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Turner.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2024.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresplantchp/">Living Systematic Reviews: Examining Excluded Full-Text Articles To Better Understand the Evidence Base on Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain</a><div>Investigators: Roger Chou, Azrah Y. Ahmed, Suchitra Iyer, Tracy Dana, Christina Bougatsos, and Benjamin J. Morasco.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2024.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswppilotprj/">Supplementing Systematic Review Findings With Healthcare System Data: Pilot Projects From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center Program</a><div>Investigators: Haley K. Holmer, Suchitra Iyer, Celia Fiordalisi, Edi Kuhn, Mary Forte, M. 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Elliott, Jennifer Pillay, and Lisa Hartling.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresdot/">Developing and Piloting a Tool To Create Dot Plots To Summarize Pooled Data for Multiple Outcomes in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Yun Yu, Rongwei Fu, Jesse Wagner, Azrah Ahmed, Connor Smith, and Roger Chou.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresdmie/">Improving the Utility of Evidence Synthesis for Decision Makers in the Face of Insufficient Evidence</a><div>Investigators: M. Hassan Murad, Stephanie M. Chang, Celia Fiordalisi, Jennifer S. Lin, Timothy J. Wilt, Amy Tsou, Brian Leas, Shazia Siddique, Andrew R. Zullo, Ethan Balk, Carolyn M. Rutter, Karen Robinson, Craig Coleman, Olivia Costa, Elizabeth Stoeger, Mark Helfand, and Meera Viswanathan.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswp01/">Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Data Use and Governance Toolkit</a><div>Investigators: Haley S. Friedler, Michelle B. Leavy, Eric Bickelman, Barbara Casanova, Diana Clarke, Danielle Cooke, Andy DeMayo, Bailey Egan, Debbie Gibson, Sarah Hajjar, and Richard Gliklich.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswp02/">A Prioritized Research Agenda for Using the Harmonized Outcome Measures To Support Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression</a><div>Investigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Anna Swenson, and Richard Gliklich.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestxtm/">A Prospective Comparison of Evidence Synthesis Search Strategies Developed With and Without Text-Mining Tools</a><div>Investigators: Robin A. Paynter, Celia Fiordalisi, Elizabeth Stoeger, Eileen Erinoff, Robin Featherstone, Christiane Voisin, and Gaelen P. Adam.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreslumbars/">Standardized Library of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Outcome Measures</a><div>Investigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2021.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreslungcom/">Standardized Library of Lung Cancer Outcome Measures</a><div>Investigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2021.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2020"><h3>2020</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2020" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresqimprove/">Developing Consistent and Useful Quality Improvement Study Data Extraction for Health Systems</a><div>Investigators: Adrian V. Hernandez, Yuani M. Roman, and C. Michael White.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestelehcv19/">The Evidence Base for Telehealth: Reassurance in the Face of Rapid Expansion During the COVID-19 Pandemic</a><div>Annette M. Totten, Marian S. McDonagh, and Jesse H. Wagner.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresihssr/">Integrating Health System Data With Systematic Reviews: A Framework for When and How Unpublished Health System Data Can Be Used With Systematic Reviews To Support Health System Decision Making</a><div>Investigators: Jennifer S. Lin, M. Hassan Murad, Brian Leas, Jonathan R. Treadwell, Roger Chou, Ilya Ivlev, and Devan Kansagara.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresrdepression/">Outcome Measure Harmonization and Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Depression: Report on Registry Configuration</a><div>Investigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Danielle Cooke, Sarah Hajjar, Eric Bikelman, Bailey Egan, Diana Clarke, Debbie Gibson, Barbara Casanova, and Richard Gliklich.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/cerregistries4ed/">Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User&#x02019;s Guide. 4th edition</a><div>Editors: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Nancy A. Dreyer.