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  1. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/making-healthcare-safer-IV.pdf
    August 04, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Response Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methic…

  2. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-failure-rescue-protocol-amendment.pdf
    September 19, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review 1 Protocol for an Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Failure to Rescue - Rapid Response Systems Publication Date: September 7, 2023 Amendment D…

  3. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-monitoring-systems-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) IV: Patient Monitoring Systems to Prevent Failure to Rescue Review Questions Review Question: Based on t…

  4. Autism-Update Clinician (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/autism-update_clinician.pdf
    September 01, 2014 - Developmental Delays Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinician Research Summary Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Key Clinical Issue What evidence is available regarding the effectiveness, benefits, and harms of therapies used to address the core and associated symptoms seen…

  5. Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-surveillance-report-3_0.pdf
    May 01, 2022 - 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

  6. Introduction-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
    April 26, 2012 - 1 Introduction to Developing a Protocol for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research: A User’s Guide Scott R. Smith, Ph.D. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Background When making health care decisions, patients, health care providers, and policymakers routinely seek unbiased inf…

  7. Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mental-illness-heart_disposition-comments.pdf
    April 22, 2013 - Disposition of Comments for Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Interventions To Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness …

  8. Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bundled-payments-quality-effects_disposition-comments.pdf
    August 24, 2012 - measures, such as the Surgical Care Improvement Project measures, when compared to ACS National Surgical Quality … Improvement Program (NSQIP) audited and reliably validated, risk- adjusted outcomes.

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/psoriasis-chronic_research-protocol.pdf
    January 10, 2012 - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published Online: January 10, 2012 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Biologic and Nonbiologic Systemic Agents and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis …

  10. Medical Care Journal Supplement (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2007 - Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials of Quality Improvement Interventions Aimed at Medical Care Providers

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-safety-practices_research-protocol.pdf
    November 09, 2011 - Management tools, such as training resources, internal organization incentives, audit and feedback, and quality … improvement consultants IV.

  12. App-D-Surv-Report-1-Noninvasive-Nonpharma 0 (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-1-noninvasive-nonpharma_0.xlsx
    January 01, 2021 - Title Appendix D. Evidence Table Table D-1. Evidence Table Table D-1. Evidence table for new trials included in Surveillance Report 1 for noninvasive nonpharmacological treatment for chronic pain report Author, Year Country Number of Centers and Setting Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Number…

  13. App-D-Surv-Report-2-Noninvasive-Nonpharma (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-2-noninvasive-nonpharma.xlsx
    January 01, 2021 - Title Appendix D. Evidence Table Table D-1. Evidence Table Table D-1. Evidence table for new trials included in Surveillance Report 1 for noninvasive nonpharmacological treatment for chronic pain report Author, Year Country Number of Centers and Setting Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Number…

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/engaging-caregivers-protocol.pdf
    August 04, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Review Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transit…

  15. Lumbar-Fusion-Draft-Report-Appendix-D (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lumbar-fusion-draft-report-appendix-d.xlsx
    January 01, 2019 - Title Appendix D - Evidence Tables Table D-1. KQ 1-4 Table D-1. Evidence tables for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized studies of interventions (NRSIs) fpr Key Questions (KQs) 1-4: Fusion procedures for degenerative spondylolisthesis RefID KQ Author, Year Parent Study St…

  16. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0371_11-23-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - Effective Health Care Topic Number: 0313 Document Completion Date: 12-12-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Outcomes of serious mental illness will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, comparators, and…

  17. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief2-opioid-withdrawal.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - Rapid Evidence Product April 2021 Treatments and Technologies Supporting Appropriate Opioid Tapers Purpose The purpose of this topic development brief is to explore and scope the evidence on treatments and technologies supporting appropriate opioid tapers in people with pain, in order to help determin…

  18. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief2-opioid-withdrawal.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - Rapid Evidence Product April 2021 Treatments and Technologies Supporting Appropriate Opioid Tapers Purpose The purpose of this topic development brief is to explore and scope the evidence on treatments and technologies supporting appropriate opioid tapers in people with pain, in order to help determin…

  19. Acute Treatments for Episodic Migraine: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-3.pdf
    August 01, 2022 - 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

  20. Monitoring-Programs-Rapid-Research-Appendix-C (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/monitoring-programs-rapid-research-appendix-c.xlsx
    May 31, 2025 - Table C-1. CQ Details Table C-1. Detailed Information for Contextual Questions 1, 2, and 3 Studies Author, Year Publication Description Country Setting(s) Purpose Targeted Supply/Disruption Type of Monitoring System Description of Monitoring Program Rationale Implementation Facilitators Implementation Barriers Resour…
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