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221. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - of interventions for future trials; (3) for standardization of research protocols for collection and … Consider recommendations from IMMPACT,36 ACTTION,37 NIH Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain38 … Research leading to standardization of techniques and their delivery to be used in future trials and … Consider recommendations from IMMPACT,36 ACTTION,37 NIH Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain38 … Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for chronic low back pain.

222. Executive Summary_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - Executive Summary_Systematic Review_Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidence Base Systematic Review Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 2022 Update of the PTSD-Repository Evidenc…

223. Ced -Appendix-2 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - No clear pathway or standards for when or how CMS will determine that the CED questions have beenaddressed … other medically accepted indications Patient access barriers under CED (equity) No clear pathway or standards

224. Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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225. Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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226. Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - bar than recommendations for the meta-analysis community, which may want to set pragmatic minimum standards

227. Disposition of Comments for Pressure Ulcer Treatment Strategies: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2013 - The authors did an excellent job of outlining some epidemiology, pathology and current standards of … We agree that older studies may not have been designed to reduce bias, or the reporting of these standards … However, for methodological reasons we are not able to apply a different set of quality standards to … be considered acceptable practice today – the NPUAP guidelines gives clear guidance as to minimum standards … =1491 Published Online: May 8, 2013 76 Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response Standards

228. Gout Dx protocol_140715-draft (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - Synovial fluid analysis is used as the reference standard in many studies of gout diagnosis, but its … of the difficulty in identifying studies that include long-term, clinical outcomes and in applying standards … as duration of symptoms and number of affected joints, when relevant), the interventions, and gold standards

229. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Structured Handoff Protocols for Intrahospital Transitions (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2024 - Standardization of Inpatient Handoff Communication.

230. Methods Research Report Improving Access To And Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guideline Development (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - implications for EPCs and learning health systems, and issues related to Section 508 accessibility standards … be used by decision makers in these health systems; however, the complexity of the data and current standards … achieved by design and implementation of an application on a specific website (https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines … https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ 6 For this “proof-of-concept” prototype development … further exploration for implementation of data visualization tools include Section 508 accessibility standards

231. Antipsychotics-Adults Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - general, we followed methodologically rigorous methods for systematic reviews as described in recent standards … Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews. … Committee on Standards for Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness Research, Board on Health

232. Disposition of Comments Report for Core Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for Diagnosis of Breast Lesions: An Update to the 2009 Report (pdf file)
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     September 10, 2014 - standard). … standard.” … With current standards of care, wire-localized surgical excision should only occur if a cancer has … It may be more accurate to state, "open biopsy continues to be considered the reference standard for … In cases where the index biopsy resulted in the removal of the entire lesion (making reference standard

233. Stakeholder Involvement in Improving Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2011 - development of scientific reports; • Quality and consistency of application and implementation; • Advancing standards … treatment is less invasive than existing treatments; • Patient preferences; • Already existing community standards

234. Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data Repository (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - Accepting contributions that meet established scientific standards, made both voluntarily by the research … In the instances that data are found to be incorrect or not meet minimum reporting standards, and the

235. renal-update-2015-150115 (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2015 - applicability to contemporary interventions and to patients diagnosed with atherosclerotic RAS by contemporary standards … for the current CER to focus the review more closely on the original key questions and the current standards

236. Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - Disposition of Comments for CER 202 Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma Comparative Effectiveness Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Effectiveness and Safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Management of Asthma Draft review available for publ…

237. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - • Outcomes measured according to current clinical standards.

238. Treatments for Fecal Incontinence: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2016 - was low or insufficient, suggesting that future studies of higher quality that comply better with standards

239. Future Research Needs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers, Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages, and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2012 - standards for diagnosis, outcomes Validation of instrument compared with reference standard … A limitation is that a clear reference standard does not exist for social functioning measures. … standards for diagnosis, outcomes Validation of instrument compared with reference standard … Limitations include availability of feasible assessment tools and availability of a reference standard … Another approach would be to link primary data collected from a registry as a reference standard to

240. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2012 - standard considered adequate to define the presence or absence of the condition of interest. … Another chapter discusses ways to summarize medical tests when such a reference standard does not exist … or implicit variation in the threshold for a “positive” test result; heterogeneity in populations, reference … standards, or the index tests; variation in study design; chance; or bias. … review challenges posed by methodological or reporting shortcomings of test performance studies.11 The Standards