A Comprehensive, Multimodal, Interdisciplinary Approach to Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Management in a Family Medicine Clinic: A Retrospective Cohort Review

The complexity of chronic non-cancer pain in the setting of regulatory efforts to curb opioid usage presents a novel challenge for the medical community. Much of this burden falls on primary care clinics. We retrospectively quantified the reduction of opioid usage by patients in a multimodal, interd...

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Veröffentlicht in:Permanente journal 2021-10, Vol.25 (4), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Kwon, Edward, Stange, Christopher, Reichlin, Katy, Vernon, Hamilton, Miyanari, Akira, Bier, Elizabeth, Beydoun, Hind, Kalish, Virginia
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Zusammenfassung:The complexity of chronic non-cancer pain in the setting of regulatory efforts to curb opioid usage presents a novel challenge for the medical community. Much of this burden falls on primary care clinics. We retrospectively quantified the reduction of opioid usage by patients in a multimodal, interdisciplinary, primary care clinic for chronic pain. A multimodal, interdisciplinary, chronic pain clinic embedded in a large academic military family medicine clinic operated one-half day weekly to address referrals from within the clinic at large. Appointment times were longer than typical primary care appointments. The clinic was equipped with support staff, ancillary specialty providers, and non-pharmacologic complementary treatment resources. A retrospective cohort review was conducted on 78 patients referred to this clinic from March 1, 2015 (the inception date of the clinic) through December 31, 2015. Fifty-four of 78 patients met inclusion criteria. Overall mean morphine equivalent daily dosing (MEDD) dropped from 31.5 MEDD to 20.5 MEDD (p = 0.0005) 12 months post-intervention and from 31.5 MEDD to 9.5 MEDD (p 
ISSN:1552-5775
1552-5767
1552-5775
DOI:10.7812/TPP/20.307