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Executive Summary: Systematic Review_Implementing Recommended Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Counseling Interventions in Primary Care Settings for Children and Adolescents (pdf file)

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April 01, 2025 - said, there was evidence of moderate to high strength in the studies that evaluated strategies for improving … Improving adolescent health risk assessment: a multi-method pilot study. … Improving adolescent depression screening in pediatric primary care. … Improving Primary Care Adolescent Depression Screening and Initial Management: A Quality Improvement … Vaping: Impact of Improving Screening Questioning in Adolescent Population: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Behavioral Programs for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)

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November 01, 2016 - . �� Behavioral programs were more beneficial than didactic educational interventions for improving … include: ��That some types of behavioral programs for diabetes may be effective, particularly for improving

AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center Division Annual Report 2021: Solving the Puzzle for Evidence-Based Decision Making (pdf file)

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January 01, 2021 - Goal 4: Improving Evidence Quality .................................................................. … Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication https://go.usa.gov … Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication. … Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient Evidence … Goal 4: Improving Evidence Quality Appendix F1. 2021 Work To Advance Registries/Outcomes Harmonization

Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings, 2023-2024 (pdf file)

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May 01, 2024 - Strongly Encouraged for improving patient safety: Evidence is strong enough to be certain that, if we … Encouraged for improving patient safety: Enough evidence exists to determine that, if we were choosing … Discouraged for improving patient safety: Evidence on the effectiveness of this PSP does not justify … Strongly Discouraged for improving patient safety: Evidence on this PSP indicates that it is harmful … o The TEP noted the low SOE suggesting a large effect in saving lives and improving outcomes as well

Effective Health Care (pdf file)

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January 01, 2009 - nurse case management has been shown to reduce costs, hospital length of stay, and readmissions while improving

Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)

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January 01, 2016 - 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 163 Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated … Interventions Any strategy for improving appropriate antibiotic prescribing and use for acute RTI. … Comparators Different strategies for improving appropriate use of antibiotics. … Standard care without a strategy for improving appropriate use of antibiotics. 6 Table A. … Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.

antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)

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September 22, 2014 - Interventions for improving appropriate use of antibiotics for RTI. … Key Question 5: What are the comparative non-clinical adverse effects of strategies for improving the … numerous elements of one or more of the above strategies Comparators 1) Different strategies for improving … Analytic framework for Improving Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute RTIs. … Strategies)for)improving) appropriate)antibiotic)use))) KQ#1,#2,#3# KQ#4# ### ! Adverse!

EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)

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August 04, 2023 - Approach to improving patient safety: communication. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/appro ach-improving-patient-safety- communication. … definitions-0/ https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0041 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/approach-improving-patient-safety-communication … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/approach-improving-patient-safety-communication https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /perspective/approach-improving-patient-safety-communication https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source

Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

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February 23, 2012 - Interventions: The PCMH is a broad-based strategy aimed at improving chronic illness care or provision … (iv) A systems-based approach to improving quality and safety. * For example, an approach that includes … Programs aimed at improving the quality of care, process outcomes, or clinical outcomes that do not …  The comparator must be usual care or programs that are aimed at improving the quality of care … Improving care through collaboration. Pediatrics 1999;103(1 Suppl E):384-93. 23.

Autism-Update Clinician (pdf file)

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September 01, 2014 - Treatments for ASD focus on improving core deficits in social communication, addressing challenging … ., anxiety, attention difficulties, sensory difficulties), promoting functional independence, and improving

Effective Health Care (pdf file)

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January 01, 2009 - For patients with allergic disease, what is the comparative effectiveness of improving health outcomes

Effective Health Care (pdf file)

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January 01, 2007 - What is the effectiveness of rhGH for CF patients for improving clinical outcomes including: height

For patients with allergic disease, what is the comparative effectiveness of improving health outcomes and lowering healthcare utilization by treating their disease with sublingual immunotherapy (allergy drops taken under the tongue) as… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Evidence Summary (pdf file)

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January 01, 2020 - As shown in the table, we concluded that moderate SOE supports the effectiveness of BFHI for improving … Overall, low SOE supports the effectiveness of WIC- based peer-support programs for improving rates of … The potential to improve maternal health could be highlighted as a rationale for improving rates of … Current evidence supports the effectiveness of BFHI for improving rates of breastfeeding initiation … For U.S. women enrolled in WIC, peer-support interventions have low SOE for improving breastfeeding