- ►annals.org D Atkins, K Fink, J Slutsky - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians To provide decision makers with the best available evidence, the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality established a network of Evidence-based Practice
Centers across North America. The centers perform systematic reviews on ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Slutsky, D Atkins, S Chang, BA Collins … - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2008 - Elsevier In 2005, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality established the
Effective Health Care (EHC) Program. The EHC program aims to provide
understandable and actionable information for patients, clinicians, and ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 2 versions
PL Santaguida, M Helfand, P Raina - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Increasingly, consumers, clinicians, regulatory bodies, and insurers are using
systematic reviews of drug interventions to select treatments and set policies.
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- ►annals.org DB Matchar, EV Westermann-Clark, DC … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians On the basis of interviews with EPC directors, AHRQ staff, and representatives
of public and private users of EPC reports, we summarize the variety of efforts
to disseminate the work of the EPCs. We also identify a case example of a ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 4 versions
DM Bravata, KM McDonald, KG Shojania, V … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Some important health policy topics, such as those related to the delivery,
organization, and financing of health care, present substantial challenges to
established methods for evidence synthesis. For example, such reviews may ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 6 versions
M Helfand, H Balshem - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2009 - Elsevier We briefly describe the role stakeholders play in providing important insights
that inform the evidence-gathering process, and discuss the critical role of
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- ►annals.org L Hartling, FA McAlister, BH Rowe, J … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians The authors discuss 3 challenges in conducting and interpreting any systematic
review that are particularly relevant for systematic reviews of therapeutic
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SL Norris, D Atkins - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) are firmly established as the standard for
determining which medical treatments are effective. In some areas of health
care, however, among them surgery, public health, and the organization of ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - All 5 versions
R Chou, M Helfand - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians An evidence synthesis of a medical intervention should assess the balance of
benefits and harms. Investigators performing systematic reviews of harms face
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M Pignone, S Saha, T Hoerger, KN Lohr, S … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Economic analyses, including cost-effectiveness analyses, cost–utility
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