EPC-Related Articles, September 5, 2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Pitts SI, Maruthur NM, Millar KR, Perl TM, Segal J. A systematic review of mandatory influenza vaccination in healthcare personnel. Am J Prev Med 2014 Sep; 47(3):330-40. [Supported by Comparative Effectiveness Development Training Award grant 1 T32 HS19488-02 (to first author); uses methodologies from AHRQ publication, Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, as published on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Environmental Health Perspectives
Rudel RA, Ackerman JM, Attfield KR, Brody JG. New exposure biomarkers as tools for breast cancer epidemiology, biomonitoring, and prevention: a systematic approach based on animal evidence. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Sep; 122(9):881-95. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Alcohol Consumption and Cancer Risk: Understanding Possible Causal Mechanisms for Breast and Colorectal Cancers, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Woeltje KF, Lin MY, Klompas M, Wright MO, Zuccotti G, Trick WE. Data requirements for electronic surveillance of healthcare-associated infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Sep; 35(9):1083-91. [Cites AHRQ technical review, Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science, Volume 5: Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.

Septimus E, Weinstein RA, Perl TM, Goldmann DA, Yokoe DS. Approaches for preventing healthcare-associated infections: go long or go wide? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:S10-4. [Cites AHRQ comparative effectiveness review, Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureas (MRSA), 2013, as published on AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program Web site.]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Burns ME, Galbraith AA, Ross-Degnan D, Balaban RB. Feasibility and evaluation of a pilot community health worker intervention to reduce hospital readmissions. Int J Qual Health Care 2014 Aug; 26(4):358-65. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Outcomes of Community Health Worker Interventions, 2009, and briefly summarizes AHRQ grant 1 R01 HS20268, Evaluating Sequential Strategies to Reduce Readmissions in a Diverse Population, 2011.] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Krist AH, Beasley JW, Crosson JC, Kibbe DC, Klinkman MS, Lehmann CU, Fox CH, Mitchell JM, Mold JW, Pace WD, et al. Electronic health record functionality needed to better support primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2014 Sep-Oct; 21(5):764-71. [Cites AHRQ-funded systematic review by Chaudhry et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2006) on the impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care, conducted by the Southern California EPC; also cites USPSTF-sponsored article by Sheridan et al. (Am J Prev Med, 2004) on shared decision making about screening and chemoprevention.] Select to access the abstract.

Lancet
Yip W, Hsiao W. Harnessing the privatisation of China's fragmented health-care delivery. Lancet 2014 Aug 30; 384(9945):805-18. [Cites AHRQ technical review,  Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science, 2007.] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Care
Wolf MS, Bailey SC, Serper M, Smith M, Davis TC, Russell AL, Manzoor BS, Belter L, Parker RM, Lambert B. Comparative effectiveness of patient-centered strategies to improve FDA medication guides. Med Care 2014 Sep; 52(9):781-9. [Cites AHRQ-funded systematic review by Pignone et al. (J Gen Intern Med, 2005) on interventions to improve health outcomes for patients with low health literacy, conducted by the RTI International-University of North Carolina EPC.] Select to access the abstract.

Minnesota Medicine
Lawrence WF, Chang S, Kane RL, Wilt TJ. Comparative effectiveness research in clinical practice. Minn Med 2014 Aug; 97(8):49-51. [First and second authors are researchers in AHRQ’s Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement; discusses AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program and the work of the AHRQ-sponsored Minnesota EPC.] Select to access the abstract.

Obstetrics & Gynecology
McDonagh MS, Matthews A, Phillipi C, Romm J, Peterson K, Thakurta S, Guise JM. Depression drug treatment outcomes in pregnancy and the postpartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol 2014 Sep; 124(3):526-34. [Supported by contract HHSA 29002997-10057-I to the Pacific Northwest EPC, based on AHRQ comparative effectiveness review, Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression, 2013, and AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Antidepressant Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, 2007, prepared by the Pacific Northwest EPC; uses methodologies from Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, 2014, and Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective Health Care Program, as published on AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program.] Select to access the abstract.

Systematic Reviews
Shekelle PG, Motala A, Johnsen B, Newberry SJ. Assessment of a method to detect signals for updating systematic reviews. Syst Rev 2014 Feb 14; 3:13. [Supported by contract HHSA 290-2007-10062-I; uses methodologies from AHRQ-sponsored report, Assessment of the Need to Update Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Report of an Initial Rapid Program Assessment (2005-2009), 2009, to assess currency of 11 AHRQ-sponsored comparative effectiveness reviews.] Select to access the abstract.

Also refer to article by Jonas et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2014) cited in U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)/Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP)-Related Articles.