quality of life Percent change (improvement … electrostimulation 1 126 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in Vaizey score** improvement … mg/ day) vs. placebo 1 44 Severity No significant difference was found between groups in FICA score improvement

79. Topic 0613 Tympanostomy Tubes NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2014 - non-surgical treatments or no intervention Outcome(s): Reduction in the prevalence of middle ear effusion; improvement … of hearing levels (HLs); speech and language improvement; health-related quality of life (HRQoL) … considered for tympanostomy tubes Intervention(s): Hearing testing Comparator(s): No test Outcome(s): Improvement

80. Systematic Review on Nonopioid Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 1 (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2022 - THC/CBD versus placebo short-term Cannabis was associated with a moderate improvement in short … - term pain response versus placebo but no effect on pain improvement in neuropathic pain • SOE: … Low, based on 2 RCTs 1 new RCT (n=339) found no difference in pain response or pain improvement … Desipramine versus active placebo short- term No overall improvement in pain with desipramine, … (47.5% vs. 32.7%, p=0.004) and 50 percent or more pain improvement (27.2% vs. 17.0%, p=0.019) versus