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401. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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     September 20, 2013 - results, including interlaboratory initiatives to standardize diagnostic criteria (e.g., proficiency testing … to be combined in a meta-analysis on the basis of clinical heterogeneity of patient populations and testing … For patient populations (e.g., women at “average risk”), testing methods, and outcomes in cases where

402. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 01, 2023 - environments, including those centering around the patient microbiome (including MDRO surveillance testing … Safer II (2013) chapter 7 included barrier isolation precautions while adding routine surveillance testing … certain hospital populations (such as all intensive care unit [ICU] patients) regardless of surveillance testing … Adult patients (18+ years) Pediatric patients (under 18 years) Intervention Surveillance testing … alternative transmission-based precautions N/A Outcome Clinical outcomes Surveillance testing

403. Evidence-based Practice | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 04, 2021 - Guidelines Development Research Report November 9, 2018 Development and Usability Testing

404. Disposition of Comments Technical Brief 41: Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Applications (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2022 - Pilot testing with 10 apps is inadequate (possible bias in app selection); more detail is needed on … The section on pilot testing has been revised based on results from further rounds of testing. … The final report describes the pre-pilot test of 10 apps and six rounds of dual-review pilot testing … We have reported the interrater reliability for the additional rounds of pilot testing, which is … However, during the pilot testing phase, we were unable to test the framework on apps that could

405. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2010 - • Timing: Diagnostic testing: time to test http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/� … Provisional framework for diagnostic testing and treatment Testing for recurrence Nursing

406. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - Testing for recurrent small cell lung cancer will be excluded. d.

407. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - diagnostic tests for Imprecision or insensitivity • Diagnostic tests (e.g. genetic or hematologic testing … ► Nonspecific diagnostic tests can lead to false positives that may precipitate further unneeded testing … or insensitivity For reviews that involve effects of diagnostic tests, be it genetic or hematologic testing … consider inclusion of over-diagnosis and overtreatment, as well as other harms related to diagnostic testing … the inclusion of intermediate measures of harm such as over-diagnosis or overtreatment as a result of testing

408. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/glaucoma-screening_research-protocol.pdf
     November 16, 2010 - loss may be impractical for population-based screening because of the length of time required for testing … conducted alone or in any possible combination (including multicomponent simultaneous or sequential testing

409. Respectful Maternity Care | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 01, 2024 - RMC tools have not been subject to widespread testing and no single validated tool stands out as the … Alongside the urgent need to implement RMC, goals for RMC must include further testing of reliable performance

410. Trauma Informed Care: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Another consideration when testing a full system of TIC is the availability of a sufficient number of … understanding of how singular intervention components interact to influence key outcomes prior to efficacy testing

411. Cell-Free-Dna-Appendix-C (xls file)
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     September 01, 2024 - included CT, ultrasound, blood testing, hepatitis testing, urine testing, ECG, mammogram, Pap smear) … Radiation exposure from PET-CT as potential harm of evaluation and additional testing. … Unclear Yes Unclear None NR Cancer patients had testing prior to any treatment. … Diagnostic workup followed MCST testing. … All MCST testing was done prior to diagnosis. Subjects were followed for at least 1 year.

412. Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 31, 2023 - 2009 Report Research Report September 13, 2012 Data Points #15: Prognostic factor testing

413. Screening for Hepatitis C | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Interventions: Screening for HCV (KQs 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3) HCV antibody test Confirmatory HCV RNA testing … b HCV antibody testing with confirmatory HCV RNA testing as indicated.

414. Cervical Cancer Screening | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Skip to main content An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Effective Health Care Program Powered by the Evidence-based Practice Centers …

415. Topic 0438 Risk stratification and CAD NSD FINAL_SJ-2 (pdf file)
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     November 15, 2013 - Topic 0438 Risk stratification and CAD NSD FINAL_SJ-2 Risk stratification and CAD Nomination Summary Document Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Ste…

416. CER 174 Executive Summary: Imaging for the Pretreatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Both reported the use of “standard staging,” which is a combination of multiple testing procedures

417. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0398_06-17-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - maintenance of hemoglobin or hematocrit within the desired range, and 3) most effective interval of testing

418. Microsoft Word - cognitive-decline-protocol-160322.docx (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2016 - Many studies testing the association of preventive factors or effectiveness of interventions for preventing … Oversimplification of the models testing intervention effectiveness is another challenge we identified … Research to date has examined fairly simple models testing intervention effects on populations with … For  KQ3:  Adults with  normal or abnormal cognition  who  have  had testing such   as  cognitive  tests … ,  blood/CSF  testing, or brain  imaging  used  in  intervention   studies in  KQ1  or  KQ2.

419. Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2020 - Testing and Treatment Treatment for CUR is dependent on etiology. … The presence and severity of symptoms is a consideration in testing decisions. … lumbosacral spine magnetic resonance imaging Cystoscopy Retrograde cystourethrography While testing … is commonly performed, there is no standard set of tests or consensus about whether testing improves … uncertainty surrounds the clinical relevance of categorizing CUR and the value of using urodynamic testing

420. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0359_10-15-2010.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - sclerosis due to neurologic deficits of subacute onset Intervention(s): MRI, cerebrospinal fluid testing