ABSTRACT
Since its introduction in 1998, the VHA National Pain Management Strategy has introduced and implemented a series of plans
for promoting systems improvements in pain care. We present the milestones of VHA efforts in pain management as reflected
by the work of the Strategy. This includes the development of the Strategy and its current structure as well as a review of
important initiatives such as “pain as the fifth vital sign” and the stepped care model of pain management.
for promoting systems improvements in pain care. We present the milestones of VHA efforts in pain management as reflected
by the work of the Strategy. This includes the development of the Strategy and its current structure as well as a review of
important initiatives such as “pain as the fifth vital sign” and the stepped care model of pain management.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Practice and Public Health Policy
- Pages 1-9
- DOI 10.1007/s13142-011-0094-3
- Authors
- Robert D Kerns, PRIME Center/11ACSLG, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Errol J Philip, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Allison W Lee, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
- Patricia H Rosenberger, PRIME Center/11ACSLG, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Journal Translational Behavioral Medicine
- Online ISSN 1613-9860
- Print ISSN 1869-6716