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221. Glaucoma-Screening Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-screening_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2012 - KQ2 KQ2a: Does a screening-based program for open-angle glaucoma lead to improvements in patient-reported … identify any study that addressed whether participation in an OAG screening-based program leads to improvements … However, despite improvements in the technology, it is still not clear that there is any one test or

222. Ear-Infection Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ear-infection_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2013 - Evidence was insufficient for drawing 10 conclusions regarding improvements in OME at longer time … Oral steroids do not offer any improvements in OME at 1 to 2 months after treatment (low strength of … Similarly, oral steroids with antibiotics do not provide improvements in OME at 1 to 2 months (moderate

223. Medication-Therapy-Management Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-therapy-management_executive.pdf
     November 01, 2014 - As noted earlier, improvements in medication appropriateness or drug therapy regimens may not always … translate into improvements in health or costs, and even if they do, secular trends in related quality … reasonable amount of time may be the key to translating the potential of MTM interventions into actual improvements

224. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     January 31, 2013 - performed in 2008, compared exercise training to usual care.22 It found statistically significant improvements … Perkins et al.27 and Whyman et al.28 found modest but significant improvements in ABI for patients undergoing … With improvements in endovascular techniques and equipment, the use of balloon angioplasty, stenting

225. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/palliative-care-tools_research-protocol.pdf
     April 14, 2016 - clinical trials in palliative care and found that though interventions were associated with significant improvements

226. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ischemic-stroke-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     February 19, 2010 - The global odds ratio for improvement included improvements in the Barthel Index (OR 1.6, 95 percent

227. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/healthcare-infections_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - Older studies may not reflect these important improvements in the clinical environment.

228. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 47: Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/documentation-burden-prepub-disposition-comments.pdf
     May 21, 2024 - As a result, they resulted in substantial increases in burden that were disproportionate to actual improvements … direct clinician experience must be measured, monitored and streamlined in a timely manner through EHR improvements … the problem, but there did not appear to be any mention of whether or not the measures used showed improvements … in order to robustly define success, but again I think the focus at this point could have been on improvements

229. Disposition of Comments_Blood-Based Tests for Multiple Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cell-free-dna-disposition-comments.pdf
     May 14, 2025 - report: “Unlike treatment, where all who engage have the potential to benefit from quality-of-life improvements … to enable access, and that implementing multi- cancer screening now will contribute to near- term improvements … Forum Personalized Medicine Coalition, Cynthia Bens General (1 of 2) We appreciate the modest improvements

230. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bereaved-persons-research-executive-summ.pdf
     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…

231. Obesity (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
     December 01, 2013 - conclusion, the dose-related weight loss induced by PHEN/TPM ER treatment was accompanied by significant improvements … After 56 weeks of treatment, liraglutide provided statistically significant improvements in all measures … effect on weight loss but that whether the drug is sufficient to achieve sustained weight loss or improvements … New data from Arena Pharmaceuticals' pivotal BLOSSOM trial of lorcaserin demonstrate improvements

232. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/alternative-payment-models-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2024 - rising healthcare costs and variability in care quality, with a particular focus on incentivizing improvements … HbA1c, blood pressure), and overall health improvements.

233. Measuring-Blood-Pressure Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/measuring-blood-pressure_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - disease burden.4 Within the United States alone, about 76.4 million adults are affected.5 Despite improvements … While we do not suggest that incremental improvements in how SMBP is deployed should cease, we have

234. Renal-Artery-Stenosis Surveillance (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_surveillance.pdf
     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.

235. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
     September 22, 2014 - included, consideration of the need to compare settings (e.g. primary care and emergency care), and improvements … One factor that may be limiting improvements in the appropriate use of antibiotics in acute RTI is

236. Breast Abnormalities Update Surveillance Assessment_CER 47_Low (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-abnormalities-tests-update_surveillance.pdf
     September 01, 2012 - Improvements in technology and techniques since A new study5 found scintimammography characteristics … Improvements in technology and techniques since then, such as the development of double-phase imaging

237. Disposition of Comments for CER 159 Insomnia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insomnia_disposition-comments.pdf
     December 30, 2015 - More meaningful unit of measurements should be use to describe the magnitude of improvements (i.e., … TEP Reviewer 8 Results I would also consider alternatives to ‘modest’ sleep improvements (e.g., ES- … to moderate strength of evidence’ does not provide any sense of content/end points or magnitude of improvements

238. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2013 - With improvements in endovascular techniques and equipment, the use of balloon angioplasty, stenting … Despite limited data on which to base definitive conclusions, one observational study reported improvements … Evolution of revascularization techniques: Improvements in surgical and endovascular techniques have

239. Draft Comparative Effectiveness Review Appendicies (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/renal-artery-stenosis_appendixes.pdf
     April 01, 2005 - function ranged from 8-51% with the majority of studies reporting statistically non significant improvements … • 60 - 70% of patients reported improvements in HTN (2 studies) CVD outcomes • 1 RCT of angioplasty … • Major outcomes like long-term mortality, improvements in HTN, and proportion of patients

240. Health-Careassociated-Infections Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-careassociated-infections_executive.pdf
     November 01, 2012 - For each infection, studies varied in the adherence rates reported and whether significant improvements … They suggest that improvements in adherence and infection rates may result from use of audit and feedback … Relatively modest improvements in research approaches have the potential to substantially strengthen