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreseofi/">Roadmap for Narratively Describing Effects of Interventions in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Martha Gerrity, Celia Fiordalisi, Jennifer Pillay, Timothy J. Wilt, Elizabeth O&#x02019;Connor, Leila Kahwati, Adrian V. Hernandez, Carolyn M. Rutter, Roger Chou, Ethan M. Balk, Dale W. Steele, Ian J. Saldanha, Orestis A. Panagiotou, Stephanie Chang, and M. Hassan Murad.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpsld/">Standardized Library of Depression Outcome Measures</a><div>Investigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2020.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestml/">Testing a Machine Learning Tool for Facilitating Living Systematic Reviews of Chronic Pain Treatments</a><div>Investigators: Roger Chou, Tracy Dana, and Kanaka D. Shetty.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2020.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2019"><h3>2019</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2019" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmscreening/">Assessing the Accuracy of Machine-Assisted Abstract Screening With DistillerAI: A User Study</a><div>Investigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Gernot Wagner, Linda Lux, Lisa Affengruber, Andreea Dobrescu, Angela Kaminski-Hartenthaler, and Meera Viswanathan.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresharmonized/">Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned</a><div>Investigators: Michelle B. Leavy, Claudia Schur, Ferhat Q. Kassamali, Margaret Edder Johnson, Raj Sabharwal, Paul Wallace, and Richard E. Gliklich.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresepcadhd/">Facilitating the Implementation of EPC Reports in Learning Health Systems Engaged in Quality Initiatives: an EPC Pilot Project on ADHD</a><div>Investigators: Allison S. Morrow, Mary Butler, and M. Hassan Murad.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresaccess/">Improving Access to and Usability of Systematic Review Data for Health Systems Guidelines Development</a><div>Investigators: Annette M. Totten, Connor Smith, Kenneth Dunham, Rebecca M. Jungbauer, and Elaine Graham.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresihs/">Improving Health Systems&#x02019; Access to High-Quality Evidence: AHRQ EPC 2018 Pilot Projects Summary</a><div>Investigators: Celia V. Fiordalisi, Amanda Borsky, Stephanie Chang, Martha Gerrity, Allison M. Schmidt, and Jeanne-Marie Guise.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmlearning/">Performance and Usability of Machine Learning for Screening in Systematic Reviews: A Comparative Evaluation of Three Tools</a><div>Investigators: Allison Gates, Samantha Guitard, Jennifer Pillay, Sarah A. Elliott, Michele P. Dyson, Amanda S. Newton, and Lisa Hartling.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrespilotsrdr/">Pilot To Promote Entry of Structured Data Into the Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR)</a><div>Investigators: Ian J. Saldanha, Birol Senturk, Bryant T. Smith, and Karen A. Robinson.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreslibasthma/">Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures</a><div>Investigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/cerregistries3edad2/">Tools and Technologies for Registry Interoperability, Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User&#x02019;s Guide, 3rd Edition, Addendum 2</a><div>Editors: Richard E. Gliklich, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Michelle B. Leavy, Head, and Nancy A. Dreyer, Chief Scientific Officer.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescdifficile/">Translation of a <i>C. difficile</i> Treatment Clinical Pathway Into Machine-Readable Clinical Decision Support Artifacts Prototyped for Electronic Health Record Integration</a><div>Investigators: Jeremy Michel, Emilia Flores, Nikhil Mull, and Amy Y. Tsou.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2019.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswebi/">Web Interactive Presentation of EPC Reports: A Foray Into Interactive Reports</a><div>Investigators: Thomas A. Trikalinos, Gaelen P. Adam, Jens Jap, Birol Senturk, Stacey Springs, Gillian Sanders-Schmidler, Kathryn Lallinger, Mary Butler, Michelle Brassure, Lionel Banez, Elise Berliner, Aysegul Gozu, and Ethan Balk.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2019.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2018"><h3>2018</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2018" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresepcdev/">Development and Usability Testing of EPC Evidence Review Dissemination Summaries for Health Systems Decisionmakers</a><div>Investigators: Lisa Hartling, Allison Gates, Jennifer Pillay, Megan Nuspl, and Amanda S. Newton.