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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 13 of 13 Research Studies DisplayedSchwitzer G
Addressing tensions when popular media and evidence-based care collide.
This paper documents recurring problems in media messages about health-care interventions and offers suggestions for new or expanded efforts to improve the public dialogue about health care. It concluded that inaccurate, imbalanced, incomplete news stories may drown out more careful scrutiny of the evidence by many influential news organizations.
AHRQ-funded; 290200810015C
Citation: Schwitzer G .
Addressing tensions when popular media and evidence-based care collide.
BMC Med Inform Decis Making 2013;13 Suppl 3:S3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s3-s3..
Keywords: Communication, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Evidence-Based Practice
Jensen JD, Krakow M, John KK
Against conventional wisdom: when the public, the media, and medical practice collide.
In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new mammography screening guidelines that sparked a torrent of criticism. The goal of this article is to articulate how conflicts of this type arise and to review possible means of redress. The authors concluded that science is routinely simplified as it is prepared for public consumption. In line with the model of information overload, this practice may increase short-term adherence to recommendations at the expense of long-term message consistency and trust in science.
AHRQ-funded; 290200810015C
Citation: Jensen JD, Krakow M, John KK .
Against conventional wisdom: when the public, the media, and medical practice collide.
BMC Med Inform Decis Making 2013;13 Suppl 3:S4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s3-s4..
Keywords: Communication, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Health Services Research (HSR), U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Stuart B, Davidoff A, Erten M
AHRQ Author: Davidoff A
How Medicare Part D benefit phases affect adherence with evidence-based medications following acute myocardial infarction.
The authors assessed the impact of Medicare Part D benefit phases on adherence with evidence-based medications after hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). They found that as the Part D doughnut hole is gradually filled in by 2020, Medicare Part D enrollees with critical diseases such as AMI who rely heavily on brand name drugs are likely to exhibit modest increases in adherence, while those reliant on generic drugs are less likely to be affected.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Stuart B, Davidoff A, Erten M .
How Medicare Part D benefit phases affect adherence with evidence-based medications following acute myocardial infarction.
Health Serv Res 2013 Dec;48(6 Pt 1):1960-77. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12073.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Medicare, Medication, Heart Disease and Health, Patient Adherence/Compliance
Randhawa G
AHRQ Author: Randhawa G
Moving to a user-driven research paradigm.
The combination of changes in research practice and in health care delivery, growing complexity in decision-making, increasing use of electronic health records, and growing resource constraints necessitate a shift to a user-driven research paradigm to generate new knowledge. This article's conceptual framework was created to clarify the perspective of the decision makers as well as the range of factors and the variability in thresholds used to make decisions. It may help researchers in creating actionable information to meet the needs of decision makers, which is needed for the transition to a user-driven research paradigm.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Randhawa G .
Moving to a user-driven research paradigm.
EGEMS 2013 Oct;1(2):1017. doi: 10.13063/2327-9214.1017.
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Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Implementation
Zimring C, Denham ME, Jacob JT
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/193758671300701S09
The role of facility design in preventing healthcare-associated infection: interventions, conclusions, and research needs.
The objective of this report was to summarize the findings and provide recommendations based on the multidisciplinary literature review and industry scan, focusing on the links between the built environment and healthcare-associated infections. It concluded that there are currently few data that demonstrate a reduction in infection rates. There is a need for multidisciplinary collaboration and increased efforts to standardize the evaluation of environmental studies.
AHRQ-funded; 290201000024I.
Citation: Zimring C, Denham ME, Jacob JT .
The role of facility design in preventing healthcare-associated infection: interventions, conclusions, and research needs.
HERD 2013 Oct;7(1 suppl):127-39..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality of Care, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hospitals
Zimring C, Jacob JT, Denham ME
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/193758671300701S04
The role of facility design in preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections: Background and conceptual framework.
This paper describes the conceptual framework and methodology used to conduct a comprehensive literature review of current evidence evaluating the role of the built environment in the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. The methodology involves a chain of transmission interventions model that is a multidisciplinary conceptualization of the interaction between pathogens and the built environment. This model facilitated a systematic literature review of a very large amount of data.
AHRQ-funded; 290201000024I.
Citation: Zimring C, Jacob JT, Denham ME .
The role of facility design in preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections: Background and conceptual framework.
HERD 2013 Oct;7(1 suppl):18-30.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Quality of Care, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Research Methodologies
Suskind AM, Clemens JQ, Dunn RL
Effectiveness of mesh compared with nonmesh sling surgery in Medicare beneficiaries.
