Category: Pain Management

Pain Management
Working Together Is Success: The Construct and Value of Pain Teams

Working Together Is Success: The Construct and Value of Pain Teams

Michele L. Matthews, Pharm.D., BCACP, CPE, FASHP

A successful interprofessional pain team depends on responsibility, accountability, cooperation, communication, and mutual trust and respect.

Pain Management
Taking the Pain out of Implementing Changes in Practice

Taking the Pain out of Implementing Changes in Practice

Timothy J. Atkinson, Pharm.D., BCPS, CPE

Take heed of these simple but proven strategies to overcome barriers in improving pain management and promoting safe use of opioids.

Pain Management
Long-Term Risks of Opioids - The Science, the Stories, and the Oath

Long-Term Risks of Opioids - The Science, the Stories, and the Oath

Lee A. Kral, Pharm.D., CPE

Long-term adverse effects of opioids are sneaky. Make sure you and your patients don't miss them!