EHC Updates: Low Back Pain Research Summaries; Registries Draft White Papers; HIV/AIDS Final Report

EHC Updates:  Low Back Pain Research Summaries; Registries Draft White Papers; HIV/AIDS Final Report

The following have been posted to the EHC Program Web site.

New AHRQ Summaries for Treating Low Back Pain

New evidence-based publications from AHRQ can help clinicians, patients and their families make informed decisions about treating low back pain, a condition that affects eight out of 10 people at least once in their lifetimes. Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain: Current State of the Evidence is a publication for clinicians that summarizes the benefits and harms of noninvasive treatments for acute, subacute and chronic low back pain. The publication summarizes findings in an AHRQ-funded systematic review that examined interventions including exercise, medications, acupuncture and superficial heat. The publication also evaluates the strength of evidence for each finding. Also available is a new continuing education module based on the evidence review, as well as a plain-language publication for patients, Noninvasive Treatments for Low Back Pain – A Summary of the Research for Adults.

Draft Reports

These draft White Papers are associated with the proposed Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide: 4th Edition. They are open for comment until December 19, 2016.

• Increasing Focus on the Patient in Patient Registries
• Biorepositories
• Managing Missing Data in Patient Registries
• Multi-national Registries: Challenges and Opportunities
• Patient- or Participant-generated Registries

Final Report

• Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living With HIV/AIDS

Effective Health Care Program
https://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/