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2018.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresepc/">Disseminating Findings From EPC Reports: Pilot Project of Three Products</a><div>Investigators: Karen A. Robinson.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresanxc/">EPC Pilot Project: A Dual Approach To Facilitate Health Systems Uptake of Evidence Synthesis Reports. Anxiety in Children</a><div>Investigators: Allison S. Morrow, Stephen P. Whiteside, Leslie Sim, Juan P. Brito, Zhen Wang, and M. Hassan Murad.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresler/">Linking Evidence Reviews to Organizational Guideline Planning: A Pilot Test of an Interactive, Web-Based Presentation and Discussion of Evidence</a><div>Investigators: Jennifer S. Lin, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Tracy L. Beil, and Susanne Hempel.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2018.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresstandlibr/">Standardized Library of Atrial Fibrillation Outcome Measures</a><div>Investigators: Richard E. Gliklich, Michelle B. Leavy, and Fang Li.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2018.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresepcfind/">Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings: FY2018 Dissemination Pilot: Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>
</a><div>Investigators: E. Flores, J. Jane Jue, Gina Giradi, K. Schoelles, and C.A. Umscheid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2018.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2017"><h3>2017</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2017" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpdpi/">Discerning the Perception and Impact of Patients Involved in Evidence-based Practice Center Key Informant Interviews</a><div>Investigators: Deborah H Cornman and C Michael White.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpenhs/">A Framework for Conceptualizing Evidence Needs of Health Systems</a><div>Investigators: Karen Schoelles, Craig A Umscheid, Jennifer S Lin, Thomas W Concannon, Andrea C Skelly, Meera Viswanathan, Christine Chang, Elizabeth Kato, Eric Bass, Julia Lavenberg, Kim Peterson, Amanda Newton, Evan Meyers, Stacey Springs, Vivian Christensen, Nicole Floyd, Celia Fiordalisi, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and M Hassan Murad.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresms/">Modeling and Simulation in the Context of Health Technology Assessment: Review of Existing Guidance, Future Research Needs, and Validity Assessment</a><div>Investigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Jeffrey A Chan, Amy Earley, Denish Moorthy, Esther E Avendano, Thomas A Trikalinos, Ethan M Balk, and John B Wong.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestor/">Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Strategies To Improve Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents</a><div>Investigators: Meera Viswanathan, Jennifer Cook Middleton, and Valerie L Forman-Hoffman.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresinfertility/">Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility</a><div>Investigators: John W Williams, Jr, Jennifer L Eaton, Jennifer M Gierisch, Varsha Masilamani, Megan von Isenburg, and Megan Chobot.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresomega/">Supplemental Project to Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease</a><div>Investigators: Stacey Springs, Gaelen P Adam, Valerie Langberg, Chris Halliday, and Thomas A Trikalinos.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestrt/">Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media</a><div>Investigators: Gaelen P Adam, Stacey Springs, Valerie Langberg, Chris Halliday, and Thomas A Trikalinos.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2017.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpuhs/">Understanding Health-Systems' Use of and Need for Evidence To Inform Decisionmaking</a><div>Investigators: C Michael White, Gillian D Sanders Schmidler, Mary Butler, Zhen Wang, Karen Robinson, Matthew D Mitchell, Nancy Berkman, Jillian Henderson, Celia Fiordalisi, Lisa Hartling, Sydne J Newberry, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Amanda Borsky, David Niebuhr, Diana Pham, Aysegul Gozu, Suchitra Iyer, and Lionel Ba&#x000f1;ez.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2017.