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461. 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 -  Was there any organized activity or program to support the diffusion of the innovation/practice? … Making Health Care Safer’s set of categories i.e., patient, clinical, and surrogate outcomes, process measures … , other things related to safety and no safety measures. … Measure high-priority contexts in the 4 domains a) External factors, such as regulatory requirements … Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2010 2. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

462. A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/white-paper-framework-for-conceptualizing-evidence-needs_0.pdf
     December 01, 2017 - Consultants 31% Care processes 19% Policy 18% Non-drug, non- device intervention 14% Devices 12% Test, scales … Intermountain is able to measure variance from these “shared baselines” which is used to understand … Another possible strategy is synthesis of evidence to inform quality or performance measures. … The EPC Program, like other evidence synthesis programs, has called for inclusion of nonrandomized studies … Using NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology to measure the quality of colorectal cancer care

463. Asthma-Immunotherapy-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-immunotherapy-2010_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - standardized mean differences will be calculated if continuous outcomes are measured by using different scales … Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group. … tolerogenic conjugates of common allergens with monomethoxypolyethylene glycols of different molecular weights … Available at: http://www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.htm. … and the Effective Health-Care Program.

464. Frameworks for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-research-steps-framework_research.pdf
     June 01, 2011 - and the effective health- care program. … likely end goal that the process for identifying research gaps/needs that existed in one of these programs … may come from an existing Disease Site Group/Guideline Development Group (DSG/GDG), CCO Clinical Programs … Screening program. … Committee of the Ministry of Health is in FinOHTA, and FinOHTA is supposed to asses all screening programs

465. Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-information-exchange_executive.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - through the Effective Health Care Program. … better on quality measures.22,23 Studies also reported that HIE could help identify frequent ED users24 … One study reported higher scores on a measure of satisfaction with user interface related to more frequent … measures. … Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2008;91(2):175-81. PMID: 18514363. 34.

466. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
     September 22, 2014 - However, because these outcomes can be difficult to measure directly, other outcomes that occur intermediately … While this is not a direct measure of the primary outcomes, we will report these as indirect measures … Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective Health Care Program … thought leader, programs that require active participation. … Within the EPC program, the Key Informant role is to provide input into identifying the Key Questions

467. Translation of a C. difficile Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Implementation (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-report-translation-c-diff-treatment-clinical-pathway.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Measure May Demonstrate Use of AHRQ EPC Reports To Support Quality Improvement Programs for Health … Developing a CDI Treatment Quality Measure May Demonstrate Use of AHRQ EPC Reports To Support Quality … Improvement Programs for Health Systems Much of the work necessary to design and develop a quality … Aligning Guidelines Recommendations with Clinical Quality Measures. … Measure May Demonstrate Use of AHRQ EPC Reports To Support Quality Improvement Programs for Health Systems

468. DEcIDE 32: The Incident User Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/incident-user-design_research.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2012. … Mixing incident and prevalent users may obscure excess harm because the effect measure is weighted toward … shrinkage estimation methods (or other sophisticated alternatives), the hazard ratios or other effect measures … randomized studies, non-users are often fundamentally different patients in ways that are difficult to measure … Rockville: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. 32.

469. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain_executive.pdf
     October 01, 2011 - Effective Health Care Program The Effective Health Care Program was initiated in 2005 to provide valid … The main outcome measures for this review were pain, functional status, and discontinuations due to lack … Frequently used outcome measures include visual and categorical pain scales.14 We included systematic … Outcome measures in osteoarthritis: randomized controlled trials. … and the effective health-care program.

470. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wireless-motility-capsule_disposition-comments.pdf
     May 20, 2013 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or email. … TEP 3 General Quality of the report: Good. … As a result, WMC indirectly measures what GES measures but also measures another factor which can contribute … In a sense, then, wireless motility capsule indirectly measures what gastric scintigraphy measures. … We now list the quality items in the Executive Summary, under the Quality Assessment section.

