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  1. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0404_01-14-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0340 Document Completion Date: 3-23-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparator…

  2. DARTNet Summary Report (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/distributed-network-ambulatory-therapeutics_research.pdf
    July 01, 2009 - with practices to improve care and add standardized data collection techniques to assist with these improvements

  3. Community-Based Participatory Research Slides Text Version (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/lessons-presentation.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Community-Based Participatory Research Slides Text Version Community-Based Participat…

  4. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1506 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
    June 01, 2015 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Cross-Cutting Interventions and Programs Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 www.ahrq.gov Contract No. HH…

  5. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_clinician.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Focus of This Summary This is a summary of a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the effectiveness and adverse consequences of strategies for reducing antibiotic use in adults and children with unco…

  6. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/procalcitonin-future_research.pdf
    August 01, 2014 - FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Future Research Needs Paper Number 29 Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin- Guided Antibiotic Therapy Future Research Needs Paper Number 29 Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Identification of Fu…

  7. Introduction-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    April 26, 2012 - 1 Introduction to Developing a Protocol for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research: A User’s Guide Scott R. Smith, Ph.D. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Background When making health care decisions, patients, health care providers, and policymakers routinely seek unbiased inf…

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pediatric-ehr_disposition-comments.pdf
    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

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/case-management_research-protocol.pdf
    June 06, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: June 06, 2011 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Comparative Effectiveness Review Protocol Project Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness an…

  10. Gorman_Asynchronous (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/gorman.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Gorman_Asynchronous Slide 1: Response to: Wiki-­‐enabled  Communication… Mark Gorman Director  oÆ Survivorship Policy National Coalition  for Cancer Survivorship Silver Spring,  MD Slide 2: About NCCS • Founded  in  1986 • Mission: Advocate for Quali…

  11. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0430_04-22-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0359 Document Completion Date: 11-21-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Urinary retention will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and outcomes, wi…

  12. Restless-Legs Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/restless-legs_executive.pdf
    November 01, 2012 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 86 Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome Executive Summary Introduction Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by unpleasant sensations in the legs and a distressing, irresistible urge to move them. RLS can result in reduced quality o…

  13. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
    September 26, 2014 - A consensus is building that the metabolic improvements occurring after surgery often precede weight … loss in patients who are obese, and the improvements have occurred even in patients with a BMI lower

  14. FRN 35 - Preventive Pharmacological Treatments for Migraine in Adults: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/migraine-future_research.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - Topiramate demonstrated significant improvements for general health status, quality of life, and disability … , with score improvements on the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) of more than 200 percent … Topiramate demonstrated significant improvements for general health status, quality of life, and disability … , with score improvements on the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) of more than 200 percent

  15. Crosscutting-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1512 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
    December 01, 2015 - AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High-Impact Interventions Report Cross-Cutting Interventions and Programs Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 www.ahrq.gov Contract No. …

  16. Mittman_Respondent_Ebell 2 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/use_of_handheld_mittman_respondent.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Mittman_Respondent_Ebell 2   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.effectivehealthcare.…

  17. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Significant improvements in macular edema were noted on OCT [optical coherence tomography], and retinopathy … DURATION-5: exenatide once weekly resulted in greater improvements in glycemic control compared with

  18. Future Research Needs for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/sleep-apnea-treatment-future_research.pdf
    February 01, 2012 - The relationships between improvements in compliance (using these measures) and clinical outcomes or

  19. Hi Les, (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/rtc-design-principles_research.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Hi Les, Medical Tests—White Paper Series Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design To Guide Test Evaluation The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent t…

  20. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/juvenile-arthritis-dmards_executive.pdf
    September 01, 2011 - Layout 1 Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatologic disease in childhood, with an overall prevalence of 7 to 400 per 100,000 children. JIA is an important cause of chronic disease in childhood, with prevalence similar to type I diabetes mellitus. Several classification systems ha…
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