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2016"><h3>2016</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2016" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswprr/">EPC Methods: AHRQ End-User Perspectives of Rapid Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Lisa Hartling, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Susanne Hempel, Robin Featherstone, Matthew D Mitchell, Makalapua L Motu'apuaka, Karen A Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Annette Totten, Evelyn Whitlock, Timothy Wilt, Johanna Anderson, Elise Berliner, Aysegul Gozu, Elisabeth Kato, Robin Paynter, and Craig A Umscheid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2016.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswptm/">EPC Methods: An Exploration of the Use of Text-Mining Software in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Robin Paynter, Lionel L Ba&#x000f1;ez, Elise Berliner, Eileen Erinoff, Jennifer Lege-Matsuura, Shannon Potter, and Stacey Uhl.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2016.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2015"><h3>2015</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2015" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpapv/">Assessing the Predictive Validity of Strength of Evidence Grades: A Meta-Epidemiological Study</a><div>Investigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Andreea Dobrescu, Tammeka Swinson Evans, Carla Bann, Karen A Robinson, James Reston, Kylie Thaler, Andrea Skelly, Anna Glechner, Kimberly Peterson, Christina Kien, and Kathleen N Lohr.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2015.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbci/">Challenges in Conducting EPC Reviews of Behavior Change Interventions</a><div>Investigators: Melissa McPheeters, Mary Butler, Margaret Maglione, Meera Viswanathan, Maya O'Neil, Richard Epstein, Johanna Anderson, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Aysegul Gozu, Karli Kondo, and Christine Chang.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2015.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpscor/">Change Score or Followup Score? An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Choice of Mean Difference Estimates</a><div>Investigators: Rongwei Fu and Haley K Holmer.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2015.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpcoe/">Comparison of Effects as Evidence Evolves From Single Trials to High-Quality Bodies of Evidence</a><div>Investigators: Gerald Gartlehner, Andreea Dobrescu, Tammeka Swinson Evans, Kylie Thaler, Barbara Nussbaumer, Isolde Sommer, and Kathleen N Lohr.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2015.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresprr/">EPC Methods: An Exploration of Methods and Context for the Production of Rapid Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Lisa Hartling, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Elisabeth Kato, Johanna Anderson, Naomi Aronson, Suzanne Belinson, Elise Berliner, Donna Dryden, Robin Featherstone, Michelle Foisy, Matthew Mitchell, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Hussein Noorani, Robin Paynter, Karen A Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Craig A Umscheid, and Evelyn Whitlock.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2015.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2014"><h3>2014</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2014" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmds/">Assessment of a Method to Detect Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Paul G Shekelle, Aneesa Motala, and Breanne Johnsen.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescontext/">Contextual Frameworks for Research on the Implementation of Complex System Interventions</a><div>Investigators: Lucia Rojas Smith, Mahima Ashok, Sydney Morss Dy, Roberta C Wines, and Stephanie Teixeira-Poit.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpdb/">Defining the Benefits of Stakeholder Engagement in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Erika Cottrell, Evelyn Whitlock, Elisabeth Kato, Stacey Uhl, Suzanne Belinson, Christine Chang, Ties Hoomans, David Meltzer, Hussein Noorani, Karen Robinson, Karen Schoelles, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Johanna Anderson, Robin Paynter, and Jeanne-Marie Guise.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreseeb/">The Empirical Evidence of Bias in Trials Measuring Treatment Differences</a><div>Investigators: Nancy D Berkman, P Lina Santaguida, Meera Viswanathan, and Sally C Morton.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresaucon/">Impact of Contacting Study Authors on Systematic Review Conclusions: Diagnostic Tests for Hepatic Fibrosis</a><div>Investigators: Shelley Selph and Roger Chou.