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This course will review the scientific evidence for/against opioid therapy, risk mitigation, and different methods of opioid tapering. Providers need guidance to determine which patients may or may not benefit from opioids.
While most pain patients on opioid therapy manage opioids safely, the...
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The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force identified inconsistencies and fragmentation of pain care as gaps in US healthcare that limit best practices and patient outcomes.
The report encourages coordinated care and cites the collaborative stepped model of pain care, as adopted...
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In 2010, the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center became the first fully integrated facility caring for active duty, veterans, retirees, and dependents in the US. This presented healthcare professionals with unique challenges including how to address pain management in such a diverse...
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This interactive course will instruct participants in how to begin implementation of an outpatient functional restoration program for chronic pain, ie, intensive integrated coaching for self-care for wellness. The model will be the Atlanta VA Health System's Empower Veterans Program (EVP). EVP help...
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This presentation will outline 3 sustainable stepwise approaches for providing chronic pain care within the patient centered medical home (PMH). Treatment of chronic pain is going through a systemic transformation (see 2016 National Pain Strategy from HHS and the 2009 VHA Stepped Care Model). The...