Methods Research Report Now Available

The following report is from AHRQ's Health Systems Partnership Pilot Project series. This report describes the efforts of Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) to work with health care decisionmakers and facilitate the use of information from AHRQ EPC evidence reports.

Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers
(Methods Report, released on November 9, 2018)

The purpose of this project is to evaluate evidence summaries of Evidence-based Practice Center systematic reviews for their content, components, and usability among health systems decisionmakers.

Research White Paper Now Available

Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures
(Research White Paper, released on November 15, 2018)

Atrial fibrillation (AF) patient registries can be used for research and to improve patient outcomes. Differences in the way registries define and capture outcome measures limits the utility of these resources. A new harmonization effort brought together all relevant stakeholders to develop a minimum set of standardized outcome measures. Narrative definitions were translated into standardized terminologies to facilitate consistent implementation and capture of the outcome measures in electronic health systems. This work, which was supported by the Office of the Secretary Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, builds on prior AHRQ-funded efforts to develop the Outcome Measures Framework (OMF), a conceptual model for classifying outcomes that are relevant to patients and providers across most conditions.

Opportunity to Comment on Draft Key Questions

We encourage the public to participate in the development of our research projects. Comments can be submitted for:

Care Interventions for People With Dementia (PWD) and Their Caregivers
Available for comment until December 3, 2018

About us: AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program is committed to providing the best available evidence on the outcomes, benefits and harms, and appropriateness of drugs, devices, and health care services and by helping health care professionals, patients, policymakers, and health care systems make informed health care decisions. The program partners with research centers, academic institutions, health professional societies, consumer organizations, and other stakeholders to conduct research, evidence synthesis, evidence translation, dissemination, and implementation of research findings.

To learn more: https://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov