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  1. Chipra202-Materials Vib (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA202-Materials_VIB.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Institute Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Clinic Landon Pediatric Foundation Legacy Health Systems Maine Quality … Research Analyst School Nurse and PNP Senior Advisor, Child Health and Quality Improvement Senior … Parent-reported quality of preventive care for children at risk of developmental delay. … National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement Center of Excellence (NCINQ).

  2. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
    July 24, 2025 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … improve visual acuity in childhood and/or adulthood, or improve school performance, functioning, and/or quality … ages 6 months to 5 years reduce long-term amblyopia or improve school performance, functioning, and/or quality … 1, 4: Reduced long-term amblyopia and improved visual acuity, school performance, functioning, and quality

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/848108/psn-pdf
    April 26, 2023 - standardized adverse event definitions which facilitates compiling and sharing data with researchers and quality … Quality Use of Medicines – medication safety issues in naming; look?alike, sound? … Safety gaps in medical team communication: Results of quality improvement efforts in a cardiac catheterization … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  4. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obesity-child_executive.pdf
    March 31, 2010 - A recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report10 reviewed the targeted treatment … outcomes • Metabolic outcomes • Psychosocial outcomes, e.g. self-esteem, health- related quality … Quality (Risk-of-Bias) Assessment of Individual Studies We used the Downs and Black instrument to … We graded the quantity, quality, and consistency of the best available evidence addressing each of our … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2013.

  5. Section 8: The Care Management Evidence Base (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/medicaidmgmt/mm8c.html
    October 01, 2014 - Clinical outcomes examined include: Quality of life. Dyspnea. Emotional function. … This intervention significantly improved quality of life, dyspnea, emotional function, fatigue, and the … . 1 This study showed that patients were more likely to have improved quality of life in three of the … eight Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) quality-of-life measurements. … In this review, the authors concluded that no significant effects on health-related quality of life,

  6. Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ecWjjTgXCffjwPyqgNCEpR
    February 01, 2006 - In children 2 to 3 years of age, 8 fair- or good-quality studies demonstrated sensitivity from 17% to … and 6 fair-quality RCTs evaluated speech and language interventions for children 2 to 3 years of age … One good-quality study demonstrated no significant treatment effect for the outcomes of well-being, … Kizer, MD, MPH (President and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC); Michael L. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2006.

  7. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antidepressants-update_research-protocol.pdf
    July 13, 2011 - meta-analyses Good or fair quality, controlled observational studies Minimum study duration … meta-analyses Good or fair quality, controlled observational studies Minimum study duration … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies To assess the quality (internal validity … Two independent reviewers will assign quality ratings to each study. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007.

  8. Final Progress Report: Trial of Decision Support To Improve Diabetes Outcomes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/cebul-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Quality was measured by changes in 1) A1c levels and 2) an eight-item ADA score, subdivided into patient … Conclusions: CDS substantially improved physician-centered, but not patient-centered, quality measures … Analyses for Aim 1 (cross-group changes in quality). … Intervention Effects on Quality Measures and Standards Changes in A1c. … Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century.

  9. Maternal and Fetal Effects of Mental Health Treatments in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/protocol-pharm-pregnant-women_0.pdf
    December 05, 2018 - safety data are also limited.29 Absent high-quality evidence, clinical recommendations may vary on … We will conduct quality checks to ensure our search identifies known studies. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2010. 45.

  10. Unintended Consequences of CPOE | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unintended-consequences-cpoe
    September 01, 2004 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … desired, retracts it, and then optionally enters a new but closely related order, and they are useful indicators … project was funded under contract number 75Q80119C00004 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services

  11. BMI Assessment and Recommended Weight Gain (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-mc4-fullreport.pdf
    July 01, 2016 - • Potential for quality improvement (i.e., there are effective approaches to reducing the quality … gap or disparity in quality) … National Quality Forum. … Health plan*: Can compare quality of care among health plans. … document to express a quality measure specification.

  12. Breast-Cancer-Imaging Technical-Brief (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_technical-brief.pdf
    October 01, 2014 - Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Stephanie Chang, M.D., M.P.H. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality iii mailto:epc@ahrq.hhs.gov … Women could also be surveyed at 6-month intervals to assess quality of life. … Do these technologies actually change outcomes, quality of life, or treatment selection?

  13. Screening for Dementia in Primary Care: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/B_Ae7DdLL7DNauBLXC-ptu
    June 01, 2003 - Few other high quality studies have focused on functional assessments to screen for dementia. … , functional status, health-related quality of life, or clinician global impression of change. … No high-quality study has been done to verify, quantify, or refute these potential benefits. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. 3. … Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

  14. Febrile-Infants-Diagnosis-Management Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/febrile-infants-diagnosis-management_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - Evidence-Based Practice Evidence-based Practice Program The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … the health care system as a whole by providing important information to help improve health care quality … Data Extraction and Assessment of Study and Reporting Quality Two reviewers independently extracted … The potential sources of clinical and methodological heterogeneity (e.g., population, study quality … Evaluation of QUADAS, a tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

  15. Trust and Patient-Centeredness Workgroup: Action Plan to Collect and Use Social Determinants of Health Data in Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (pdf file)

    cdsic.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/TPC%20Patient%20Preferences%20Workflow%20Lifeflow_8.15.2.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2024. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2023. 2 Baker A. … Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. … Decisional quality among patients making treatment decisions for urolithiasis. … Clinical workflow analysis, process redesign, and quality improvement.

  16. Archived: Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/syphilis-infection-in-nonpregnant-adults-and-adolescents-june-2016
    June 07, 2016 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Three fair-quality observational studies from the same health center in Australia 20-22 and 1 fair-quality … AHRQ had no role in study selection, quality assessment, or synthesis. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2016. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. 13. Procedure manual.

  17. Trends in Hospital Readmissions for Four High-Volume Conditions, 2009-2013 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb196-Readmissions-Trends-High-Volume-Conditions.pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.hcup- us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs … HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated November 2014. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Updated December 2014. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

  18. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary_hi_impact.pdf
    April 01, 2012 - Potential High Impact Interventions Report Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … report incorporates data collected during implementation of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … for Healthcare Research and Quality Elise Berliner, Ph.D. … Task Order Officer Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  19. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yzXkWEQV3pn95yd_pmXZXk
    December 15, 2020 - [95% CI, 0.15-0.39]).11,19 Association Between Intermediate Outcomes and Health Outcomes Nine fair-quality … One fair-quality cohort study of Asian patients in the US (n = 1224) that compared risk of incident osteo … The US Congress mandates that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) support the operations … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2020. AHRQ publication 20-05262-EF-1. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2014. AHRQ publication 12- 05172-EF-1. 32.

  20. Reducing Risk for Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/5V8t2G6kCTJU6fLBHnfTuR
    January 01, 2013 - Fourteen studies (2 good-quality, 4 fair-quality, and 8 poor- quality studies) found no clear association … Fourteen studies (2 good-quality, 2 fair-quality, and 10 poor-quality studies) found no association be … poor quality. … Ten of the 11 studies (1 good- quality [16], 2 fair-quality [4, 23], and 8 poor-quality [17, 18, 20, … Two studies were rated good quality (5, 15), 2 fair quality (19, 23), and 10 poor quality (17, 20, 24
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