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Man in chronic pain holds cane and his sore knee.
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Seattle clinic follows biopsychosocial model for patients with chronic pain

This chronic pain management program focuses on functional restoration to help patients return to their lives because a “cure” for chronic pain is many times not possible.

Behavioral Health
Man standing rubbing his sore back.
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3 critical factors to help guide your management of chronic pain

Educational module provides physicians with the tools they need to understand chronic pain treatment and safely prescribe opioid medications.

Behavioral Health
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Feb. 23, 2017: National Advocacy Update

CMS contracts to small practices with QPP, maternal & infant health strategy and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Address patient shame, stigma when treating opioid misuse

The role of shame in patients with opioid use disorders is one topic covered in a physician-led national training and mentoring project. New educational resources address key issues surrounding the treatment of chronic pain and stigma.

Behavioral Health
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Using neurosurgical solutions to manage chronic back pain

Chronic back pain is one of the most common ailments patients face. No longer limited to patients with terminal diseases, the intrathecal pain pump offers a neurological approach that’s an alternative to long-term opioid therapy.

Behavioral Health
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Neurosurgery makes pain management curricular breakthroughs

Leaders in neurosurgery have taken a hands-on approach to training residents with an eye toward filling knowledge and skill gaps—one such gap is pain management. Learn how they’re making strides in preparing residents for the board exam and more effective patient care.

Improve GME
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Pain expert: Judge the opioid treatment, not the patient

One pain expert urges re-conceptualizing chronic pain as a chronic disease. He uses a process to make the appropriate clinical judgment on whether or not opioids are the right course of treatment for each patient.

Behavioral Health
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Physicians take steps to address opioid overdose epidemic

New policies adopted by the AMA address steps physicians can take to fight opioid overdose epidemic. Efforts cover the use of prescription drug monitoring programs; access to naloxone and adding addiction medicine as a sub-specialty.

Behavioral Health
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Patient satisfaction surveys need to better address pain management: Fighting opioid epidemic

Medicare patient satisfaction surveys pose problems for physicians managing pain. Pressure to prescribe opioids may contribute to epidemic. Ohio takes action to change questionnaire.

Behavioral Health