Practice Management
It’s been more than a year since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that opioids not be used to treat chronic back pain. Unfortunately, too many prescribers have yet to get the message, according to new data from an NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll. The data, reflecting the experiences of 3,002 patients participating in a telephone survey, show that 40% of the visits to a doctor for low back pain ended with a …
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Urgent message: Do not be fooled by the diagnosis made by clinicians before you. Many seemingly benign symptoms can be harbingers of more serious pathology. JESSICA HOFFMANN, MS-4, and JOHN SHUFELDT, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP Chronic back pain is a common presentation in both the urgent care and emergency department (ED) settings. Care-on-demand providers often find themselves deciding how extensive a workup to do for a patient with acute-on-chronic back pain. After a patient has …
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