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  1. Renal-Artery-Stenosis Surveillance (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2012 - However, improvements in kidney 1 RCT 7 No Signal Revascularization (95% pts … However, improvements in kidney function were reported only among patients receiving angioplasty.

  2. Gibbons (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2010 - Gibbons Slide  1: Social Media  and Health Care  Disparities M. Chris Gibbons, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Baltimore, MD Slide  2: Can Social Media  Help Address Health Care  Disparities? • Are there determinants of disparities…

  3. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0193_08-12-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0184-0193 Document Completion Date: 2-23-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Interventions to improve prescription medication adherence will be considered for refinement as an umbrella review of systematic reviews to outline current evi…

  4. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2015 - Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Background Clinical Bottom Line and stereotactic body RT (SBRT). Charged particle-based conformal external-beam RT modalities, such as proton-beam RT (PBT), are also available to treat head and neck cancer, althou…

  5. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report #208 Part 5 (pdf file)

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    July 26, 2012 - Executive Summary - Methods (also applies to actual methods section) The outcome is listed as improvements … avoiding positing key questions in terms that presume simple causality – “Does public reporting RESULT IN improvements

  6. Disposition of Comments Report for The Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)

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    July 03, 2012 - understanding what the effects are of PCMH on health outcomes, and which elements of PCMH lead to improvements … Implementation in Pediatric Primary Care” (Pediatrics 2009; 124:358-364) that showed significant improvements … Implementation in Pediatric Primary Care” (Pediatrics 2009; 124: 358-364), that showed significant improvements

  7. Treatment for Adults With Schizophrenia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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    February 01, 2018 - Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

  8. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2015 - selectively inhibiting URAT1, lesinurad is thought to promote urinary excretion of uric acid leading to improvements … At 16 weeks, patients who received secukinumab 75 mg did not have significant improvements in ASAS20 … Lesinurad is a selective inhibitor of URAT1 intended to promote urinary excretion of uric acid leading to improvements

  9. Layout 1 (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2010 - Overall, the evidence shows that all interventions result in substantial improvements; however, few differences

  10. Epstein (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2009 - Epstein Slide 1: Response to Naik and Singh Ronald M Epstein MD Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Oncology Director, Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health Care University  of Rochester  Medical Center Slide 2: Starting  points • Synchronous asynchrono…

  11. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2012 - launch in fall 2011as a laboratory- developed test performed at the company’s Clinical Laboratory Improvements

  12. Crosscutting Hi Impact (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2012 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High Impact Interventions Report Crosscutting Interventions and Programs Potential High Impact Interventions Report Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, …

  13. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2012 - This test launched in fall 2011 as an LDT performed at the company’s Clinical Laboratory Improvements

  14. 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 - added more text to the discussion to highlight psychological effects as alternate explanations for improvements … Despite the relatively positive results for hyperventilation reduction techniques and yoga breathing, improvements

  15. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0175 Document Completion Date: 3-24-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Serum free light chain assay analysis for the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of plasma cell dyscrasias will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. T…

  16. Elwyn_Presentation_REVISED_FINAL (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2009 - Elwyn_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…

  17. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2012 - DURATION-5: exenatide once weekly resulted in greater improvements in glycemic control compared with

  18. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2016 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 163 Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Executive Summary Introduction Antibiotics transformed the practice of medicine in the last half of the 20th century. With antibiotics, common infections and injuries that w…

  19. Arthritis-Psoriatric Executive (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2012 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 54 Drug Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults: Update of a 2007 Report Executive Summary Background Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is among the most disabling forms of arthritis, even though it affects fewer people than other types of arthritis. PsA has a highly variabl…

  20. Naik (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2009 - Naik Slide 1: Using  Electronic Health Records  to Better Coordinate Decision Making  for Complex Patients: What  CanWe Learn FromWiki? Aanand D. Naik, MD and Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH Houston HSR&D CoE, Michael E. DeBakey VA  Medical Center; Baylor College of Me…
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