AHRQ Evidence-Based Practice Center
In 1997, TEC was designated as one of 12 original Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) for the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). TEC was first awarded a 5-year contract renewal in 2002 and another in 2007 and now serves as one of 14 current EPCs. The findings of the EPCs provide the foundation on which organizations - such as physician specialty societies - develop clinical practice guidelines, as well as tools and strategies for improving the quality of healthcare services.
Twelve evidence reports have been provided to AHRQ; most can be viewed on the AHRQ Web site (www.ahrq.gov) or AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program site (http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov).
- Relative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Methods of Androgen Suppression in the Treatment of Advanced Prostatic Cancer
- Uses of Epoetin for Anemia in Oncology
- Uses of Epoetin in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure
- The Management of Chronic Asthma
- FDG Positron Emission Tomography for Evaluating Breast Cancer
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Wound-Healing Technologies: Low-Level Laser and Vacuum-Assisted Closure
- Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Comparative Effectiveness of Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
- Treatment of Primary and Secondary Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- HER2 Testing to Manage Patients with Breast or Other Solid Tumors
Work on the task order "The Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer" is ongoing.
