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  1. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screening
    February 13, 2018 - the key questions that the review will address to allow the USPSTF to evaluate the effectiveness and safety … any size; or any mixed (solid and cystic) component within a cystic ovarian tumor Notification of patients … of each study using predefined criteria developed by the US Preventive Services Task Force. 12 c Patient … l Total of 222 complications in 163 patients.

  2. Serologic Screening for Genital Herpes: An Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aHpXYasjc3n6zhaTtoWMwK
    August 01, 2016 - the key questions that the review will address to allow the USPSTF to evaluate the effectiveness and safety … Oral antiviral therapy for prevention of genital herpes outbreaks in immunocompetent and nonpregnant patients

  3. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_research-protocol.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - In contrast, some patients with prostate cancer do not have elevated levels of PSA.5 In recent years … Current practice is to use tumor grade as the primary prognostic variable in patients with clinically … , independent of patient and disease characteristics. … This update will summarize the more recent evidence comparing the relative effectiveness and safety … Were those who assessed the patient outcomes blinded to the group to which the patients were assigned

  4. Steps for Increasing Urinary Incontinence Screening: A Guide for Primary Care Practices (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/mui-screening-toolkit.pdf
    April 01, 2025 - Since they were working with a safety- net health system that provided care for a large proportion of … • Prioritize Patient Comfort: Be strategic about how you introduce screening to patients. … electronically via email or through the patient portal prior to the appointment, or have patients … • Patient education materials that ensure consistent information is delivered to patients. … outcome measures to track, consider measures that reflect both clinical outcomes as well as process indicators

  5. Regional Health eDecisions: A Guide to Connecting Health Information Exchange in Primary Care (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/eDecisionsReport.pdf
    August 06, 2013 - Working With Vendors EHR and RHIO software vendors must provide ongoing support of numerous clients … Recommendations are generated by an RMI Java Web service that receives a simple coded request from the client … ● Patient Recalls: PSRS includes a powerful electronic chart auditing and patient recall tool that … ● Patient Education: Automated selection from a comprehensive library of patient education materials … ❑ Revisit the sustainability plan  34 Subtask Description Checklist Quality and Safety Planning

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-child-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
    March 26, 2012 - Safety and social skills training may also be a component of treatment.26 Child-Parent Psychotherapy … symptoms in children Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that helps clients … Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic approach in which the patient … The goal is to encourage client insight through horse examples, addressing self-esteem and personal … clinic setting and often allow clinicians an inside view of the context of the problem, which the patient

  7. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening
    June 24, 2025 - Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision-making to the specific patient or … Practice Considerations Patient … IPV for persons experiencing abuse include concern about negative clinician attitudes, perception of safety … adverse effects include posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, feeling fearful, feeling concerned for safety … https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations

  8. Research White Paper Registries in Accountable Care Addendum Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes Third Edition (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/accountable-care-registries-guide-3rd-ed-addendum-white-paper-2018-5.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - These measures span four domains: Patient/Caregiver Experience, Care Coordination/Patient Safety, Preventive … Cohorts of patients can be defined from within the larger patient population based on specific population … patient and the high-risk patient.24 Rising risk refers to patients who have multiple risk factors … surgery or monitoring patients with depression via a validated instrument such as the Patient Health … NCQA also addresses the issue of patient attribution; that is, showing results of only patients covered

  9. Evidence Summary: Pregnant Women: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-pregnant-women1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
    June 11, 2019 - All of the newer cohort studies included patients who received preferred 7 nucleoside reverse transcriptase … Safety of in utero and neonatal antiretroviral exposure: cognitive and academic outcomes in HIV-exposed … Safety of tenofovir use during pregnancy: early growth outcomes in HIV-exposed uninfected infants. … Comparative safety of antiretroviral treatment regimens in pregnancy. … cohort studies (n = 27,776) New: 1 RCT (n = 3490), 4 cohort studies (n = 14,344), 1 individual patient

