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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 12 of 12 Research Studies DisplayedI Auerbach, M Badaki-Makun, O
AHRQ Author: Barata
A research agenda to advance pediatric emergency care through enhanced collaboration across emergency departments.
In 2018, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the journal Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) convened a consensus conference entitled, "Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference: Aligning the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Agenda to Reduce Health Outcome Gaps." This article is the product of the breakout session, "Emergency Department Collaboration-Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Non-Children's Hospital."
AHRQ-funded; HS026101.
Citation: I Auerbach, M Badaki-Makun, O .
A research agenda to advance pediatric emergency care through enhanced collaboration across emergency departments.
Acad Emerg Med 2018 Dec;25(12):1415-26. doi: 10.1111/acem.13642..
Keywords: Care Coordination, Children/Adolescents, Emergency Department, Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Outcomes, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement
Adelgais KM, Hansen M, Lerner EB
Establishing the key outcomes for pediatric emergency medical services research.
The evidence supporting best practices when treating children in the prehospital setting or even the effect emergency medical services (EMS) has on patient outcomes is limited. This article describes a consensus process among stakeholders in the pediatric emergency medicine and EMS community that identified the critical outcomes for EMS care in five clinical areas (traumatic brain injury, general injury, respiratory disease/failure, sepsis, and seizures).
AHRQ-funded; HS026101.
Citation: Adelgais KM, Hansen M, Lerner EB .
Establishing the key outcomes for pediatric emergency medical services research.
Acad Emerg Med 2018 Dec;25(12):1345-54. doi: 10.1111/acem.13637..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Marshall IJ, Noel-Storr A, Kuiper J
Machine learning for identifying randomized controlled trials: an evaluation and practitioner's guide.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate machine learning models for RCT classification. Models were evaluated on an external dataset. The authors demonstrate that machine learning approaches are better able to discriminate between RCTs and non-RCTs than traditional database search filters, and also provide practical guidance on the role of machine learning in systematic reviews, and rapid reviews and clinical question answering as well as an open-source software.
AHRQ-funded; HS025024.
Citation: Marshall IJ, Noel-Storr A, Kuiper J .
Machine learning for identifying randomized controlled trials: an evaluation and practitioner's guide.
Res Synth Methods 2018 Dec;9(4):602-14. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1287..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Research Methodologies
Baloh J, Zhu X, Ward MM
Types of internal facilitation activities in hospitals implementing evidence-based interventions.
The aim of the study was to examine internal facilitation activities at 10 critical access hospitals in rural Iowa during their implementation of TeamSTEPPS, a patient safety intervention, and to identify characteristics that distinguish different types of facilitation activities. The investigators concluded that there are four types of facilitation activities that hospitals engage in while implementing evidence-based practices, offering a parsimonious way to characterize facilitation activities.
AHRQ-funded; HS024112; HS018396.
Citation: Baloh J, Zhu X, Ward MM .
Types of internal facilitation activities in hospitals implementing evidence-based interventions.
Health Care Manage Rev 2018 Jul/Sep;43(3):229-37. doi: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000145..
Keywords: TeamSTEPPS, Implementation, Hospitals, Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR)
Patterson ES, Dewart CM, Stevenson K
A mixed methods approach to tailoring evidence-based guidance for antibiotic stewardship to one medical system.
The purpose of the study is to operationalize a novel antibiotic advisor, called the personalized weighted incidence syndromic combination antibiogram (pWISCA), intended to help physicians with initial antibiotic choice in hospitals. This paper presents findings from applying a mixed methods approach to identifying and prioritizing antibiotic medications and associated contextual data to display in a clinical decision support tailored to the local hospital.
AHRQ-funded; HS024379.
Citation: Patterson ES, Dewart CM, Stevenson K .
A mixed methods approach to tailoring evidence-based guidance for antibiotic stewardship to one medical system.
Proc Int Symp Hum Factors Ergon Healthc 2018 Jun;7(1):224-31. doi: 10.1177/2327857918071053..
Keywords: Antibiotics, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Hospitals
Sweeney SM, Hall JD, Ono SS
Recruiting practices for change initiatives is hard: findings from EvidenceNOW.
In this study, the authors describe recruiting primary care recruiting practices. Using grant proposals, online diaries, observational site visits, and interviews with key stakeholders, the authors identified successful practice recruitment strategies in the EvidenceNOW initiative, which aimed to recruit approximately 1500 small- to medium-sized primary care practices.
AHRQ-funded; HS023940.
Citation: Sweeney SM, Hall JD, Ono SS .
Recruiting practices for change initiatives is hard: findings from EvidenceNOW.
Am J Med Qual 2018 May/Jun;33(3):246-52. doi: 10.1177/1062860617728791..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Primary Care, Quality Improvement
Ma C, Shang J, Miner S
The prevalence, reasons, and risk factors for hospital readmissions among home health care patients: a systematic review.