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswpisr/">Integration of Existing Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Karen A Robinson, Evelyn P Whitlock, Maya E O'Neil, Johanna K Anderson, Lisa Hartling, Donna M Dryden, Mary Butler, Sydne J Newberry, Melissa McPheeters, Nancy D Berkman, Jennifer S Lin, and Stephanie Chang.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresoese/">Observational Evidence and Strength of Evidence Domains: Case Examples</a><div>Investigators: Maya O'Neil, Nancy Berkman, Lisa Hartling, Stephanie Chang, Johanna Anderson, Makalapua Motu'apuaka, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and Marian McDonagh.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescmhc/">Systematic Reviews of Complex Multicomponent Health Care Interventions</a><div>Investigators: Jeanne-Marie Guise, Christine Chang, Meera Viswanathan, Susan Glick, Jonathan Treadwell, Craig A Umscheid, Evelyn Whitlock, Rochelle Fu, Elise Berliner, Robin Paynter, Johanna Anderson, Pua Motu'apuaka, and Tom Trikalinos.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2014.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrespoc/">Use of Evidence-Based Practice Center Comparative Effectiveness Reviews by Clinical Point-of-Care Tools</a><div>Investigators: Michelle Brasure, Mary Forte, Mary Butler, and Robert L Kane.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2014.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2013"><h3>2013</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2013" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbias/">Assessing Risk of Bias and Confounding in Observational Studies of Interventions or Exposures: Further Development of the RTI Item Bank</a><div>Investigators: Meera Viswanathan, Nancy D Berkman, Donna M Dryden, and Lisa Hartling.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresgoo/">Assessing the Accuracy of Google Translate to Allow Data Extraction From Trials Published in Non-English Languages</a><div>Investigators: Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Minghua L Chen, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Lina Kong Win Chang.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbay/">A Bayesian Missing Data Framework for Multiple Continuous Outcome Mixed Treatment Comparisons</a><div>Investigators: Hwanhee Hong, Bradley P Carlin, Haitao Chu, Tatyana A Shamliyan, Shiyi Wang, and Robert L Kane.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbfa/">Case Study Comparing Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches for Multiple Treatment Comparisons</a><div>Investigators: Bradley P Carlin, Hwanhee Hong, Tatyana A Shamliyan, Fran&#x000e7;ois Sainfort, and Robert L Kane.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresdsm/">Decision and Simulation Modeling in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Karen Kuntz, Francois Sainfort, Mary Butler, Brent Taylor, Shalini Kulasingam, Sean Gregory, Eric Mann, Joseph M Anderson, and Robert L Kane.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresesc/">Empirical and Simulation-Based Comparison of Univariate and Multivariate Meta-Analysis for Binary Outcomes</a><div>Investigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, David C Hoaglin, and Christopher H Schmid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrespatreg/">Engaging Patients in Information Sharing and Data Collection: The Role of Patient-Powered Registries and Research Networks</a><div>Thomas A Workman.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresiom/">EPC Response to IOM Standards for Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Joseph Lau, Stephanie Chang, Nancy Berkman, Sara J Ratichek, Howard Balshem, Michelle Brasure, and David Moher.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresprac/">Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests</a><div>Investigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, David C Hoaglin, Kevin M Small, and Christopher H Schmid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresevasp/">Evaluation of the Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Comparison of Quantitative Approaches</a><div>Investigators: Milo A Puhan, Sonal Singh, Carlos O Weiss, Ravi Varadhan, Ritu Sharma, and Cynthia M Boyd.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbaymix/">Findings of Bayesian Mixed Treatment Comparison Meta-Analyses: Comparison and Exploration Using Real-World Trial Data and Simulation</a><div>Investigators: Daniel E Jonas, Tania M Wilkins, Shrikant Bangdiwala, Carla M Bann, Laura C Morgan, Kylie J Thaler, Halle R Amick, and Gerald Gartlehner.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresgaps/">Framework for Determining Research Gaps During Systematic Review: Evaluation</a><div>Investigators: Karen A Robinson, Oluwaseun Akinyede, Tania Dutta, Veronica Ivey Sawin, Tianjing Li, Merianne Rose Spencer, Charles M Turkelson, and Christine Weston.