This study assessed the effectiveness of mesh compared to nonmesh slings in the surgical treatment of female incontinence. It found that overall rates of complications were similar for patients undergoing either mesh or nonmesh sling procedures. However, patients undergoing the nonmesh procedure were more likely to require a subsequent intervention for bladder outlet obstruction.
AHRQ-funded; HS018726.
Citation: Suskind AM, Clemens JQ, Dunn RL .
Effectiveness of mesh compared with nonmesh sling surgery in Medicare beneficiaries.
Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Sep;122(3):546-52. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31829e8543..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Elderly, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Surgery, Women, Outcomes, Medicare, Evidence-Based Practice
Quick B, Harrison TR, King AJ
It's up to you: a multi-message, phased driver facility campaign to increase organ donation registration rates in Illinois.
This project applied successful strategies previously employed in driver facility campaigns to examine whether these strategies would be effective in growing a registry where the majority of individuals have already had the opportunity to register as an organ donor. In facilities with historically high and low registration percentages, these strategies resulted in higher organ donor registration rates, compared with control facilities.
AHRQ-funded; HS019218
Citation: Quick B, Harrison TR, King AJ .
It's up to you: a multi-message, phased driver facility campaign to increase organ donation registration rates in Illinois.
Clin Transplant. 2013 Sep-Oct;27(5):E546-53. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12208..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Registries, Transplantation, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Evidence-Based Practice
Schneeweiss S, Seeger JD, Jackson JW
AHRQ Author: Smith SR
Methods for comparative effectiveness research/patient-centered outcomes research: from efficacy to effectiveness.
This article provides an overview of papers in this supplement resulting from a June 2012 AHRQ-sponsored symposium on research methods for CER and patient-centered outcomes research.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Schneeweiss S, Seeger JD, Jackson JW .
Methods for comparative effectiveness research/patient-centered outcomes research: from efficacy to effectiveness.
J Clin Epidemiol 2013 Aug;66(8 Suppl):S1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.05.012.
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Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Research Methodologies
Clancy CM
AHRQ Author: Clancy CM
Evidence-based toolkit helps organizations reduce patient falls.
This article describes an evidence-based hospital fall-prevention toolkit developed by AHRQ that helps clinicians negotiate the change process at their organization. It was created by a team with expertise both in fall prevention and in organizational change, including staff from the RAND Corporation, ECRI Institute, and Boston University.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Clancy CM .
Evidence-based toolkit helps organizations reduce patient falls.
J Nurs Care Qual 2013 Jul-Sep;28(3):195-7. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318294a9d1.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Falls, Tools & Toolkits, Patient Safety, Prevention
Clancy CM, Margolis PA, Miller M
AHRQ Author: Clancy CM
Collaborative networks for both improvement and research.
The authors discuss collaborative improvement networks, which can serve as large-scale, health system laboratories to engage clinicians, researchers, patients, and parents in testing approaches to translate research into practice. Creation of total population registries in collaborative network sites provides large, representative study samples with high-quality data which can be used to generate evidence and to inform clinical decision-making. Collaborative networks for improvement and research offer the opportunity not only to make improvements but also to study improvements to determine which interventions and combination of strategies work best in which settings.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; HS021114.
Citation: Clancy CM, Margolis PA, Miller M .
Collaborative networks for both improvement and research.
Pediatrics 2013 Jun;131 Suppl 4:S210-4. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3786H.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Children/Adolescents, Implementation
Zhang M, Del Fiol G, Grout RW
Automatic identification of comparative effectiveness research from Medline citations to support clinicians' treatment information needs.
The goal of this study was to design and assess an algorithm for automatically identifying comparative effectiveness studies on the treatment of a given condition and extracting the interventions investigated in these studies. A total of 86% of the interventions extracted perfectly or partially matched the gold standard. The researchers concluded that, overall, the algorithm achieved reasonable performance.
AHRQ-funded; HS018352.
Citation: Zhang M, Del Fiol G, Grout RW .
Automatic identification of comparative effectiveness research from Medline citations to support clinicians' treatment information needs.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2013;192:846-50..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Siminoff LA
Incorporating patient and family preferences into evidence-based medicine.
The authors contend that the goal of patient-centered evidence based medicine (EBM) can be achieved through the incorporation of patient-derived data. Their article discusses the data needed to expand the EBM paradigm, including the role of patients’ families and their contributions to diagnosis seeking and treatment-related decisionmaking.
AHRQ-funded; 290200810015C
Citation: Siminoff LA .
Incorporating patient and family preferences into evidence-based medicine.
BMC Med Inform Decis Making. 2013;13 Suppl 3:S6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-s3-s6..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Shared Decision Making, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research