This systematic review examined the current evidence about hospital readmissions from home health care (HHC). Among 18 reviewed articles, they found that reported readmission rates and risk factors varied dramatically between studies; reasons for readmissions were understudied; and findings were limited by small sample sizes, single data source, and methodological flaws. They recommended that future studies use multiple national data sources across patients’ care spectrum and advanced statistical models to identify who among HHC patients are most likely to be readmitted to hospital and for what reason.
AHRQ-funded; HS023593.
Citation: Ma C, Shang J, Miner S .
The prevalence, reasons, and risk factors for hospital readmissions among home health care patients: a systematic review.
Home Health Care Manag Pract 2018 May;30(2):83-92.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Home Healthcare, Hospital Readmissions
Surian D, Dunn AG, Orenstein L
A shared latent space matrix factorisation method for recommending new trial evidence for systematic review updates.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new method to partially automate the identification of trial registrations that may be relevant for systematic review updates. After identifying 179 systematic reviews of drug interventions for type 2 diabetes, researchers tested a matrix factorization approach that ranks relevant trial registrations for each review. Text from the trial registrations were also used as features. These two approaches were tested on a holdout set of the newest trials. The authors conclude that this matrix was useful in ranking trial registrations and could be used as part of a semi-automated pipeline.
AHRQ-funded; HS024798.
Citation: Surian D, Dunn AG, Orenstein L .
A shared latent space matrix factorisation method for recommending new trial evidence for systematic review updates.
J Biomed Inform 2018 Mar;79:32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2018.01.008..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Research Methodologies
Thorlacius L, Garg A, Ingram JR
Towards global consensus on core outcomes for hidradenitis suppurativa research: an update from the HISTORIC consensus meetings I and II.
This article describes the outcome of two in-person consensus meetings to create a core outcomes set (COS) for hidradenitis suppurative (HS) research. Forty-one individuals from 13 countries and 4 continents were included. The list of items discussed had been developed from patient interviews, a systematic literature review and a healthcare professional survey. Nine items were excluded and seven domains were approved which included: disease course, physical signs, HS-specific quality of life, satisfaction, symptoms, pain and global assessments.
AHRQ-funded; HS024585.
Citation: Thorlacius L, Garg A, Ingram JR .
Towards global consensus on core outcomes for hidradenitis suppurativa research: an update from the HISTORIC consensus meetings I and II.
Br J Dermatol 2018 Mar;178(3):715-21. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16093..
Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Outcomes, Research Methodologies, Skin Conditions
Mabry-Hernandez IR, Curry SJ, Phillips WR
AHRQ Author: Mabry-Hernandez IR, Ngo-Metzger Q, Bierman AS
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force priorities for prevention research.
This article describes the types of evidence gaps that the USPSTF encounters across its various recommendations and how the USPSTF identifies and communicates these gaps to researchers and policymakers, who can help generate the needed evidence. Common types of evidence gaps include limited evidence in primary care settings and populations, a lack of appropriate health outcomes, limited evidence linking behavior change to health outcomes, and a lack of evidence for effective preventive services in diverse populations.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Mabry-Hernandez IR, Curry SJ, Phillips WR .
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force priorities for prevention research.
Am J Prev Med 2018 Jan;54(1s1):S95-s103. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.08.014.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Prevention, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
Guise JM, Chang C, Viswanathan M
AHRQ Author: Chang C, Berliner E
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center methods for systematically reviewing complex multicomponent health care interventions.
The purpose of this AHRQ EPC methods white paper was to outline approaches to conducting systematic reviews of complex multicomponent health care interventions. It provided a framework for synthesizing studies of multicomponent interventions and also provided an initial list of critical reporting elements for such studies in order to help systematic reviewers understand the options and tradeoffs available for such reviews.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201200010I; 290201200012I; 290201200011I; 290201200015I; 290201200008I; 290201200004C.
Citation: Guise JM, Chang C, Viswanathan M .
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center methods for systematically reviewing complex multicomponent health care interventions.
J Clin Epidemiol 2014 Nov;67(11):1181-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.06.010.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Health Services Research (HSR), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Research Methodologies
Jaana M, Vartak S, Ward MM
Evidence-based health care management: what is the research evidence available for health care managers?
The authors conducted a scoping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to determine the availability and accessibility of evidence for health care managers. They found that 96.5% of their search results were not on target, and they suggested a better classification within PubMed to increase the accessibility of meaningful resources and to facilitate evidence retrieval. They recommended that health care journals take initiatives encouraging the publication of reviews in relevant management areas.
AHRQ-funded; HS018396.
Citation: Jaana M, Vartak S, Ward MM .
Evidence-based health care management: what is the research evidence available for health care managers?
Eval Health Prof 2014 Sep;37(3):314-34. doi: 10.1177/0163278713511325.
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Keywords: Evidence-Based Practice, Health Services Research (HSR), Research Methodologies