  10. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Xbtq4oDQwVo7KgmSjnnDbz
    November 01, 2021 - The analyses for test performance focused primarily on per-person (ie, by indi- vidual patient rather … Without Stool DNA Test) Using Colonoscopy Reference Standard (Key Question 2) Study Qualitya Mean Patient … Randomized trial of different screening strategies for colorectal cancer: patient response and detection … Cologuard summary of safety and effectiveness data (SSED). … Quality and safety of screening colonoscopies performed by primary care physicians with standby specialist

  11. Rapid Evidence Product: Adverse Events Associated With COVID-19 Pharmaceutical Treatments (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/COVID-19-pharmaceutical-treatments-rapid-review.pdf
    March 01, 2024 - Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United States: An Update. … , and safety. … Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Clinical … The Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Viral Agents for Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: … Efficacy and Safety of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies: An Updated Review.

  12. On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training Instructor's Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruhealing/facguide.html
    December 01, 2017 - On-Time Pressure Ulcer Healing: Facilitator Training Instructor's Guide AHRQ’s Safety Program … During QAPI meetings, the Delayed Healing report can be added to introduce discussion of patients with

  13. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fecal-incontinence_research-protocol.pdf
    November 30, 2014 - FI prevalence estimates vary across patient populations and by FI definition. … Multiple causes of FI in individual patients are common. … Patients with FI due to spinal cord injury will be separately evaluated. … Systematic review on the efficacy and safety of injectable bulking agents for passive faecal incontinence … Mark's incontinence score reflect patients' perceptions? A review of 390 patients.

  14. CHIPRA 209 Report: Neonatal Intensive Care Outcomes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-209-fullreport.pdf
    June 01, 2019 - The outcomes relevant to NICU hospitalizations are unique, as the patient population is highly specific … These outcomes are not generalizable to other patient populations. Section 4. … Measure Topic – patient safety: No. k. Measure Topic – family experience with care: No. l. … differences in hospitals and differences in patient characteristics, including race/ethnicity (Table … Indirect vs direct hospital quality indicators for very low-birth-weight infants.

  15. Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/index.html
    April 01, 2018 - team a tour of their facilities and to answer a few questions about the "day in the life of a surgical patient

  16. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(6).pdf
    November 01, 2014 - on professional judgment and patient preferences. … on professional judgment and patient preferences. … the development of health assets … competence, capacity, and developmental potential.” (34-35) “Indicators … Effect of treatment on health outcomes in screen-detected patients. 3. … younger than age 11 years and high-quality, long-term studies in adolescents on treatment efficacy, safety

  17. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services Fourth Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2014%20(9).pdf
    November 01, 2014 - on professional judgment and patient preferences. … on professional judgment and patient preferences. … the development of health assets … competence, capacity, and developmental potential.” (34-35) “Indicators … Effect of treatment on health outcomes in screen-detected patients. 3. … younger than age 11 years and high-quality, long-term studies in adolescents on treatment efficacy, safety

  18. Rehospitalization for Childhood Asthma: Timing, Variation, and Opportunities for Intervention (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/Kenyon2014.pdf
    February 01, 2014 - Black patients and patients with public insurance had higher odds of rehospitalization at 60 days and … Adolescents (12- to 18-year-old), patients with a diagnosis of a complex chronic condition, and patients … Safety andQuality Research, Boston Children’s Hospital; 4Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School … We analyzed hospital discharges of patients $2-years-old admitted for asthma (All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related … Patients with a CCC had higher rehospitalization rates than patients without a CCC (25.7% vs 16.5%, P

  19. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_executive.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - original report and summarizes the more recent evidence comparing the relative effectiveness and safety … Insufficient for patient subgroup RP vs. … Insufficient for patient subgroup 12 Comparison Outcome Evidence Base Patient Characteristics … Insufficient for patient subgroup RP vs. … Ideally, future RCTs should (1) recruit patients with PSA-detected prostate cancer; (2) compare patient-focused

  20. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
    October 12, 2015 - Proper protocol is to use the mean of 2 measurements taken while the patient is seated, allow for ≥5 … Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or … In addition to within-patient temporal variability, isolated clinic hypertension in the medical setting … Medical electrical equipment—part 2-30: particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance … Accessed at www.aafp.org/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all/hypertension.html on 20 November
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