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421. hemorrhage-postpartum-protocol-140611 (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hemorrhage-postpartum_research-protocol.pdf
     June 11, 2014 - Treatment varies depending on the etiology, and clinicians need to know the optimal assessment methods … of the literature and will include eligible studies of all interventions—including systems-level approaches—for … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the quality of studies … Study limitations are derived from the quality assessment of the individual studies that addressed the … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

422. Disposition of Comments: Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 238 Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
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     March 22, 2021 - its contents, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and … the mother and fetus based on the sample and strength of evidence. … We support the review’s examination of the relative risks and outcomes of outpatient interventions … their fetuses based on the small sample of combined studies, the low and insufficient strength of … the studies, the rare adverse outcome in thoses samples, lack of study of maternal and/or fetal surveillance

423. Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/inguinal-hernia/research-protocol
     April 11, 2011 - , the Health Technology Assessment Database, and the United Kingdom National Health Service Economic … Feedback from the Senior Research Analyst(s) and the Director of the Health Technology Assessment/EPC … Assessment of Methodological Risk-of-Bias of Individual Studies As stated above, due to the possibility … it at a later stage in the assessment of the strength of evidence, specifically when assessing the possibility … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

424. Appendixes A-H: Telehealth for Women (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - Responding to intimate partner violence: healthcare providers' current practices and views on integrating … Models of HIV preconception care and key elements influencing these services: findings from healthcare … providers in seven US cities. … participants or may be number of health care sites or systems. … Were healthcare providers blinded? Were outcome assessors blinded?

425. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/registry-of-patient-registries_research_1.pdf
     April 15, 2019 - review of systems used to standardize language and definitions for outcome measures and other data … Governance plans for existing systems, with the goal of understanding how these systems are curated ( … , and measurement.95 The Common Formats initiative creates a standardized method for healthcare providers … NIH Toolbox: For the assessment of neurological and behavioral function. … demographics and clinical assessment.

426. Outcome Measures Framework: Literature Review Findings and Implications (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/registry-of-patient-registries_research.pdf
     April 15, 2019 - review of systems used to standardize language and definitions for outcome measures and other data … Governance plans for existing systems, with the goal of understanding how these systems are curated ( … , and measurement.95 The Common Formats initiative creates a standardized method for healthcare providers … NIH Toolbox: For the assessment of neurological and behavioral function. … demographics and clinical assessment.

427. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_executive.pdf
     September 22, 2011 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … We resolved disagreements through discussion. 4 Quality Assessment of Individual Studies We used … Preventive Services Task Force20 and the Newcastle- Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale21 (specific to cohort … : equal, reliable, and valid (including blinding of outcome assessment) • Adequacy of followup of cohorts … made to the systems and settings in which HCV care is received; the packaging and delivery of medications

428. Comparative Effectiveness of Strategies to De-escalate Aggressive Behavior in Psychiatric Patients in Acute Care Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 06, 2015 - care), 30 (4) use of seclusion and restraint prevention tools, (5) consumer roles in inpatient settings … for this assessment included methods used for the literature searches, review of the literature, and … assessment of the risk of bias of any included studies. … American Hospital Association and National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

429. Treatment of Non-metastatic Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/bladder-cancer-muscle-invasive/research-protocol
     July 21, 2014 - assessed as being at low risk of bias, according to the AMSTAR quality assessment tool. 14,15 If systematic … of Systematic Reviews, Health Technology Assessment, National Health Sciences Economic Evaluation Database … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used to … during assessment using the criteria outlined above. 18,20 An example of a study with a fatal flaw … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

430. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - of experts’ comments and assessment of potential impact, and we present summaries below. … Pancreas Device Systems,” to inform the sponsors of IDE studies of artificial pancreas device systems … Based on this input, our overall assessment is that this intervention is in the lower end of the high … While the FDA mandated risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) assessment is a step in the right … One health systems expert thought that the availability and amount of reimbursement for the Iluvien

431. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insulin-blood-sugar-2010_research-protocol.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - of blood glucose (SMBG) by fingerstick replaced the assessment of glucose by urine dipstick to allow … an interaction between types of intensive insulin-delivery methods and blood glucose-monitoring systems … , adjustment to insulin therapy, definitions of hypoglycemia, definitions of diabetes, assessment of … The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

432. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/suicide-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
     December 23, 2015 - As pointed out by the Data and Surveillance Task Force of the NAASP (2014),7 the data systems used … care, the rapid expansion of electronic health record (EHR) systems and patient registries, and the … A formal assessment of bias, which focuses on the quality of the study in evaluating its intervention … Downloading and analyzing the data sources within each of these data systems will be out of the scope … ty=tp&tid =19 Department of Justice, BJS Healthcare Provider Records Adolescent Suicide Attempt

433. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - • Inconsistency in the selection of data sources and evaluation of their quality for assessment of … the EPC and GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approaches … • A need to develop a consistent and structured approach to the assessment of applicability. … range of patient outcomes on decisions to use a medical test, and the assessment of studies of genetic … Clinical Assessment of the Reliability of the Examination- Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease Group

434. Treatments for Adults with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/schizophrenia-adult_research-protocol.pdf
     September 23, 2016 - lead to psychotic symptoms that are ruled out by appropriate use of diagnostic criteria and assessment … assessment process and will undergo the procedures described in the following sections. … Assessment procedure to ascertain sufficiency of evidence: All studies will undergo quality assessment … selected key outcome will undergo full assessment and synthesis as described in the following sections … and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others with experience in making health

435. GRADING THE STRENGTH OF A BODY OF EVIDENCE (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-grading-evidence_methods.pdf
     November 01, 2013 - the overall assessment of the body of evidence. … and included in the review but did not use in the strength of evidence assessment. … To that end, EPCs will continue to refine and improve grading systems to be most applicable and useful … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence.

436. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-imaging_disposition-comments.pdf
     October 01, 2014 - Although none made mention of sources of noise or bias in the imaging systems described, most studies … This Key Informant was referring to a quantitative assessment of treatment response related to standard … Systems are now available in a range of wide coverage designs. … Iterative reconstruction is available on new systems and also as an upgrade to many installed base systems … base systems.

437. Untitled (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/tympanostomy-tubes_research-protocol.pdf
     November 16, 2015 - with recurrent AOM who have a normal ear examination at the time of assessment for tube candidacy.1 … Analytic Framework To guide the assessment of studies that examine the association between tympanostomy … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies – We will assess the methodological … Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). 2014 Jan;18(5):1-118. PMID: 24438691. 3. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

438. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/gestational-diabetes-screening-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
     December 16, 2011 - health care systems (see Data Abstraction below), and resource allocation. … eight items assessing sample selection, comparability of cohorts, and the assessment of outcomes. … We will extract data from graphs using the measurement tool of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (Adobe Systems Inc … The development of the QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

439. Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases - Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/product/pdf/rt-bone-metatases-final-protocol.pdf
     February 10, 2022 - We will use DistillerSR® to improve efficiency in screening articles and risk of bias assessment. … consistency and validity of the evaluation, the initial assessment will be independently reviewed by … We will provide a qualitative summary of our assessment. … Contemporary statewide practice pattern assessment of the palliative treatment of bone metastasis. … clinicians, relevant professional and consumer organizations, purchasers of health care, and others

440. Mrsa-Screening-2010 Executive (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_executive.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - The object is to help consumers, health care providers, and others in making informed choices among … consumer organizations, and purchasers of health care. … Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: critical appraisal … Implementation of an industrial systems-engineering approach to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant … impact of targeted active surveillance for MRSA in patients and healthcare workers.