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresglob/">Global Health Evidence Evaluation Framework</a><div>Investigators: Paul G Shekelle, Margaret A Maglione, Jill Luoto, Breanne Johnsen, and Tanja R Perry.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescog/">Harmonization of Cognitive Measures in Individual Participant Data and Aggregate Data Meta-Analysis</a><div>Investigators: Lauren Griffith, Edwin van den Heuvel, Isabel Fortier, Scott Hofer, Parminder Raina, Nazmul Sohel, H&#x000e9;l&#x000e8;ne Payette, Christina Wolfson, and Sylvie Belleville.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresnfcon/">Identifying and Managing Nonfinancial Conflicts of Interest for Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Meera Viswanathan, Timothy S Carey, Suzanne E Belinson, Elise Berliner, Stephanie Chang, Elaine Graham, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Stanley S Ip, Margaret A Maglione, Douglas McCrory, Melissa McPheeters, Sydne J Newberry, Priyanka Sista, and C Michael White.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmech/">Mechanistic Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Conceptual Framework</a><div>Investigators: Steven N Goodman and Jason Gerson.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresstatin/">Meta-Analytic Statistical Inferences for Continuous Measure Outcomes as a Function of Effect Size Metric and Other Assumptions</a><div>Investigators: Blair T Johnson and Tania B Huedo-Medina.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresos/">Observational Studies: Empirical Evidence of Their Contributions to Comparative Effectiveness Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Jennifer C Seida, Donna M Dryden, and Lisa Hartling.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); December 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresprimsr/">A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults</a><div>Investigators: David H Feeny, Elizabeth Eckstrom, Evelyn P Whitlock, and Leslie A Perdue.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrespfs/">Progression-Free Survival: What Does It Mean for Psychological Well-Being or Quality of Life?</a><div>Investigators: Steven I Gutman, Margaret Piper, Mark D Grant, Ethan Basch, Denise M Oliansky, and Naomi Aronson.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresrefin/">The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations From the Effective Health Care Program</a><div>Investigators: David I Buckley, Mohammed Ansari, Mary Butler, Clara Williams, and Christine Chang.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresupfind/">Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: How Do Users Want To View New Information?</a><div>Investigators: Sydne J Newberry, Paul G Shekelle, Mary Vaiana, and Aneesa Motala.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressgs/">Role of Single Group Studies in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Comparative Effectiveness Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Stanley Ip, Jessica K Paulus, Ethan M Balk, Issa J Dahabreh, Esther E Avendano, and Joseph Lau.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressbc/">Simulation-Based Comparison of Methods for Meta-Analysis of Proportions and Rates</a><div>Investigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, Paul Trow, and Christopher H Schmid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressig/">Surveillance and Identification of Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: Implementation and Early Experience</a><div>Investigators: Sydne J Newberry, Nadera Ahmadzai, Aneesa Motala, Alexander Tsertsvadze, Margaret Maglione, Mohammed T Ansari, Susanne Hempel, Sophia Tsouros, Jennifer Schneider Chafen, Roberta Shanman, Becky Skidmore, David Moher, and Paul G Shekelle.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescgq/">Through the Quality Kaleidoscope: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Improving Health Care Quality: Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science</a><div>Investigators: Kathryn M McDonald, Christine Chang, and Ellen Schultz.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); February 2013.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescon/">Towards a Framework for Communicating Confidence in Methodological Recommendations for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses</a><div>Investigators: Thomas A Trikalinos, Issa J Dahabreh, Byron C Wallace, Christopher H Schmid, and Joseph Lau.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2013.