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.
Thirteen 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
- The Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer
Work on the projects "Bone morphogenetic protein," "Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in pediatric patients," and "Comparative effectiveness of epoetin and darbepoetin --- update," is ongoing.
