Acute Pain Management

Privacy rules to improve coordination of care, avoid discrimination in treatment.

Revisions to 2016 document focus on provider flexibility and unique circumstances of every prescribing decision

Experts agree that when it comes to combatting the opioid crisis, physicians need to shift their mindset and start focusing on data integrity.

Do you know the answers?

Study finds growth in three years after CDC guideline for primary care clinicians.

The CDC has called the proposed 2022 opioid guidelines voluntary and not intended to be an “inflexible standard.”

Mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement is unlike other mindfulness-based treatments and was found superior to supportive group psychotherapy for treating opioid misuse and pain.

There are obvious-and not so obvious-signs to look out for when it comes to drug-seeking patients

Some research shows the previous guideline may have led to the under-treatment of patients with chronic pain.