Pain Management Design Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What are the recommendations for improvement in pain management and treatment?

  • RECOMMENDATION 1A: Expand clinician training in acute, chronic, or end-of-life pain evaluation and treatment. Enhancements should be made in professional school curricula, postgraduate training programs, and continuing education courses.

• What are the general principles of pain management?

  General Pain Management Principles: A sk about pain regularly B elieve the patient’s/resident’s & family’s reports of pain and what relieves it C hoose appropriate pain control options D eliver interventions in a timely, logical and coordinated fashion

• What should be included in a pain management marketing plan?

  Your pain management marketing plan should have a clear message that highlights the strengths of your practice. You base this message on what you do well, not on what others do poorly. Bad-mouthing your competition will make your patients think less of you and will engender ill will.

• What is the pain management workbook?

  This workbook is part of a comprehensive treatment approach that can mix lifestyle changes, thoughts about pain, goal setting, managing activity, flare-up management, sleep, manual therapy and exercise. Let’s start with exploring your pain journey so far...

• What is the pain management best practices Task Force?

  This report is the product of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) and is intended to guide the public at large, federal agencies, and private stakeholders.

• What is the Department of Health and Human Services doing about pain?

  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is advancing a comprehensive approach that addresses improved pain management in both the acute and chronic pain setting. This effort is a part of the 5-Point Strategy to Combat the Opioid Crisis.

• What are the gaps in current best practices for pain management?

  The inter-agency task force identified several gaps in current best practice for the management of acute and chronic pain. Fragmentation of pain care and a lack of coherent policy for pain management limit best practices. Multimodal, non-opioid therapies are often underutilized, particularly in the perioperative and peri-injury settings.

• What is the best approach to manage pain?

  2.2 MEDICATION Effective pain management, particularly for chronic pain, is best achieved through a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach that may include pharmacotherapy. 49,52,78 In general, two broad categories of medications are used for pain management: non-opioids and opioid classes of medications. 79,80 2.2. MEDICATION