471. Disposition of Comments for Evidence Report 224 Omega-3 Fatty Acids (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/omega-3-maternity_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 12, 2016 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … meta-analysis, as they would need to be paired with their corresponding maternal intakes and infant birth weights … Outcome measures and statistical methods appropriate. … In the column labeled "Results," we provided the name of the test (outcome measure) as reported in … /Conclusion In several places, the authors use terms such as "non-significant decrease in..." some measure

472. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition-archived.pdf
     May 04, 2017 - Comments to Research Review The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program encourages the public to participate … Each research review is posted to the EHC Program Web site or AHRQ Web site in draft form for public … We have clarified the description of self- management programs in the PICOTS table. … It isn't clear the articles chosen met criteria for strengthening programs. … Peer Reviewer #2 Discussion /Conclusio n Also, another outcome measure may be exercise or activity

473. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: An Update Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/osteoarthritis-knee-update-disposition.pdf
     May 04, 2017 - Each research review is posted to the EHC Program Web site or AHRQ Web site in draft form for public … We have clarified the description of self- management programs in the PICOTS table. … It isn't clear the articles chosen met criteria for strengthening programs. … Reviewer #4 Methods Page 11 line 15: "...we did not pool studies that used different tools to measure … Peer Reviewer #2 Discussion /Conclusio n Also, another outcome measure may be exercise or activity

474. Work Plan for Methods Research on (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-classification_research.pdf
     December 01, 2010 - Director, EPC Program Task Order Officer Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare … measures, educational materials and tools, guidelines, and research agendas. … and the effective health care program. … Do Drug-Free Workplace Programs Prevent Occupational Injuries? Evidence from Washington State. … nonparticipation in TM and TM-Sidhi programs Cattel’s Culture Fair Intelligence Test and Hick’s

475. Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/depression-brain-injury_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - Care Program The Effective Health Care Program was initiated in 2005 to provide valid evidence about … Quality assessment. … but scores on the Adult Hope Scale (p < 0.005) and the Life Orientation Test- Revised (p < 0.05), a measure … While studies in specialized settings like 9 neuropsychiatric clinics or rehabilitation programs … The Beck Depression Inventory: is it a suitable measure of depression for individuals with traumatic

476. Introduction-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
     April 26, 2012 - These outcomes include humanistic measures such as the effects of treatment on quality of life, which … stakeholders, systematic reviewers, and researchers work collaboratively to develop new studies and programs … Effective Health Care Program. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. U.S. … Effective Health Care Program. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. U.S. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2011.

477. Ptsd-Adults-Trauma-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adults-trauma-interventions_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales for symptom reduction), we used weighted mean differences (WMD … If we had to combine multiple scales in one meta-analysis, we used the standardized mean difference … studies in which the timing of the intervention is not explicitly randomized, investigators could measure … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … and the Effective Health-Care Program.

478. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gerd-2005_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2005 - The Effective Health Care Program was initiated in 2005 to provide valid evidence about the comparative … Through its Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, the program supports systematic appraisals of existing … The program puts special emphasis on translating findings into a variety of useful formats for different … nor reduction in the need for antisecretory medications has consistently correlated with objective measures … The above conclusion was based on one fair- quality (Grade B) randomized controlled trial and one poor-quality

479. Disposition of Comments for CER 177 Agitation Aggression Dementia (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/dementia-agitation-aggression_disposition-comments.pdf
     March 21, 2016 - Comments can be submitted via the EHC Program Web site, mail or E-mail. … of life and measures of distress. … TEP #1 Methods Delineation of the scales used in these studies is perhaps an accurate reflection of … and why there is only one measure included. … We did not pool frequency measures with severity measures.

480. Ptsd-Adult-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ptsd-adult-treatment_executive.pdf
     April 01, 2013 - Care Program was initiated in 2005 to provide valid evidence about the comparative effectiveness … We used random-effects models to estimate pooled effects.19 For continuous outcomes (e.g., scales for … When multiple scales were combined in one meta-analysis, we used the standardized mean difference … prevention programs) for PTSD symptom reduction. … and the Effective Health-Care Program.