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  1. Synthesizing Evidence To Improve Health Care Practice and Delivery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  2. Strategies to Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  3. Strategies to Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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

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    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…

  5. 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

  6. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 20 Core Functionality in Pediatric Electronic Health Records (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2015 - work with EHR products from multiple vendors that will clearly facilitate replicating research on improvements … Peer Reviewer #9 Next Steps The next steps focus exclusively on further research to measure the improvements … It is reasonable to expect that if those improvements can be documented they will lead to improvements

  7. Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2019 - Evidence Summary: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD Purpose of Review To evaluate the effectiveness and harms of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Key Messages • Antibiotic therapy in…

  8. 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

  9. Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2016 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 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 assessme…

  10. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2013 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 90 Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness Executive Summary Background Uninterrupted pressure exerted on the skin, soft tissue, muscle, and bone can lead to the development of localized ischemia, tissue inflammation, shearing, anoxia, and …

  11. Topic Brief: Interventions to Decrease Hospital Length of Stay (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2019 - It found improvements in patient outcomes, quality of care, and healthcare resource utilization.

  12. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

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    August 18, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: August 18, 2011 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Closing the Quality Gap Series: Comparative Effectiveness of Medication Adherence Interventions …

  13. 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

  14. Topic 0315 Disparities and SMI NSD SJ clean (pdf file)

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    July 09, 2014 - Topic 0315 Disparities and SMI NSD SJ clean Interventions to Reduce Disparities among Patients with Serious Mental Illness Nomination Summ…

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

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    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…

  16. Type-2-Diabetes-Medications-Update Surveillance (pdf file)

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    December 31, 2013 - Liraglutide, a once-daily human glucagon-like peptide 1 analogue, provides sustained improvements in … The sitagliptin/metformin and metformin monotherapy groups showed small improvements from baseline … subjects with type 2 diabetes 26 weeks Weight related quality of life Exenatide showed greater improvements

  17. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 131 (pdf file)

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    February 25, 2014 - Baseline improvements in IMPACT III increased an average of 23.9 at week 10 (p<0.001). … Similarly, improvements were noted at week 30 and 54 (p<0.001 for both time points). … adalimumab, as there is statistically significant benefit of adalimumab over placebo in long-term improvements

  18. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - high BMI to a focus on treatment-refractory T2DM.32 A consensus has been building that the metabolic improvements … normalized glycemia) observed after metabolic surgery often precede weight loss in obese patients, and the improvements

  19. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

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    August 26, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: August 26, 2011 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections Amendment Date(s) if applicab…

  20. S38 (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of Quality Improvement Interventions Aimed at Medical Care Providers Robert J. Glynn, PhD, ScD, M. Alan Brookhart, PhD, Margaret Stedman, MPH, Jerry Avorn, MD, and Daniel H. Solomon, MD Background: Randomized trials aimed at improving the quality of medical care …
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