Rapid Evidence Report Now Available

Patient Navigation Models for Lung Cancer
(Rapid Evidence Product, released on December 11, 2018)

The purpose of the project was to review recent literature on components of patient navigation programs addressing all types of cancer, the effectiveness of patient navigation programs on lung cancer outcomes, and the variable effectiveness of patient navigation programs on lung cancer outcomes based on patient characteristics. This report was developed to address the diverse research needs of a stakeholder group interested in the needs of people with lung cancer.

Methods Research Report Now Available

The following report is from AHRQ's Health Systems Partnership Pilot Project series. These reports describe 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.

Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings
(Methods Report, released on December 5, 2018)

Clinical pathways are one method of integrating evidence into local health care settings and structures. The purpose of this ECRI Institute - Penn Medicine EPC project was to evaluate the feasibility of using the updated 2016 AHRQ EPC report on the Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile in our standard clinical pathway and dissemination process to develop an evidence-based clinical pathway for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the acute care setting.

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:

Management of Diverticulitis
Available for comment until January 8, 2018

Opportunity to Submit Scientific Information

The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program is interested in receiving supplemental evidence and data (SEADs) for systematic reviews that are relevant to the questions in our evidence reports. To ensure that it has full access to relevant research, whether or not it is published, the EHC Program is interested in receiving SEADs containing detailed study-specific information. Opportunities to submit scientific information are available for:

Interventions for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Available for submissions until January 3, 2019

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