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Implementation of the Veterans Health Administration National Pain Management Strategy

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Since its introduction in 1998, the VHA National Pain Management Strategy has introduced and implemented a series of plans for promoting systems improvements in pain care. We present the milestones of VHA efforts in pain management as reflected by the work of the Strategy. This includes the development of the Strategy and its current structure as well as a review of important initiatives such as "pain as the fifth vital sign" and the stepped care model of pain management.

Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine

DOI: 10.1007/s13142-011-0094-3

Authors: Robert D Kerns, Errol J Philip, Allison W Lee, Patricia H Rosenberger

Institutions: Yale University, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Pain Management and Opioid Use

Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2029582040