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461. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … , abstract screening, data abstraction and management, assessment of methodological quality of individual … core elements described in the Methods Guide5 and from QUADAS,8 a tool for the quality assessment … Appendix D of the full report summarizes our assessment of the quality and applicability for each included … The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included

462. Self-Measured Blood Pressure: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - The VA medical system also contains electronic medical and administrative data systems, which reduces … care systems. … In the absence of clinical data to support a CEA, sensitivity analyses should also include an assessment … Thus, for an accurate assessment of BP, home, clinic, and ambulatory BP measurements must all be integrated … • Represent high costs to consumers, patients, health care systems or payers; due to common use,

463. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The risk of bias of eligible studies … If the risk of bias assessment tool is similar to our approach, we will separately assess risk of bias … mentioned in the methods section, and an assessment of the grey literature (such as ClinicalTrials.gov … Prospective comparison of faecal incontinence grading systems. Gut 1999; Jan;44(1):77-80. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

464. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)
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     August 18, 2016 - treatment, duration of treatment, previous symptoms and comorbid conditions, and family and health … care provider preferences. … The use of EEG-based systems to support the diagnosis of ADHD will also be evaluated. … Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosed and Medicated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

465. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     May 02, 2011 - The assessment of treatment response and remission by using the SFLC assay or the κ/λ ratio appears … among patients with diagnosed disease, and assessment of prognosis. … Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 47 (Prepared … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

466. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 30, 2012 - Independent assessments of the currently available risk-assessment tools for thromboembolic events and … A comparative and thorough assessment of current tools could assist providers in understanding the clinical … Elucidating the role and accuracy of these tools with a comparative assessment would provide clinicians … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

467. Noninvasive, Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - to address gaps related to understanding the complexities of pain assessment and management, including … assessment tool. 18,19 Data on outcomes and timeframes of interest for our review will be abstracted … Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation), outlined in the AHRQ methods guide. 18 The … When quantitative synthesis is not possible, sample size and assessment of variance within individual … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

468. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 12, 2012 - field and resonates with the human service systems that serve this population. … methods used for the risk of bias assessment. … Background Referred to the inclusion of clinical and systems level interventions Refers to … Key Questions/PICOTS Referred to the inclusion of clinical and systems level interventions … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

469. Horizon Scanning Protocol and Operations Manual January 2013 Revision (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - AHRQ did not directly participate in the horizon scanning or assessment of leads or topics, and did … health systems and health administration professionals working in all sizes of health systems and settings … The expert with a potential conflict of interest and relatively lesser expertise, based on our assessment … , and systems of care delivery. … is the analysts’ assessment of comments for those topics with scores at or above the mean and median

470. preoperative-testing-protocol-130514 (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2013 - based on an individualized assessment of the patient’s medical history and perceived risks. … At the systems level, the volume of testing has direct impact on resource utilization and costs. … Trials Registry, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Health Technology Assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the methodological … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

471. Allergy-Seasonal Executive (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2013 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … of Abstracts and Reviews of Effects (DARE), and the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) databases of … • The quality assessment of included studies was described and documented. … Guide39 and is based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE … Evidence for the assessment of this KQ was lacking.

472. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Executive (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2013 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … Quality (Risk of Bias) Assessment We assessed quality of RCTs using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk … systems including standardized pictorial systems. … The tables also provide the assessment of the risk of bias, consistency of findings across trials, directness … and pictorial blood loss assessment charts.

473. Liver-Cancer-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 28, 2012 - in each of these systems varies but can include hepatic function, performance status, and tumor characteristics … In addition, the use of various disease classification systems and the inability to translate disease … :  Quality Assessment o Number of participants and flow of participants through steps of study … Okuda, CLIP, and BCLC staging systems in a single Italian centre. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

474. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among treatment … medical therapies, whether outcomes assessment was blinded, and the device used. … Retrieval and manipulation of foreign objects in Yes Device Systems, Inc. the cardiovascular system … blinded outcome assessment. … of the MERCI and Penumbra Systems).

475. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2024 - healthcare workers with a distinct role to assess individualized health and social needs, and coordinate … For health care providers. What do family caregivers need? Next Step in Care. … https://www.ncqa.org/programs/health-care- providers-practices/patient-centered- medical-home-pcmh/benefits … /patient-centered-medical-home-pcmh/benefits-support/benefits/ https://www.ncqa.org/programs/health-care-providers-practices … /patient-centered-medical-home-pcmh/benefits-support/benefits/ https://www.ncqa.org/programs/health-care-providers-practices

476. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - and the NHA Health Technology Assessment Programme, and Guidelines.gov. … of Individual Studies o Assessment of Applicability and Clinical Diversity: – Patient characteristics … o Measurements: equal, reliable, and valid (includes masking of outcome assessment). … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care

477. Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2024 - /or lack of knowledge on the part of healthcare providers; communication failures between healthcare … , health system policies or procedures) or attitudinal (e.g., healthcare provider knowledge or awareness … ; educational/training programs for healthcare providers) Characteristics/components of interventions … workers, administrators, or others whose roles are relevant to the receipt of clinical preventive services … reports produced by Federal or State agencies, healthcare provider organizations, or others.

478. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - The “Lund Method” uses erythrocytes to facilitate physiologic assessment of pulmonary responses at … various levels of insurance. 9 Portable Warm Blood Perfusion Systems (Organ Care System and … the platform and provides donor-organ assessment information.69 In pilot trials, the harvested lung … Cost of the OCS Lung and XPS, a need to train staff to use the systems, and increased staffing requirements … Normothermic perfusion of donor lungs for preservation and assessment with the Organ Care System

479. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 21, Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions (pdf file)
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     May 21, 2015 - A study of client- focused case management and consumer advocacy: the Community and Consumer Service … its ability to affect other outcomes such as increased social functioning and consumer satisfaction … of restricting liberties "unless accompanied by a rigorous assessment of their potential costs and benefits … concerns when prospective payment systems are in place. … #5 Key Informant Summary and Implications p. 39 lines 44-48: “insurance systems rather than

480. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … ) or the assessment of patient-relevant outcomes, resource use and logistics, and availability of technology … of Effects, the Health Technology Assessment Database, the U.K. … Discussion Key Findings and Assessment of the Strength of Evidence In this update of the 2009 Comparative … Tables F-H summarize our assessment of the strength of evidence.