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241. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2022 - The challenging issue of surgical outcomes is fairly addressed. … and current trends are to view as a treatment of choice and not last resort, but that is a separate issue … demarcated outside of anatomic hemispherectomy and functional hemispherotomy, which may represent a minor issue … observation and PO DPH should not be used in this population (IV for acute seizures is a different issue … vigabatrin may cause temporary vision abnormalities, but only a single pre/post study has addressed the issue

242. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 47: Measuring Documentation Burden in Healthcare (pdf file)
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     May 21, 2024 - The issue about foreign medical graduates is added to the discussion as a gap in evidence. … We agree with the reviewer’s historic view of the issue and proposed solutions. … We made some edits to clarify that the issue affects other healthcare professionals. … We revised the sentence to clarify this issue. … This issue did not appear in the literature we reviewed.

243. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - Perception of not receiving efficacious care can pose an ethical issue and barrier to recruitment if … Perception of not receiving efficacious care can pose an ethical issue and barrier to recruitment if … First, Panel members emphasized that the overriding clinical issue in the U.S. is overuse of antibiotics … A further issue brought forth by the Stakeholder Panel was the need for targeted education strategies … regarding the appropriate use of procalcitonin given the increasing availability of the test; this issue

244. Methods-Guidance-Topics Methods (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - All fully articulated nominations are supported by issue briefs that provide data and contextual details … Second, establish the overall importance of a potential topic as representing a health or health care issue

245. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Knowledge of group processes Ability to structure meetings to allow participants to focus on substance of issue … disparate views can result in balanced conversation There is currently no specific guidance on the issue

246. Interventions Targeting Sensory Challenges in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders - An Update (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2017 - Peer Reviewer #7 General Comments I believe a key issue that is not adequately addressed is that … sensory-based from sensory integration (again, refer to Case-Smith, et al for more clarity on this issue … Peer Reviewer #7 Discussion/Con clusion (no comments, except the issue of non-blinding in sensory-related

247. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 220 Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
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     December 15, 2015 - As such, HIE is not specific to any health issue or diagnosis. … The special issue of eGEMS, Volume 2, Issue 3 (2014) Lessons from the Field: Health IT-Enabled Community … However, I think this special issue is especially germane. … One key issue I have with the report is HIE verb/noun confusion. … The Discussion has been elaborated to include this issue.

248. Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings (pdf file)
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     July 22, 2015 - Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing Home Settings Evidence-based Practice Center Project Title: Critical Analysis of …

249. Disposition of Comments for CER 204 Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2017 - This is an interesting issue, but it was beyond our scope of work to critically assess the spin in … would be more useful if each Chapter for the key questions would begin with a description of what the issue

250. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions To Modify Health Care Provider Adherence to Asthma Guidelines (pdf file)
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     May 19, 2013 - Thank you PR #7 Introduction The introduction clearly summarizes past research on this complex issue … Issue may be related to authors handling of statistical significance versus direction of effect, but … If no data are available the importance of the issue should at least be recognized.

251. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
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     March 21, 2016 - This is a key issue; most interventions of this type simply are not targeting aggression/agitation … The clinical issue is whether one should start with a non-pharmacological or pharmacological treatment … See my letter to the editor of JAMDA on this issue: Caspi, E. (2013). … We have addressed this issue in the future research needs section. … This is definitely a methodological issue relevant to many topics.

252. Module IV- Skills for Successful Engagement (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - of group processes § Ability to structure meetings to allow participants to focus on substance of issue … Speaker notes: There is currently no specific guidance on the issue

253. Disposition of Comments for Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders (pdf file)
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     August 27, 2012 - these clinical decisions will have to depend on discussion between client and practitioner. the key issue … This is largely a reporting issue. … Again, this is largely a reporting issue, as several articles refer to procedures for monitoring fidelity … Thus, another critical issue is to design interventions for implementation in such settings. … The only issue I was left wondering about was how "20" was determined.

254. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 273_Treatment of Stages I-III Squamous Cell Anal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     August 20, 2024 - One example of a common issue cited by one reviewer was trying to infer noninferiority of newer interventions

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

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

257. Disposition of Comments for Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - & Affiliation Section Comment Response Peer Reviewer 2 Introduction Appropriate framing of the issue … The journal Blood Pressure Monitoring also publishes new validation studies nearly every issue. … Another semantic issue arises on page 94. … Peer Reviewer 2 General An exhaustive, well written analysis of a clinically important issue.

258. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 222 Youth Suicide Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 04, 2016 - The authors should be commended for conducting such a thorough systematic review of an issue that has … Minor technical issue: I would suggest increasing the font size in the text boxes to improve readability … explained thoroughly and were an excellent approach to hashing out the facets of this challenging issue … We agree that this is an important issue and this is now included in the Discussion: “Data linkage

259. Disposition of Comments Report for Outpatient Case Management for Adults With Medical Illness and Complex Care Needs (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Peer Reviewer #1 General Comments The clinical usefulness of this report is the hardest issue … Regarding the issue of future research, I agree there is little use for further studies of the general … We have addressed this issue in the new Limitations of the Evidence Base section. … This leads us to our third issue: 3. … The issue is not that AHRQ has failed to define case management; rather, the problem is that a consistent

260. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 29, 2011 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: March 29, 2011 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spect…