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  1. Disposition of comments for CER 169 Low Back Pain (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
    February 29, 2016 - I attempted to use this document with a patient having subacute pain. … In my own clinical experience, in many patients, the TENS unit has been very beneficial with the patients … treatment effect size compared to available effective therapies, analysis of secondary time points, the safety … evidence to each subgroup of patients. … In clinical practice clinicians cannot enrich their patient population.

  2. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury-surveillance-160902.pdf
    January 30, 2014 - $whenever$possible$due$to$the$ potential$for$pharmacodynamic$interaction.$$ $ http://www.fda.gov/Safety … 2012/celexa_2_hpc"cps"$eng.php$ $ Medicines$and$Healthcare$products$Regulatory$ Agency$(MHRA)$Drug$Safety … $MAIN$ OUTCOME$MEASURES:$The$Patient$Health$Questionnaire"9,$Generalized$Anxiety$Disorder$7"item$scale … whenever$possible$due$to$ the$potential$for$ pharmacodynamic$ interaction.$$ $ http://www.fda.gov/Safety … celexa_2_ hpc"cps"$eng.php$ $ Medicines$and$Healthcare$ products$Regulatory$ Agency$(MHRA)$Drug$ Safety

  3. Comparative Effectiveness of In-Hospital Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Off-Label Indications vs. Usual Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/recombinant-factor-viia/research

  4. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening
    December 15, 2020 - Trials evaluated first-line therapies (ie, therapies with the highest proven efficacy and safety, including … Most studies adjusted for patient age, sex, and stage of fibrosis; some also adjusted for level of HBV … or osteoporosis in patients treated with TDF or entecavir with patients receiving no therapy found no … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … www.aafp.org/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all/hepatitis.html .

  5. Module-10-Implementation-Guide (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-10-implementation-guide.pdf
    April 16, 2022 - CR clinicians observe patient exercise in real-time over video. … safety and the procedures that criteria have changed. … If your focus is direct patient care, you may not even know what these are. … by: geographic area to create a hybrid option accessible to all of their patient s. … Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized

  6. Public Reporting of Patients’ Comments with Quality Measures: How Can We Make It Work? (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20140603_QI/reporting-patients-comments-transcript.pdf
    June 01, 2014 - Public Reporting of Patients’ Comments with Quality Measures: How Can We Make It Work? … Public Reporting of Patients’ Comments with Quality Measures: How Can We Make It Work? … Safety, this surge in consumer interest insights with patient comments is actually quite heartening … And the last presents the patient comments, which we call patient reviews. … And we've added the dimension of “Patient Safety,” or as you can see here, “Methods to Reduce Medical

  7. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cystic-fibrosis-hgh_surveillance.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - Up-to-date Up-to-date Key Question 7: In patients with CF, how do the efficacy, effectiveness, safety … As of 8/08, database included 58,603 patients (197,173 patient years) with no Hx of neoplasm or … Key Question 6: In patients with CF, how are efficacy, effectiveness, safety, or adverse events impacted … No new studies Key Question 7: In patients with CF, how do the efficacy, effectiveness, safety … In an analysis of trials with individual patient data merged, both prepubertal and adolescent patients

  8. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
    May 05, 2017 - two Phase 3 studies1,2,3 are relevant to KQ3 as they contained a TT treatment arm and measured safety … outcomes in pediatric patients with middle ear effusion (MEE). … We counted patients only once when several papers reported on the same study. … Edited to clarify distinction between patient- centered outcomes and QoL. … , and a NRCS in which parental choice determined treatment in169 patients."

  9. Disposition of Comments CER 185 Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
    May 05, 2017 - two Phase 3 studies1,2,3 are relevant to KQ3 as they contained a TT treatment arm and measured safety … outcomes in pediatric patients with middle ear effusion (MEE). … We counted patients only once when several papers reported on the same study. … Edited to clarify distinction between patient- centered outcomes and QoL. … , and a NRCS in which parental choice determined treatment in169 patients."

