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  1. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
    December 01, 2013 - bowel function in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS), potentially improving quality of life and reducing … It uses a natural orifice as an entry point for surgical instruments, with the intention of reducing … the number of incisions, and, thus, reducing the overall invasiveness of surgery. … perspective stated that decreasing PN has been directly correlated with improving health outcomes by reducing … gastroenterologist, could help patients with poor access to care better self manage SBS, possibly reducing

  2. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-3rdplace_tympanic.pdf
    May 29, 2025 - Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options 1 Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (1) Authors: Nicola Archie BSN, MSN, FNP-c & Tara Jones BSN, MSN, FNP-c Reviewed by: Richard F. Kuehne, MD, MPH 2 Provider Normal Tympanic Me…

  3. Improving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  4. Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews - Avoiding Bias in Selecting Studies (pdf file)

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    February 01, 2013 - protocol specific to SRs include improving transparency and rigor of SRs, and important to this chapter, reducing … Dual review—having two reviewers independently assess citations for inclusion—is one method of reducing … Discussion, dual review, and practice will aid in reducing potential bias by establishing consistent

  5. Disposition of Comments Report for Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care To Reduce Alcohol Misuse (pdf file)

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    July 10, 2012 - Should programs of screening and brief intervention be established as one of the primary means of reducing … brief behavioral counseling interventions in primary care is that, for identified risky drinkers, reducing … (1999): Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence … Interventions delivered by primary care providers and by research personnel were both effective for reducing

  6. Topic 0548 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for MDD NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0647-13114.pdf
    June 21, 2013 - Topic 0548 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for MDD NSD FINAL SJ Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder Nomination Summary Document …

  7. Evidence Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 248: Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Major Joint Replacement (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2021 - surgery (i.e., “prehabilitation”) or after surgery, with the goal of optimizing postoperative function, reducing

  8. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 35: Asthma Self-Management Education Packages (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-35-asthma-self-management-comments.pdf
    April 27, 2020 - This course covers: • Types of severe asthma • Severe asthma medicines and treatments • Reducing the … home-based, community-based and self-directed packages; 2.Expanding the availability of materials by reducing

  9. 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-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - remaining major category of patient safety practices targeting healthcare-associated infection centers on reducing … This review will focus on patient safety practices for reducing burden and transmission of MDROs within

  10. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mass-casualty-events-scarce-resources_executive.pdf
    June 01, 2012 - between counties Crisis standards of care None POD = point of dispensing 5 In the category of reducing … the functioning of society, saving the greatest number of people, protecting at-risk populations, reducing … the functioning of society, saving the greatest number of people, protecting the most vulnerable, reducing

  11. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0313_02-09-2009.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Effective Health Care Topic Number(s): 0229 Document Completion Date: 2-5-10 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Medical management of urinary stone disease will go forward for refinement as a systematic review. The scope of this topic, including populations, interventions, co…

  12. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  13. Strategies To De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/aggression/research

  14. AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program Research Gaps Summary: Primary Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/research-gap-primary-care-summary-table.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - • Studies that address how policies aimed at reducing the duration or dose of opioid prescribing

  15. Layout 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/c-diff-infections_executive.pdf
    December 01, 2011 - are similar.21 One study, which statistically modeled CDI within the hospital setting, suggested that reducing … patient susceptibility to infection is more effective in reducing CDI cases than lowering transmission … of prevention strategies aimed at breaking routes of transmission within institutional settings or reducing … Prescribing practices were also used in multicomponent interventions credited with reducing CDI incidence … Significant impact of terminal room cleaning with bleach on reducing nosocomial Clostridium difficile

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_disposition-comments.pdf
    March 10, 2010 - Summary Recommend title of report be changed to: "Comparative Effectiveness of Agents Evaluated for Reducing … We included one descriptive study reported reasons for women not selecting risk reducing medication

  17. Cancer-Anemia-Update Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cancer-anemia-update_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - and used clinically for more than a decade to treat anemia in association with various diseases, reducing

  18. Obesity (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - and potential third party payers’ unwillingness to cover these therapies might serve as barriers to reducing … A majority of experts thought that reducing or eliminating long-term complications from obesity might … could aid morbidly obese patients in losing weight to become eligible for bariatric surgery or in reducing … beneficial hormone effects; help patients achieve rapid glycemic control and weight loss while reducing

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

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
    August 26, 2011 - Much of the effort devoted to reducing HAIs has focused on their prevention. … The Key Questions Question 1 Which quality improvement strategies are effective in reducing … Making Health Care Safer: Reducing Bloodstream Infections.

  20. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/c-difficile-future_research.pdf
    October 26, 2012 - unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems Potential for significant economic impact, reducing … unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems • Potential for significant economic impact, reducing … and/or multi-component prevention strategies (e.g., cleaning, isolation, antibiotic stewardship) on reducing … unnecessary burden on those with health-care problems • Potential for significant economic impact, reducing … /or multi- component prevention strategies (e.g., cleaning, isolation, antibiotic stewardship) on reducing
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