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21. Research Methods | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 12, 2014 - White Paper September 14, 2015 An Ethical Framework for N-of-1 Trials: Clinical Care … , Quality Improvement, or Human Subjects Research?

22. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - of health care in the United States. … Improvements in quality of health care, including improvements in health care delivery structure or … of health care. … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … The State of Health Care Quality: 2009.

23. Antenatal Care | Effective Health Care Program
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    December 09, 2020 - Current Page Topic Timeline Apr. 7, 2020 Topic Suggestion Dec. 9, 2020 Draft Key Questions Antenatal Care Key Questions December 9, 2020 Background Antenatal care reduces maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality by identifying risks and preventing and managing pregnancy-related or concurrent…

24. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 22, 2012 - Background: By definition, a disparity in health care quality is not due to differences in health care … of care in selected groups and conditions. … of health care that are not due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness … National Healthcare Quality Report Rockville, MD: U.S. … Priority areas for national action : transforming health care quality.

25. palliative-care-protocol (pdf file)
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    April 14, 2016 - of care, such as asking a patient follow-up questions about whether pain was controlled; or a questionnaire … , quality indicators, and evaluation of interventions. … A review of quality of care evaluation for the palliation of dyspnea. … PEACE Hospice and Palliative Care Quality Measures. … For example, this may include a tool to evaluate a patient’s symptoms, such as pain; the quality of

26. Relationship Between Use of Quality Measures and Improved Outcomes in Serious Mental Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 15, 2015 - the Affordable Care Act (2010) require the use of validated quality measures (QMs) to evaluate the quality … of health care programs, services, and outcomes. … Of note, evidence does not exist that indicates that certain measures often used as proxies for quality … of care actually measure quality of care or improve outcomes.

27. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Measuring Outcomes of Care for Persons With Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 03, 2011 - Care Quality . 2 AHRQ was also charged with the tasks of continuous assessment of progress towards … For medical care, quality outcomes for health conditions that are disabling often do not address considerations … of care for people with developmental disabilities and in making comparisons across States C. … Priority areas for national action: transforming health care quality. … Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting.

28. Summary Report Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … of health care through critical assessment of relevant evidence. … Three levers can impact the quality of health care: information, incentives, and infrastructure.8 Table … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States.

29. Germs and Hygiene | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 30, 2017 - Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of C. difficile: Current State of the Evidence Clinician Summary Archived May 30, 2017 Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections Research Protocol Archived August 3, 2011

30. Evidence-based Practice | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    September 01, 2019 - Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports Research Report September 1, 2019 Understanding Health-Systems' Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking White Paper October 19, 2017 The Incident User Design in Comparative Effecti…

31. Hit-Patient-Care Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - of health care in the United States. … care quality. … clinical decisions.1 The Institute of Medicine has recognized PCC as one of six major domains of health … care quality. … of care.

32. Public-Reporting-Quality-Improvement Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 17, 2011 - Public reporting accomplishes this by making previously unobservable quality of health care more transparent … Improvements in quality of health care (includes improvements in health care– delivery structure or processes … of care … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … Committee on Quality of Health Care in America; Institute of Medicine.

33. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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34. Models of Survivorship Care: Technical Brief | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 29, 2013 - What are important considerations for evaluating appropriate resource utilization, cost, quality of care

35. Point-Of-Care Research (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2014 - system leaders, and policymakers, among others—make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality … of health care services. … of health care in the United States. … purchasers as well as the health care system as a whole by providing important information to help improve health … care quality.

36. Disparities-Quality-Improvement Executive (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - of health care in the United States. … care quality. … By definition, a disparity in health care quality or health outcomes is not due to differences in the … Given the potential for QI strategies to improve the quality of care across the population, interest … of care.

37. Closing the Quality Gap Series: The Patient-Centered Medical Home | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 23, 2012 - health care quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. … The comparator must be usual care or programs that are aimed at improving the quality of care process … The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. … Change in the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-1999 to 2000-2001. … A diabetes report card for the United States: quality of care in the 1990s.

38. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Revisiting the State of the Science – A Summary | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 09, 2013 - Revisiting the State of the Science, consists of eight reports that continue the focus on improving the quality … of health care through critical assessment of relevant evidence for selected settings, interventions

39. Testing Cancer Quality Measures for End-of-Life Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 17, 2010 - Quality measurement is the foundation for interventions and policies to improve the quality of care. … of care at the end-of-life. … The purpose of this analysis is to further evaluate claims-based indicators of the quality of care at … Consistent with prior reports of the quality of care at the end-of-life, the use opiates, particularly … of care at the end-of-life.

40. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - She asserts that an answer to her research question will help provide the best quality of care for women