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2012"><h3>2012</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2012" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrestrans/">Accuracy of Data Extraction of Non-English Language Trials with Google Translate</a><div>Investigators: Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Nira Hadar, Kamal Patel, Winifred W Yu, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Lina Kong Win Chang.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); April 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresequiv/">Assessing Equivalence and Noninferiority</a><div>Investigators: Jonathan Treadwell, Stacey Uhl, Kelley Tipton, Sonal Singh, Lina Santaguida, Xin Sun, Nancy Berkman, Meera Viswanathan, Craig Coleman, Tatyana Shamliyan, Shi-Yi Wang, Rema Ramakrishnan, and Adam Elshaug.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreseconev/">Assessing the Impact of Economic Evidence on Policymakers in Health Care&#x02014;A Systematic Review</a><div>Investigators: Louis W Niessen, John Bridges, Brandyn D Lau, Renee F Wilson, Ritu Sharma, Damian G Walker, Kevin D Frick, and Eric B Bass.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbbe/">Best Practices for Conducting Economic Evaluations in Health Care: A Systematic Review of Quality Assessment Tools</a><div>Investigators: Damian G Walker, Renee F Wilson, Ritu Sharma, John Bridges, Louis Niessen, Eric B Bass, and Kevin Frick.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresover/">Comprehensive Overview of Methods and Reporting of Meta-Analyses of Test Accuracy</a><div>Investigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Mei Chung, Georgios D Kitsios, Teruhiko Terasawa, Gowri Raman, Athina Tatsioni, Annette Tobar, Joseph Lau, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Christopher H Schmid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresassoc/">Detection of Associations Between Trial Quality and Effect Sizes</a><div>Investigators: Susanne Hempel, Jeremy Miles, Marika J Suttorp, Zhen Wang, Breanne Johnsen, Sally Morton, Tanja Perry, Diane Valentine, and Paul G Shekelle.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbiv/">An Empirical Assessment of Bivariate Methods for Meta-Analysis of Test Accuracy</a><div>Investigators: Issa J Dahabreh, Thomas A Trikalinos, Joseph Lau, and Christopher Schmid.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrescorr/">Empirical Assessment of Within-Arm Correlation Imputation in Trials of Continuous Outcomes</a><div>Investigators: Ethan M Balk, Amy Earley, Kamal Patel, Thomas A Trikalinos, and Issa J Dahabreh.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresprimary/">A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies</a><div>Investigators: Matthew Thompson, Arpita Tiwari, Rongwei Fu, Esther Moe, and David I Buckley.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmlm/">Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement Intervention Evaluations</a><div>Investigators: Susanne Hempel, Kanaka D Shetty, Paul G Shekelle, Lisa V Rubenstein, Marjorie S Danz, Breanne Johnsen, and Siddhartha R Dalal.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbenefit/">Methods for Benefit and Harm Assessment in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Cynthia M Boyd, Sonal Singh, Ravi Varadhan, Carlos O Weiss, Ritu Sharma, Eric B Bass, and Milo A Puhan.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressearch/">Peer Review of Search Strategies</a><div>Investigators: Rose Relevo and Robin Paynter.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmach/">A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge To Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review Updating</a><div>Investigators: Siddhartha R Dalal, Paul G Shekelle, Susanne Hempel, Sydne J Newberry, Aneesa Motala, and Kanaka D Shetty.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresgov/">Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data Repository</a><div>Investigators: Joseph Lau, Nira Hadar, Ramon Iovin, Stanley Ip, and Ethan M Balk.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresimd/">Quality of Reporting in Systematic Reviews of Implantable Medical Devices</a><div>Investigators: Gowri Raman, James M Gaylor, Madhumathi Rao, Jeffrey Chan, Amy Earley, Lina Kong Win Chang, Priyanka Salvi, Jenny Lamont, and Joseph Lau.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); November 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresreli/">Reliability Testing of the AHRQ EPC Approach to Grading the Strength of Evidence in Comparative Effectiveness Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Nancy D Berkman, Kathleen N Lohr, Laura C Morgan, Emily Richmond, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Sally Morton, Meera Viswanathan, Douglas Kamerow, Sue West, and Elizabeth Tant.