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Montana physicians urge team-based approach to persistent pain, call it a public-health issue
Summary
Panelists at a Missoula physician conference said chronic (persistent) pain should be treated as a public-health problem and urged coordinated, interdisciplinary teams that emphasize behavioral care, movement therapy and care coordination over single interventions.
At a physician panel in Missoula, Montana, several clinicians said chronic (persistent) pain should be treated as a public-health problem and urged hospitals and clinics to build interdisciplinary teams that prioritize care coordination and behavioral services over isolated procedures.
Dr. Randall Seacrest, medical director of the Montana Spine and Pain Center in Missoula, said the region is “viewing chronic pain now as a public health issue,” and argued that successful clinics must build systems that extend care into the community. “Pain care boils down to about 90% coordination of care and about 10% expertise,” Seacrest said.
Panelists described common team components: a clinician experienced in chronic pain (physiatry, anesthesia or an interested primary-care doctor), behavioural health specialists, physical and…
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