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121. Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2020 - Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report Surveillance Report: October 2020 Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report Background This surveillance report summarizes the search and update for the rapid review and li…

122. Surveillance Report: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2020 - Surveillance Report: Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings Surveillance Report: July 17, 2020 Masks for Prevention of COVID-19 in Community and Healthcare Settings: Surveillance Report Background This surveillance report summarizes the search and update for the rapid review and l…

123. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2014 - health problems if there is appropriate followup with linkage to treatment.6, 8-10 Despite multiple quality … improvement efforts, there are challenges to developing and implementing measures for vision, hearing … Assessment, Health Care"[mh] OR “Quality of health care”[mh] OR “Quality Indicators, Health Care”[mh] OR “Quality … improvement”[mh] OR “Program evaluation”[mh] OR "quality measure"[tiab] OR "quality measures"[tiab] … OR “process measure”[tiab] OR “process measures”[tiab] OR “quality improvement”[tiab] OR “quality improvements

124. White Paper: Enhancing Systematic Review Methods by Incorporating Unpublished Drug Trials (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2024 - are publicly available to use for noncommercial purposes (research, clinical or patient education, quality … improvement projects) in the United States, and do not need specific permission to be reprinted and

125. S38 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of Quality Improvement Interventions Aimed at Medical … improvement interventions. … Key Words: cluster randomized trials, design effect, contamination, quality improvement, intraclass correlation … A key issue in the design of trials to evaluate quality improvement interventions is the unit of randomization … UNIT OF RANDOMIZATION A first question in the design of a trial to evaluate a quality improvement intervention

126. Intergrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2021 - Intergrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms: Evidence Summary Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 251 Integrated and Comprehensive Pain Management Programs: Effectiveness and Harms Evidence Summary Main Points Background and Purpose Pain affects millions …

127. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0236 Document Completion Date: 8-13-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, com…

128. Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults A Rapid Review Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Review e Rapid Evidence Product Addressing Social Isolation To Improve the Health of Older Adults: A Rap…

129. App-F1-Surv-Report-1-Nonopioid-Pharmacol-Chronic-Pain (xls file)
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     October 08, 2025 - NPP_Pain Table F-1a. Pain severity for neuropathic pain Author, Year Quality Pain Population Drug Class 1 Drug Class 2 Drug 1 Drug 2 Measure Name Measure Scale Assessment Time (Wk) Time Category Grp 1 Baseline N Grp 1 Baseline Mean Pain Score Grp1 Baseline Variance Type Grp1 Baseline Variance Grp1 Baseline Lower Limi…

130. 2018 Letter of Appreciation to Peer Reviewers and Associate Editors (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2018 - 2018 Letter of Appreciation to Peer Reviewers and Associate Editors Letter of Appreciation We sincerely thank the 84 Peer Reviewers who completed reviews for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care (EHC) Program in 2018. Peer reviewers donate substantial time and effort to com…

131. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2016 - Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain 1 Comparative Effectiveness Review Number 169 Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain Executive Summary Background Nature and Burden of Low Back Pain Low back pain is one of the most frequently encountered conditions in clinical practice. Up to 84 percent of adults …

132. 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 - statistical process control charts without an interrupted time series design were excluded, so many quality … improvement studies were not considered in this report. … Identifying and responding to depression in adolescents in primary care: a quality improvement response … 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

133. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Prognostic Tests Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Medical Test Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests This slide set is based on chapter 12 in a methods guide titled Methods Guide for Me…

134. Prognostic Tests (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Prognostic Tests Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests Prepared for: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Training Modules for Medical Test Reviews Methods Guide www.ahrq.gov Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests This slide set is based on chapter 12 in a methods guide titled Methods Guide for Me…

135. Ankyloglossia Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2015 - 1 Treatments for Ankyloglossia and Ankyloglossia With Concomitant Lip-Tie Executive Summary Introduction Ankyloglossia is a congenital condition characterized by an abnormally short, thickened, or tight lingual frenulum, or an anterior attachment of the lingual frenulum, that restricts mobility of the tongue.1…

136. Technical-Brief-31-Mobile-Health-Applications-For-Self-Management-Of-Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2018 - Technical-Brief-31-Mobile-Health-Applications-For-Self-Management-Of-Diabetes e Technical Brief Number 31 Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current. Technical Bri…

137. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response: Acute Care Nursing Staff Shortages That Compromise Patient-to-Nurse Ratios (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Unit- based quality improvement projects found an acuity tool improved registered nurse satisfaction … Studies were mostly observational and quality improvement initiatives, with only nine studies including … Many quality improvement initiatives are like initiatives occurring in other hospitals. … Director Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Director, General Patient Safety Program Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for

138. Topic 0613 Tympanostomy Tubes NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2014 - Topic 0613 Tympanostomy Tubes NSD FINAL Tympanostomy Tubes in Children Nomination Summary Document Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps § Th…

139. Research Protocol: Care Interventions for PeopleWith Dementia (PWD) and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2019 - Guiding Question: Any quality improvement or implementation science study that informs the dissemination … Guiding Question: Any quality improvement or implementation science study that informs the dissemination … While we are not expressly looking for studies identified as quality improvement interventions, we … Development of the quality improvement minimum quality criteria set (QI-MOCS): a tool for critical appraisal … of quality improvement intervention publications.

140. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     June 27, 2011 - continuation of the 2004 CQG series, which performed a critical analysis of the existing literature on quality … improvement (QI) strategies for a selection of disease and practice priority areas for transforming … Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies (Vol. 2: Diabetes Care … Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 1Series Overview … Definition of Terms There are two main types of quality improvement models in palliative care.