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); May 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressor/">Selective Outcome Reporting as a Source of Bias in Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness</a><div>Investigators: Susan L Norris, Haley K Holmer, Lauren A Ogden, Rongwei Fu, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Meera S Viswanathan, and Melissa L McPheeters.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressys/">Systematizing the Use of Value of Information Analysis in Prioritizing Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Ties Hoomans, Justine Seidenfeld, Anirban Basu, and David Meltzer.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmix/">Use of Mixed Treatment Comparisons in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Craig I Coleman, Olivia J Phung, Joseph C Cappelleri, William L Baker, Jeffrey Kluger, C Michael White, and Diana M Sobieraj.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); August 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreseeu/">Usefulness of Economic Evaluation Data in Systematic Reviews of Evidence</a><div>Investigators: Kevin Frick, Louis Neissen, John Bridges, Damian Walker, Renee F Wilson, and Eric B Bass.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); October 2012.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresvalid/">Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability Testing of Quality Assessment Instruments</a><div>Investigators: Lisa Hartling, Michele Hamm, Andrea Milne, Ben Vandermeer, P Lina Santaguida, Mohammed Ansari, Alexander Tsertsvadze, Susanne Hempel, Paul Shekelle, and Donna M Dryden.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); March 2012.</div></li></ul></div><div id="cg_2011"><h3>2011</h3><ul id="toc_tllNBK49468_cg_2011" class="simple-list toc"><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresgentest/">Addressing Challenges in Genetic Test Evaluation: Evaluation Frameworks and Assessment of Analytic Validity</a><div>Investigators: Fang Sun, Wendy Bruening, Eileen Erinoff, and Karen M Schoelles.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methrespubbias/">Correcting for Publication Bias in the Presence of Covariates</a><div>Investigators: Sue Duval and Eric Weinhandl.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresdisease/">Development of Quality Criteria To Evaluate Nontherapeutic Studies of Incidence, Prevalence, or Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases: Pilot Study of New Checklists</a><div>Investigators: Tatyana A Shamliyan, Robert L Kane, Mohammed T Ansari, Gowri Raman, Nancy D Berkman, Mark Grant, Gail Janes, Margaret Maglione, David Moher, Mona Nasser, Karen A Robinson, Jodi B Segal, and Sophia Tsouros.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); January 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresobsbias/">Development of the RTI Item Bank on Risk of Bias and Precision of Observational Studies</a><div>Investigators: Meera Viswanathan and Nancy D Berkman.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresempirical/">Empirical Evidence of Associations Between Trial Quality and Effect Size</a><div>Investigators: Susanne Hempel, Marika J Suttorp, Jeremy NV Miles, Zhen Wang, Margaret Maglione, Sally Morton, Breanne Johnsen, Diane Valentine, and Paul G Shekelle.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methreswiki/">Feasibility Study of a Wiki Collaboration Platform for Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigator: Eileen G Erinoff.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresbestev/">A Framework for "Best Evidence" Approaches in Systematic Reviews</a><div>Investigators: Jonathan R Treadwell, Sonal Singh, Ripple Talati, Melissa L McPheeters, and James T Reston.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); June 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methresmental/">Identifying Priorities for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research for Serious Mental Illness</a><div>Investigators: Dan Jonas, Alyssa J Mansfield, Pam Curtis, John Gilmore, Lea Watson, Shannon Brode, Karen Crotty, Meera Viswanathan, Elizabeth Tant, Cathy Gordon, Samantha Slaughter-Mason, and Brian Sheitman.</div><div class="small">Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); September 2011.</div></li><li class="half_rhythm" id="toc_itm_NBK49468_"><a class="toc-item" href="/books/n/methressignal/">Identifying Signals for Updating Systematic Reviews: A Comparison of Two Methods</a><div>Paul G Shekelle, Sydne J Newberry, Helen Wu, Marika Suttorp, Aneesa Motala, and Yee-Wei Lim. Ethan M Balk, Mei Chung, Winifred W Yu, Jounghee Lee, and James M Gaylor. 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