  10. Suicidal-Thoughts-Young-People-Amendement-May-2025 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-young-people-amendement-may-2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - regulation and management, behavioral planning, family engagement and communication training, and practical safety … intervals), directness of the evidence to the KQs (focusing on whether the outcomes were important to patients … Intervention research with persons at high risk for suicidality: safety and ethical considerations. … The SAFETY program: a treatment-development trial of a cognitive-behavioral family treatment for adolescent … Key Informants Key Informants are the end-users of research; they can include patients and caregivers

  11. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antipsychotics-children_executive.pdf
    February 01, 2012 - • Patient insight into illness. … Tables with the summary of findings for efficacy and safety are presented below. … A total of 36 studies compared outcomes across various patient subpopulations. … evidence: • Studies examining long-term (at least 6 months followup) efficacy and, particularly, the safety … Future high-quality research is needed in order to determine the relative effectiveness and safety among

  12. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/JcwfLrEqaaxP6DPEQvxgUs
    February 18, 2020 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Patient Population Under Consideration These recommendations apply to adults 40 years and older with- … professional judgment and patient preferences. … Grade: B Discuss with patient and selectively offer use of low- to moderate-dose statins. … More research is needed to address the efficacy and safety of long-term statin use in this population

  13. Slide 1 (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/module_i1.ppt
    October 08, 2025 - patient & consumer concerns Requires different techniques A patient-centered approach to CER is central … Patients and their clinicians are concerned about outcomes. … with accurate, independent, scientifically rigorous information for comparing the effectiveness and safety … that their work is patient-centered. … patient-centered approaches in the EHC Program.

  14. Meaningful Drug Interaction Alerts – Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025984-malone-final-report-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - safety. … We defined a drug interaction safety signal as a ROR with a lower 95% CI above 2.0 and a minimum of … In general, hospitals and health systems are seeking “off-the-shelf” solutions to medication safety … Drug Safety 2020; 43(7): 661- 668. … Drug interaction clinical decision support: mending the medication safety net.

  15. Recommendation: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
    June 11, 2019 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … Durable efficacy and safety of raltegravir versus efavirenz when combined with tenofovir/emtricitabine … Comparative safety of antiretroviral treatment regimens in pregnancy. … Safety of in utero and neonatal antiretroviral exposure: cognitive and academic outcomes in HIV-exposed … https://www.aafp.org/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all/hiv-screening.html . Published 2013.

  16. Language Access Plan for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/policy/electronic/plain-writing/language-access.html
    July 01, 2025 - formats, including print, online, and electronic media, vital documents, including important consumer/patient … AHRQ’s family of patient safety Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys … are provided to institutions in Spanish so Spanish-speaking patients can complete surveys. … Translate AHRQ consumer publications into Spanish and publish the patient surveys called CAHPS in Spanish

  17. Chapter 3. Linking With a Community Partner | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity-kit/obtoolkit3.html
    March 01, 2014 - As appealing as a community program focusing on children's safety might be, it might not be the most … Step 3: Identify Patients The identification of eligible patients is two-fold: first, does the patient … Linking with the Patient," which includes patient engagement tools. … This also allows clinicians to review patient lists ahead of time to identify which patients might be … Patient outreach: Do we have an established way of reaching patients outside the office (e.g., Email

  18. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    November 15, 2022 - Using the Berlin Questionnaire to identify patients at risk for the sleep apnea syndrome. … STOP questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea. … Does this patient have obstructive sleep apnea? … the key questions that the review will address to allow the USPSTF to evaluate the effectiveness and safety … consistency (single study) Imprecise Undetected Fair Single study with risk of bias due to patient

  19. 0129References (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0129references.pdf
    October 23, 2013 - Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. … Redefining and redesigning hospital discharge to enhance patient care: a randomized controlled study … Reducing Hospital Readmissions: It’s About Improving Patient Care – Health Affairs Blog. 2013. … Available at: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/08/16/reducing- hospital-readmissions-its-about-improving-patient-care … Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient- safety/quality-resources/tools/pubrptguide2

  20. Final Recommendation Statement: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
    August 23, 2022 - The decision to initiate therapy should depend on individual patient preference for a potential small … The likelihood that a patient will benefit from statin use depends on their absolute risk of having a … The efficacy and safety of long-term statin use in adults younger than 40 years, and to determine the … The role of patient preferences in decisions to prescribe statins for persons across the spectrum of … The decision to initiate therapy should depend on individual patient preference for a potential small
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