EPC-Related Articles, July 18, 2014

American Family Physician
Hersch EC, Oh RC. Prolonged febrile illness and Fever of unknown origin in adults. Am Fam Physician 2014 Jul 15; 90(2):91-6. [Uses AHRQ evidence reports and National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC) as data sources.] Select to access the abstract.

Annals of Internal Medicine
Shaw RJ, McDuffie JR, Hendrix CC, Edie A, Lindsey-Davis L, Nagi A, Kosinski AS, Williams JW Jr. Effects of nurse-managed protocols in the outpatient management of adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2014 Jul 15; 161(2):113-21. [Uses the evidence evaluation approach from AHRQ publication, Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, 2013, as published on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Web site; cites AHRQ-funded systematic review by Shojania et al. (JAMA, 2006) on effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control.] Select to access the abstract.

Birth
Moore JE, Low LK, Titler MG, Dalton VK, Sampselle CM. Moving toward patient-centered care: women's decisions, perceptions, and experiences of the induction of labor process. Birth 2014 Jun; 41(2):138-46. [First author is a researcher in AHRQ's Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations; cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

BJU International
Ark JT, Keegan KA, Barocas DA, Morgan TM, Resnick MJ, You C, Cookson MS, Penson DF, Davis R, Clark PE, Smith JA Jr, Chang SS. Incidence and predictors of understaging in patients with clinical T1 urothelial carcinoma undergoing radical cystectomy. BJU Int 2014 Jun; 113(6):894-9. [Supported by grant 1 R01 HS19356.] Select to access the abstract.

 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Viswanathan M, Carey TS, Belinson SE, Berliner E, Chang SM, Graham E, Guise JM, Ip S, Maglione MA, McCrory DC, et al. A proposed approach may help systematic reviews retain needed expertise while minimizing bias from nonfinancial conflicts of interest. J Clin Epidemiol 2014 Jul 9. [Supported by contract 290-2007-10056-I; fourth and fifth authors (Berliner E and Chang SM) are researchers in AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement and part of a workgroup of EPC investigators formed for this project.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care Research and Review
Damberg CL, McNamara P. Postscript: research agenda to guide the next generation of public reports for consumers. Med Care Res Rev 2014 May 22; epub ahead of print. [Second author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; mentions AHRQ's Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) and cites the three-volume AHRQ publication, Best Practices in Public Reporting, 2010, and AHRQ technical report, Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy: Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science, 2012, prepared by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC).] Select to access the abstract.

Hussey PS, Luft HS, McNamara P. Public reporting of provider performance at a crossroads in the United States: summary of current barriers and recommendations on how to move forward. Med Care Res Rev 2014 May 27; epub ahead of print. [Third author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets; cites AHRQ technical report, Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy: Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science, 2012, prepared by the Oregon EPC.] Select to access the abstract.