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401. Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A Systematic Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     July 07, 2017 - how to increase the dissemination of point-of-care tools to improve risk assessment and guide treatment … We will use a checklist to guide the assessment of applicability. … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … , including patients and caregivers, practicing clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations … "[Mesh] OR "Point-of-Care Systems"[Mesh] OR "decision"[tiab]) AND ("2011/08/01"[Date - Publication] :

402. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 22, 2010 - Patients of all ages and caregivers whose primary language is the same as that of the health care provider … Consumer competencies and the use of comparative quality information: it isn't just about literacy. … Numeracy and the shortcomings of utility assessment in head and neck cancer patients. … Health care provider-directed intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among veterans: results … Comprehension and choice of a consumer-directed health plan: an experimental study.

403. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/trauma-interventions-maltreatment-child_research-protocol.pdf
     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

404. Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-bias-individual-studies_methods.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - ; and avoid the presentation of risk of bias assessment as a composite score. … concepts relevant for risk of bias and applicability are relevant to both systems.9 Table 1. … of Systematic Reviews,1 Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence,21 and Evaluation of Non-randomized … Systems to rate the strength of scientific evidence. … Systems to rate the strength of scientific evidence.

405. Breast-Biopsy-Update Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-update_executive.pdf
     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.

406. Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/abnormal-uterine-bleeding_executive.pdf
     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.

407. 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

408. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 21, Management Strategies To Reduce Psychiatric Readmissions (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/psychiatric-readmissions_disposition-comments.pdf
     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

409. Revised Protocol - Opioids 12 13 13[1] (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_research-protocol.pdf
     December 19, 2013 - initiation and titration strategies, integration of risk assessment and mitigation strategies, and … Risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published … assessed as being at low risk of bias, according to the AMSTAR quality assessment tool.25, 26 If systematic … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used to … to insure consistency in quality assessment.

410. Asthma-Provider-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - the inability of health care providers to overcome practice inertia and external barriers).19 Therefore … • Target health care providers. … We identified one RCT58 and one pre-post study63 that evaluated the effect of health care provider … impact of health care provider education on ED visits and/or hospitalizations. … This also suggests that systems-level interventions that address barriers external to the health care

411. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among treatment … Data Extraction and Quality Assessment Data extraction. … Quality assessment. … More information about our quality assessment methods is in the full report. … the diagnosis by a health care provider, evaluation by a health care provider, and objective diagnostic

412. 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

413. Horizon Scanning Protocol and Operations Manual January 2013 Revision (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ahrq-healthcare-horizon-scan-protocol-operations-manual_130826.pdf
     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

414. Layout 1 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ischemic-stroke-treatment_executive.pdf
     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).

415. Research Protocol: Care Interventions for PeopleWith Dementia (PWD) and Their Caregivers (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2019 - informal and formal caregivers, and the effect of interventions on outcomes for people or systems … duration and study followup, setting, risk of bias elements, and NIH stage model assessment. … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias and NIH Stage of Individual Studies Based on AHRQ guidance … bias by comparing reported results with those mentioned in the methods section and an assessment of … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

416. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis-future_research_1.pdf
     February 01, 2013 - , and representatives from related consumer and patient advocacy groups. … , health care decision- and policymakers, and representatives from related consumer and patient advocacy … , health care decisionmakers and policymakers, and representatives from related consumer and patient … Costs may impact consumers, patients, health care systems, or payers. … Electronic medical records are more useful, but are not universally used, and systems may not be compatible

417. Systematic Review Update: Noninvasive Nonpharmacologic Treatment for Chronic Pain (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharm-treatment-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
     December 11, 2018 - initiatives to address gaps related to understanding the complexities of pain assessment and management … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies The predefined criteria used for … of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation), outlined in the AHRQ methods guide.16 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

418. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     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

419. Behavioral Programs for Diabetes Mellitus | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/diabetes-behavior-programs/research-protocol
     June 05, 2014 - , families, communities and healthcare systems, and, by supporting good health, prevent or delay the … A factor was added to Key Questions 3 and 5, namely the “degree of tailoring based on needs assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias for … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others … of sessions, that is, there may be some tailoring of topics and delivery based on the needs assessment

420. Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy/research-protocol
     April 26, 2013 - pedestrian injuries. 23 In addition, AUDs can complicate the assessment and treatment of other medical … If appropriate (based on our assessment of clinical and methodological heterogeneity, and availability … Alcohol-use Disorders: The NICE Guidelines on Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Harmful Drinking … United Kingdom and United States healthcare providers' recommendations of abstinence versus controlled … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others