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21. Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - standard tests for determining iron deficiency in the context of CKD. … standards are used for the diagnosis of iron deficiency in studies evaluating test performance?). … standard for the diagnosis of iron deficiency. … standard for iron deficiency). … There exist many definitions of a response to IV iron treatment as the reference standard for iron deficiency

22. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2021 - In accordance with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) standards for the … providers, in realizing the benefits of treatment while reducing risk and adhering to evidence-based standards … achieve a significantly higher rate of radiation treatment courses that adhere to the evidence-based standards … An AHRQ report, with a literature search, data extraction, and analysis according to the highest standards

23. Evaluation of Mental Health Applications | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2023 - The first step is to delineate the characteristics and minimum standards to inform the development of … Guiding Questions What characteristics and minimal standards of available behavioral … National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Digital Health Technologies (DHT) Evidence Standards … The IAB develops industry standards to support standardization in the digital advertising industry and … Evidence standards framework for digital health technologies .

24. Assessing the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2019 - As with other AHRQ methodological guidance, our intent is to present standards that can be applied consistently … These standards are based on epidemiological study design principles, available empirical evidence, or … As greater evidence accumulates in this methodological area, our standards will continue to evolve.

25. Agenda: Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities (pdf file)
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    March 13, 2023 - Focus: Results for Contextual Question 2 • What are existing and emerging national or international standards … National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Presenter: Reva Schwartz 12:43–12:51 p.m. … Framing questions:  What’s missing: gaps in experience and insights related to algorithmic standards … / stewardship, including pitfalls  Summary/recap of key points  Guidance needed: which standards … How to develop standards and socialize? 1:40–1:45 p.m.

26. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - This latter concept has come to be known as “crisis standards of care.” … Objectives In 2009, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards … Few plans proposed legal and operational frameworks for shifting to crisis standards of care. … Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations. … Crisis Standards of Care: Summary of a Workshop Series. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.

27. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - standard, so the disease is at a more advanced stage when the reference standard is performed. … Reference Standard and Verification Procedure Inappropriate reference standard Errors of imperfect … Risk: Low/High/Unclear Domain 3: Reference Standard Is the reference standard likely to correctly … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive a reference standard? … NO: Not all relatives receive verification via the reference standard.

28. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews - Editorial (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - particularly useful when substantial practice variation exists, actual practice differs from published standards … characteristics of carotid ultrasound would optimally assess both the proxy result (as compared to a reference … standard, in this case, invasive angiography) and the downstream result of testing on clinically significant … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews; March 2011. … http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Finding- What-Works-in-Health-Care-Standards-for- Systematic-Reviews.aspx

29. Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - standard, so the disease is at a more advanced stage when the reference standard is performed. … Reference Standard and Verification Procedure Inappropriate reference standard Errors of imperfect … Risk: Low/High/Unclear Domain 3: Reference Standard Is the reference standard likely to correctly … (Yes/No/Unclear) Did all patients receive a reference standard? … NO: Not all relatives receive verification via the reference standard.

30. Ced-Appendix-3 (xls file)
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    June 24, 2022 - JCER 2018 Source Tag Recommendations Pearson Context Develop a shared view of evidence and process standards … , including consideration of the necessary evidentiary standards Pearson Question Frame the question … Duke-M Data Apply data standardization techniques, quality checking tools, and steps for mitigating erroneous … sharing will help leverage the full potential of real-world evidence in a learning health system, as will standardization … NAM 2018 Standards of care in real-world treatment studies.

31. March 2nd Mitigating Racial Bias in Healthcare Algorithms Public Meeting (pdf file)
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    May 15, 2023 - result from algorithms whether or not they explicitly include race o Great heterogeneity and lack of standardization … (Y/N) Primary Outcome Severity of Illness Scores Applied to Crisis Standards of Care 3 [Ashana … Crisis Standards of Care for the COVID-19 pandemic) results in less resources for BIPOC (Black and … (Y/N) Primary Outcome Severity of Illness Scores Applied to Crisis Standards of Care 3 [Ashana … (Y/N) Primary Outcome Severity of Illness Scores Applied to Crisis Standards of Care 3 [Ashana

32. Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    November 15, 2018 - 2017Jan/index.html https://ecqi.healthit.gov/ https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards … www.nlm.nih.gov/cde/ https://ecqi.healthit.gov/ https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards … (Writing Commitee to Develop Data Standards on Atrial Fibrillation). … American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards … (Writing Committee to Develop Acute Coronary Syndromes and Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Data Standards

33. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 268: Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2023 - instances, are suggested for use) to inform resource allocation in a crisis setting (e.g., crisis standards … that explicitly include race and ethnicity as an input variable; CQ 2 summarizes recently emerging standards … care (3 studies), predict mortality to inform resource allocation in a crisis setting (e.g. crisis standards … We identified numerous efforts by regulatory, professional, and corporate stakeholders to develop standards … applying algorithms out of context of original development (e.g., illness severity scores used for crisis standards

34. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2021 - In accordance with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) standards for the … providers, in realizing the benefits of treatment while reducing risk and adhering to evidence-based standards … An AHRQ report, with a literature search, data extraction, and analysis according to the highest standards

35. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2019 - 2017Jan/index.html https://ecqi.healthit.gov/ https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards … http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?

36. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - This may be as much from lack of adherence to existing standards as from lack of standards themselves … A substantial number of multi-center investigations were performed without evidence of standardization … as from lack of standards themselves. … There is a need to develop standards for measuring healing rates as a valid intermediate outcome. … Lack of standards for conducting studies of the treatment of CVUs, i.e….

37. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2023 - Brief assessment tools that accurately identify OCD (compared to reference standard methods), could allow … Studies related to the accuracy of assessment tools compared to reference standard methods to identify … standard) for a diagnosis of OCD. … KQ 1: How accurate are assessment tools compared to reference standard methods to identify OCD in symptomatic … standard) Different reference standards (i.e., comparison of reference standards) Different respondents

38. Resource Allocation and Pandemic Response: An Evidence Synthesis To Inform Decision Making | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 01, 2021 - augmenting resources (e.g., adding temporary facilities or personnel); and implementing crisis standards … Few studies have evaluated crisis standards of care strategies.

39. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    May 27, 2010 - Standards we applied for assessing the quality of individual studies and bodies of evidence have evolved … These standards apply to assessing studies of any therapeutic interventions, not just radiotherapy … Further educational efforts to present standards are beyond the duties of the BCBSA-TEC EPC, but may … • NCI H&N Steering Committee has a working group developing standards for definitions for measuring … • RTOG sets standards for technology certification and QA of individual cases for dose planning

40. Evidence Summary: CER 231 Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2020 - Until relatively recently, many dementia care intervention studies were not held to reporting standards … (e.g. the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials 4 statement), pre-registration … of trials, data safety and monitoring boards, or other standards more common in other areas of clinical