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161. Disposition of Comments Report for The Patient-Centered Medical Home (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-centered-medical-home_disposition-comments.pdf
     July 03, 2012 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … Studies did not use the same instrument to measure the concept. … Another potential measure would be receipt of preventive services. … To the degree that various recognition program measures may have been used to cull articles for the … review, we are concerned that evidence is not yet available that these program-specific measures accurately

162. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 260: Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes (pdf file)
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     May 22, 2023 - Each draft report is posted to the EHC Program website or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Details regarding which combination of cancer sites, nutrition interventions and outcome measures that … discouraged from further exploring the impact of nutrition intervention and developing research to measure … We agree with the reviewers that the choice of diagnostic criteria and outcome measures must be feasible … As we note, there are a diverse set of measures collected using a variety of tools.

163. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Medical Director Division of OHIP Operations Office of Health Insurance Programs New York State Department … current and potential consumers of patient-centered health care and population-focused public health programs … The proper outcome measure for such analyses is the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained per unit … • Relevant to 1013 enrollees (Medicare, Medicaid, S-CHIP, other federal health care programs.

164. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2007 - The Effective Health Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … The Effective Health Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) conducts and … or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. … Rating the strength of evidence: relevance for quality improvement programs. … • Measuring or improving quality of care, including conducting programs to measure and/or improve the

165. Table 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-indicators-symposium_research.pdf
     April 01, 2010 - Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) network is part of AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program … Improving quality across domains of care requires good measures of quality and outcomes. … Where multiple reasonable measures are available, choosing the best measure is less important than measuring … Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review. … Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care?

166. Disposition of Comments_Technical Brief No. 44: Measuring Primary Healthcare Spending (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2024 - standard against their goals and be judicious in exercising flexibility to tailor their measurement programs … It might be worth explicitly calling out the possibility of gaming different measures, and which measure … standard against their goals and be judicious in exercising flexibility to tailor their measurement programs … HCAI leads two key programs for California – the Healthcare Payments Data Program (HPD), California … seeking feedback on the Expanded Framework from other states with APCDs and spending growth target programs

167. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - To sign up for notification when this and other Effective Health Care Program topics are posted for … Outcome measures include mortality reduction, quality of life (objectively measured), functional improvement … Does the technology improve quality of life and function, and if so, to what extent and at what cost … Considerations  The topic meets all EHC Program selection criteria.

168. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - quantitative analyses using random-effects models to estimate pooled effects.7 For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales … We did find low strength of evidence for no difference in quality of life measures for baclofen based … of life measures. … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … Posted final reports are located on the Effective Health Care Program search page.

169. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Summary of Findings, 2023-2024 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-1-year-final-report-updated-title_0.pdf
     May 01, 2024 - and the General Patient Safety Program. … Director, General Patient Safety Program Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency … Chief of Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness … o Pre-post studies of report card-prompted quality improvement programs yielded improvements, sometimes … o Studies with higher internal validity but without clear links to quality improvement programs were

170. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … The discussion on page 3 of aggressive MRSA containment programs utilized in northern Europe is very … brief, and describes such programs as draconian in nature, of view that would not be shared by many … Acquisition is, in fact, the best measure of transmission of MRSA. … Failure to specifically measure acquisition is a potential weakness of the study.

171. heart-failure-readmission-protocol-130611 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-transition-care_research-protocol.pdf
     June 10, 2013 - Previous systematic reviews have addressed HF disease-management programs. … do not take into account program complexity and heterogeneity. … of life, using a validated measure  Functional status, using a validated measure  Caregiver burden … A meta-review of evidence on heart failure disease management programs: the challenges of describing … and the Effective Health Care Program.

172. Methods Research Report: Improving Health Systems' Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects Summary (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2019 - Investigators needed to perform a review to identify relevant quality measures as this information is … Interactive Data Visualization Products • Quality measure indexing. … The quality measure indexes were evaluated by senior leadership positions at Duke University Health … Including indexes decreased the amount of time required to find quality measure-related material and … health system partners in a structured survey responded quality measure index tables were “very easy

173. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - Continuous outcome measures comparing two treatments made on different scales (such as quality-of-life … RCTs reporting continuous outcome measures on different scales (such as functional capacity and quality-of-life … Also, the quality-of-life measures varied among five instruments (SF-36, EQ-5D, WIQ, PAQ, and VascuQOL … Generic health-related quality-of-life measures, such as the SF-36 physical functioning score, are often … Validation in future research using both general and disease-specific quality- of-life measures is to

174. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2011 - of challenging behavior.109-120, 122, 123 A parent- reported hyperactivity and noncompliance measure … Specifically, all studies of sensory integration and music therapy were of poor quality, and two fair-quality … Parent-managed behavioral treatment for preschool children with autism: some characteristics of UK programs … A Comparison of Two Group-Delivered Social Skills Programs for Young Children with Autism. … Program.

175. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/deliberative-methods-demonstration-executive-131125.pdf
     November 01, 2013 - ) to expand public and stakeholder engagement in AHRQ-supported comparative effectiveness research programs … greater acceptance or greater doubt about one’s convictions.1 Although we used attitude change as a measure … group, all four deliberative methods showed significant change on at least one knowledge or attitude measure … control group, each of the four deliberative methods shifted participants’ attitudes for at least one measure … control that used reading materials only on the basis of change on at least one knowledge or attitude measure

176. Depression-Postpartum-Screening Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-postpartum-screening_executive.pdf
     May 01, 2013 - “harm” with a measure of benefit, such as “cases of depression detected.” … organization) were risk factors for depression. 12 Finally, although studies used a variety of different scales … to measure the effect of relationship quality and social support on risk of depression, and were conducted … All six provided some measure of appropriate diagnosis and treatment of depression. … and the Effective Health-Care Program.

177. bipolar-disorder-treatment-protocol-140623 (pdf file)
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     June 23, 2014 - What are the harms from comprehensive programs? … We will assess strength of evidence for validated scales (such as the Beck Depression Inventory, Young … Review Manager (RevMan) [Computer program]. Version 5.2. … Yes Measure valid and reliable (i.e. objective measures, well validated scale, provider report); and … of quality, no certification process MD, PhD, Resident, MA clinician with no quantitative measures

178. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/mental-illness-heart_research-protocol.pdf
     April 18, 2012 - We will summarize binary or categorical outcomes (e.g., smoking status) by weighted effect measure for … using different scales, we will use standard mean differences. … and the Effective Health-Care Program. … mesh] OR overweight[tiab] OR obesity[mesh] OR obesity[tiab] OR obese[tiab] OR weight[tiab] OR Body weights … and measures[mesh] OR "body mass index"[tw] OR bmi[tw] 824293 #3 chlorpromazine[MeSH] OR chlorpromazine

179. Making Healthcare Safer IV_Rapid Review: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Within-Unit Transitions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Other measures of harmful and nonharmful errors also decreased. … Another limitation is that nearly all studies are conducted in academic training programs and thus could … EPC Program Procedures Guide. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2021. … Director, General Patient Safety Program Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for … Does not measure clinical safety outcome 5. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

180. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cesarean-birth-2010_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - The Joint Commission has expressed concern about U.S. cesarean birth rates as a performance measure … in its Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures, noting that, “There … Prenatal care measure PC0-02. Cesarean section. … NIH Consensus Development Program. … and the Effective Health-Care Program.