scholarly journals The HHS Pain Management Best Practice Inter-Agency Task Force Report Calls for Patient-Centered and Individualized Care

Pain Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguo Cheng ◽  
Molly Rutherford ◽  
Vanila M Singh
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Task Force Report ◽  
Individualized Care

Article Commentary: Defining New Directions for More Effective Management of Surgical Pain in the United States: Highlights of the Inaugural Surgical Pain Congress™

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girish P. Joshi ◽  
David E. Beck ◽  
Roger Hill Emerson ◽  
Thomas M. Halaszynski ◽  
Jonathan S. Jahr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
Inaugural Meeting ◽  
Surgical Pain ◽  
Wide Range

Despite advances in pharmacologic options for the management of surgical pain, there appears to have been little or no overall improvement over the last two decades in the level of pain experienced by patients. The importance of adequate and effective surgical pain management, however, is clear, because inadequate pain control 1) has a wide range of undesirable physiologic and immunologic effects; 2) is associated with poor surgical outcomes; 3) has increased probability of readmission; and 4) adversely affects the overall cost of care as well as patient satisfaction. There is a clear unmet need for a national surgical pain management consensus task force to raise awareness and develop best practice guidelines for improving surgical pain management, patient safety, patient satisfaction, rapid postsurgical recovery, and health economic outcomes. To comprehensively address this need, the multidisciplinary Surgical Pain Congress™ has been established. The inaugural meeting of this Congress (March 8 to 10, 2013, Celebration, Florida) evaluated the current surgical pain management paradigm and identified key components of best practices.

Pain in Older Patients

2019 ◽  
pp. 319-338
Author(s):  
Staja Q. Booker ◽  
Keela A. Herr
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Centered Care

Chapter 19 discusses the complexities of pain assessment and treatment in older adults and provides best practice recommendations for comprehensive pain management. Pain in older patients is a common, yet significant quality-of-life issue necessitating accurate assessment and safe multimodal treatment. The assessment and treatment of older adults in pain pose distinct challenges and unique opportunities to provide proactive and patient-centered care for a high-risk population with complex health needs. Thus, it is important that providers are prepared to identify these challenges and implement an effective and safe pain management plan.

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