April 8, 2020

Pain Management Best Practices from Multispecialty Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Crises

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

• Cohen et al provide a framework for pain practitioners and institutions to balance the often-conflicting goals of risk mitigation for health care providers, risk mitigation for patients, conservation of resources, and access to pain management services. The paper discusses general and interventional-specific risk mitigation, patient flow issues and staffing plans, telemedicine options, triaging recommendations, strategies to reduce psychological sequelae in health care providers, and resource utilization.

Cohen et al. (April 7 2020). Pain Management Best Practices from Multispecialty Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Crises. Pain Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa127