Myra Christopher Discusses Under Treated Chronic Pain and the PAINS Project (December 6th)
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Listen Now Despite the fact an estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain costing approximately $640 billion annually in medical expenses and lost productivity, the disease remains widely under treated. This is all the more true for ethnic and racial minorities independent of age, gender, education, wealth and pain intensity. Despite recent efforts by the Institute of Medicine, the DHHS, i.e., its 2016 "National Pain Strategy," and new payment models designed to improve care quality, for example, Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes, under treatment persists. Addressing the problem has become all the more difficult over approximately the past decade due to the opioid epidemic that has blurred, if not erased, the line between effective treatment and drug abuse. We face the nearly impossible situation where Americans are simultaneously under treated and over medicated.
Myra Christopher Discusses Under Treated Chronic Pain and the PAINS Project (December 6th)
Myra Christopher Discusses Under Treated…
Myra Christopher Discusses Under Treated Chronic Pain and the PAINS Project (December 6th)
Listen Now Despite the fact an estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain costing approximately $640 billion annually in medical expenses and lost productivity, the disease remains widely under treated. This is all the more true for ethnic and racial minorities independent of age, gender, education, wealth and pain intensity. Despite recent efforts by the Institute of Medicine, the DHHS, i.e., its 2016 "National Pain Strategy," and new payment models designed to improve care quality, for example, Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes, under treatment persists. Addressing the problem has become all the more difficult over approximately the past decade due to the opioid epidemic that has blurred, if not erased, the line between effective treatment and drug abuse. We face the nearly impossible situation where Americans are simultaneously under treated and over medicated.