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41. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 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 reference … (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.

42. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    June 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 reference … (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.

43. Strategies for Patient, Family and Caregiver Engagement: Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2019 - We plan to focus attention initially on high quality systematic reviews (i.e., meeting standards set … National standards for diabetes self-management education. … -PCMH-Standards-and-Guidelines-2017-Edition-Version-2-9-30-17.pdf 31. … -PCMH-Standards-and-Guidelines-2017-Edition-Version-2-9-30-17.pdf https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/ … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews.

44. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - standard. … For diagnostic studies we will look at the reference standards and base contrasts on the type of reference … toxigenic culture as the reference standard. … If different reference standards are used for specific subgroups (such as study site) and no one is used … across all the samples, then we will use the reference standard that was used in interpretation of the

45. Comparative Effectiveness of Screening for Glaucoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Standards Key Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 explore comparisons of the interventions mentioned above … Key Question 3 explores comparisons of screening/diagnostic tests to the gold/reference standards of … The reference standards for Key Question 3 were adapted from a diagnostic test accuracy review conducted … the index and potential comparator[s]) but all obtain the reference standard. 10 Narrative summaries … standard, masked interpretation of results of tests and reference standard, and study withdrawal .

46. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief 34, Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma and Other Selected Chronic Diseases (pdf file)
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    March 27, 2020 - The Louisiana Department of Health included voluntary standards for CHW programs in its latest request … early innovators and encourage additional progress, our working group is committed to developing standards … Workers; Sarah Scholle, National Committee for Quality Assurance) Introduction Ultimately, our standards … Over time, wide dissemination and implementation of these standards among decision makers designing, … - Interviews with quality improvement organizations who bring expert knowledge to ensuring program standards

47. Interventions To Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2025 - None of the identified studies used the reference standard of the newly established clinical diagnosis … Services Administration (SAMHSA) that assessed the feasibility of developing consensus-based quality standards … Mental Disorders (DSM) or International Classification of Diseases (ICD) grief disorder diagnoses as the reference … standard.

48. Standardized Library of Lung Cancer Outcome Measures (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2021 - on FHIR version https://ecqi.healthit.gov/ https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards … and existing CDEs. 3 http://hl7.org/fhir/2017Jan/index.html http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards

49. Methods Research Report - Identifying and Managing Nonfinancial Conflicts of Interest for Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - Institutional Standards and Definitions for Managing Conflict of Interest 1 Introduction … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews. … Institutional Standards and Definitions for Managing Conflicts of Interest Table A-1. … IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews (2011) Overall Standards/Policies 2.2 Manage bias and conflict … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews.

50. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - There are currently no clinical standards or evidence-based best practice guidelines for managing tinnitus

51. Editorial. Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - particularly useful when substantial practice variation exists, actual practice differs from published standards … the Cochrane Collaboration, the USPSTF, 9 and the Institute of Medicine 10 , form the basis for a 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.

52. Disposition of Comments Report for Interventions for Feeding and Nutrition in Cerebral Palsy (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2013 - The papers which reported that some children remained underweight were using inappropriate reference … standards designed for normal children. … Back in 1988 when this study was published the issue of the reference standards was perhaps not appreciated … As noted above, we have added text about the importance of using appropriate reference standards, and … These are likely not appropriate reference standards; improvement in z- scores among children with CP

53. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    November 16, 2010 - Standards Key Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 explore comparisons of the interventions mentioned above … Key Question 3 explores comparisons of screening/diagnostic tests to the gold/reference standards of … The reference standards for Key Question 3 were adapted from a http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … standard) are performed on all participants and in which participants are randomized to one test ( … standard, masked interpretation of results of tests and reference standard, and study withdrawal.

54. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - Tests in which the reference standard is not applied to all samples. … For diagnostic studies we will look at the reference standards and base contrasts on the type of reference … use toxigenic culture as the reference standard. … If different reference standards are used for specific subgroups (such as study site) and no one is … used across all the samples, then we will use the reference standard that was used in interpretation

55. Interventions to Improve Care of Bereaved Persons | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2023 - standard or method to detect the impact of screening KQ2: No reference standard to determine the accuracy … Reference standard: The domain will evaluate whether the reference standard, its conduct, or its interpretation … may have introduced bias, taking into account the quality of the reference standard in correctly classifying … the condition (e.g., a gold standard may not exist) and whether the reference standard results were … The assessment will take into account whether the interval between the tool and the reference standard

56. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2013 - We agree that radiopaque markers are an imperfect reference standard. … We agree that radiopaque markers are an imperfect reference standard. … We agree that radiopaque markers are an imperfect reference standard. … Furthermore as with gastric scintigraphy standard reference technologies, ROM reference standards have … standard that was chosen and a comparison against several possible reference standards might be helpful

57. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2023 - Reference standard: The domain reference standard evaluates whether the reference standard, its conduct … , or its interpretation may have introduced bias, taking into account the quality of the reference standard … The assessment takes into account whether the interval between the test and the reference standard was … appropriate, whether all patients received the reference standard and whether they received the same … reference standard, and whether all patients were included in the analysis.

58. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 19, 2023 - • Reference standard: The domain reference standard evaluates whether the reference standard, its … reference standard test results were interpreted without knowledge of the results or index test … The assessment takes into account whether the interval between the test and the reference standard was … appropriate, whether all patients received the reference standard and whether they received the same … reference standard, and whether all patients were included in the analysis.

59. Wireless-Motility-Capsule Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - We considered gastric scintigraphy and clinical symptoms to be reference standards and ROM to be a nonreference … For measures of diagnostic accuracy when there was a reference standard, we summarized the results in … reference standard.11, 25, 34 In another three studies that did not report blinding, we were able to … Our ability to compare studies was limited by lack of consistency in the definition of reference standards … The non-reference standard test was often a community-based ROM study of varying protocol.

60. Outcome Measure Framework Design Document (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - the current use of outcome measures in registries and to develop informed, feasible approaches to standardization … Standardization of data elements and outcome measures, including both common definitions and common … These areas may be targeted for initial efforts to move towards standardization of outcome measures. … NQF-Endorsed National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Physician-Focused Ambulatory Care. … NQF-Endorsed National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Physician-Focused Ambulatory Care.