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  1. Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-usability-testing.pdf
    November 01, 2018 - 2012, AHS developed new structures called Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) as a mechanism to create improvements … leadership roles within units of the organization that were meant to facilitate and implement changes/improvements … of Effectiveness AT LEAST low strength of evidence Of the 17 studies, 12 resulted in significant improvements

  2. Disposition of Comments Report for Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-outcomes_disposition-comments.pdf
    January 15, 2015 - Disposition of Comments Report for Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness Research Review Title: Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness Draft review available for public comment from July10, 2014 to A…

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy_hi_impact.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - launch in fall 2011as a laboratory- developed test performed at the company’s Clinical Laboratory Improvements

  4. Gibbons (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/gibbons.pdf
    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…

  5. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.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…

  6. Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dot-plots-methods.pdf
    October 01, 2021 - Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews Methods Research Report Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews Methods Research Report Developin…

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/12_pregnancy_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - This test launched in fall 2011 as an LDT performed at the company’s Clinical Laboratory Improvements

  8. White Paper: Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-lumbar-spondylolisthesis.pdf
    March 01, 2021 - White Paper: Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Research White Paper Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Research White Paper Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Prepared for: …

  9. White Paper: Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-lumbar-spondylolisthesis.pdf
    March 01, 2021 - White Paper: Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Research White Paper Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Research White Paper Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures Prepared for: …

  10. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hip-fracture-pain.ppt
    May 01, 2011 - Improvements in pain relief by acupressure, muscular relaxation therapy, and TENS support the pursuit … The connections between relief from pain and improvements in mobility, length of hospital stay, and ultimate

  11. Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions fo Hip Fracture (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/hip-fracture-pain.ppt
    May 01, 2011 - Improvements in pain relief by acupressure, muscular relaxation therapy, and TENS support the pursuit … The connections between relief from pain and improvements in mobility, length of hospital stay, and ultimate

  12. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - Patients in the rifaximin group also reported improvements of 8.1% to 9.2% in individual symptoms ( … Patients in the rifaximin group also reported significant improvements of 8.1% to 9.2% in individual

  13. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/11_pepticulcer_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Healthcare Horizon Scanning System Teduglutide (Gattex) for treatment of short bowel syndrome improvements … in health outcomes such as weight gain, improvements in lean muscle mass, general well-being, and

  14. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report: Anxiety in Children (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/disposition-of-comments-cer-192-anxiety-in-children.pdf
    August 31, 2017 - For example, it is remarkable that with drug studies, clinicians tended to report improvements while … parents and children did not consistently do so, whereas with CBT studies, improvements seemed to

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_clinician.pdf
    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…

  16. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/methodsguide_slutsky_comparing_medical_interventions.pdf
    November 01, 2008 - Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program Comparative Effectivenes…

  17. Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-interventions-comparing_methods.pdf
    November 01, 2008 - Despite steadily increasing health care expenditures in the United States, improved health outcomes and quality remain elusive Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program Comparative Effectivenes…

  18. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/07_diabetes_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - DURATION-5: exenatide once weekly resulted in greater improvements in glycemic control compared with

  19. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - week 144 of treatment.8 As reported by study authors, “Patients treated with ivacaftor had sustained improvements … (ivacaftor) in children ages 6 to 11 with a specific type of cystic fibrosis showed significant improvements

  20. A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-framework-for-conceptualizing-evidence-needs_0.pdf
    December 01, 2017 - implementation or expansion of service line offerings; disinvestment and deimplementation of technologies: improvements … series on learning health care systems, “A learning health care system depends on evidence to promote improvements … from health systems to evidence synthesizers about the outcomes of care would be critical for real improvements
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