Clinicians & Providers

• Gestational Diabetes
• Making Health Care Safer II
• Making Health Care Safer II
• Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities
• The Effective Health Care Program Stakeholder Guide

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Making Health Care Safer II
• Making Health Care Safer II
• The Effective Health Care Program Stakeholder Guide

Policymaker Resources

• Evidence: Its Meanings in Health Care and in Law
• The Effective Health Care Program Stakeholder Guide

Other Research & Data

• AHRQ's clinical care tools help clinicians ensure better and safer care
• Gestational Diabetes
• Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities

Press Releases

April 9 2012 20120409

Muscle Training Effective in Treating Urinary Incontinence for Women

Other News & Events

• AHRQ report examines the effect of quality improvement interventions on palliative care
• AHRQ report finds unclear value of pretesting autoimmune disorder patients before prescribing thiopurine drugs
• AHRQ reviews evidence on multigene panels for prostate cancer risk assessment
• AHRQ's clinical care tools help clinicians ensure better and safer care
• Adequate financial bonuses and peer support motivate providers to adhere to evidence-based treatment guidelines
• Although the patient-centered medical home is a promising model of care, more studies are needed to assess its effectiveness
• Behavioral counseling is an effective treatment for alcohol misuse
• Benefits of active surveillance therapy for localized prostate cancer not yet demonstrated
• Best strategies to treat traumatic brain injury patients are unclear
• Birth defects may be linked to high blood pressure, not use of ACE inhibitors in early pregnancy
• Brand-name drugs not better than generics for controlling epilepsy
• COPD drug triad associated with reduced death and hospitalization rates
• Colorectal cancer screening is mostly underused, but problems with overuse and misuse remain
• Effectiveness of noninvasive diagnostic tests for breast abnormalities depends on woman's history
• Evidence lacking on best approaches to treat autism in teens and young adults
• Evidence lacking on devices used with percutaneous coronary interventions
• Evidence lacking on effectiveness of antipsychotics for children
• Evidence lacking on optimal transition-of-care programs for heart attack and stroke patients following hospitalization
• Evidence lacking on transition-of-care programs for heart attack and stroke patients after hospital discharge
• Evidence lacking to support surgery for pelvic pain
• Evidence report finds modest and short-term benefit of complementary and alternative therapy for back and neck pain
• Evidence-based care processes are associated with improved outcomes for heart failure
• Evidence-based strategies substantially reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICUs
• Evidence: Its Meanings in Health Care and in Law
• Experts seek better diagnosis and treatment for women's urinary incontinence and chronic pelvic pain
• Extended use of medications to prevent blood clots may benefit patients after major orthopedic surgery
• Extending use of anti-clotting medication following major orthopedic surgery may help prevent post-operative blood clots
• Full use of evidence-based therapies for heart failure could save nearly 70,000 lives each year
• Glaucoma treatments can lower eye pressure
• Heart-lung machine may be considered for certain patients with H1N1 influenza with acute respiratory failure
• ICU scoring system better predicts the risk of death for trauma patients
• Increased fluid and supplemental treatments may reduce recurrence of kidney stones
• Injection of hyaluronic acid, a natural joint lubricant, appears effective in reducing pain from wear and tear on the knee
• Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for diabetes patients
• Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for patients with type 1 diabetes
• Limited evidence of benefit of interventions during early stages of chronic kidney disease
• Limited evidence prevents firm conclusions on psoriatic arthritis drug therapies
• Limited evidence prevents firm conclusions on rheumatoid arthritis drug therapies
• Medications for low bone density prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis
• More evidence needed on benefit of additional procedure for diagnosing plasma cell cancer
• More research needed on coronary artery disease treatments for women
• More research needed to evaluate self-measured blood pressure monitoring
• Most adults with lactose intolerance can tolerate the amount of lactose in a cup of milk
• Muscle training effective in treating urinary incontinence for women
• New effectiveness review discusses treatment options for inguinal hernia
• New research examines use of nitrous oxide for labor pain
• New rule on when to have a trauma surgeon meet a transported trauma patient is found more sensitive than existing criteria
• Newer antidepressants equally effective in treating major depressive disorder
• Nighttime-breathing treatments backed by strongest evidence among options to treat sleep apnea
• No single strategy is uniformly successful in reducing cesarean section
• Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improves COPD patient outcomes
• Nonsurgical method for diagnosing breast cancer is safe and nearly as effective as surgical biopsy
• Not enough evidence to recommend fecal DNA testing for adults at average risk for colorectal cancer
• Older medications for epilepsy obtain better control but have more adverse effects
• Quality improvement collaborative improves outcomes in children with inflammatory bowel disease
• Rates of pneumonia dramatically reduced in patients on ventilators in Michigan intensive care units
• Research comparing diabetes medications helps patients and clinicians choose the right one
• Research review finds support for some off-label uses of atypical antipsychotic medications
• Review examines Hepatitis C screening effects in adults
• Review looks at outcomes of patients at different types of long-term care facilities
• Screening and treatment of subclinical thyroid dysfunction inadequately studied
• Self-measured blood pressure monitoring to manage hypertension may offer a small benefit
• Some noninvasive tests are better than others at detecting coronary artery disease in women
• State Medicaid Policy Changes Increasingly Driven by Evidence
• Study identifies fractures most and least likely to be caused by osteoporosis
• Study is first to show improved outcomes with postpartum depression screening and care
• Supplemental phenylketonuria therapies may help some
• Tactics to improve medication adherence in short-term shown effective
• Task force recommends screening children and adolescents for obesity
• The Effective Health Care Program Stakeholder Guide
• Trauma triage system tends to overestimate injury severity
• Using a terbutaline pump to prevent preterm birth may be beneficial, but evidence suggests caution