2A Implementation of a Primary Care-Based, Interdisciplinary Approach: Insights from the Interdisciplinary Team

Evidence demonstrates that optimal management of complex, chronic pain must be patient-centered, interdisciplinary, evidence-based, foster skill development that enhances confidence in core self-management skills, and embedded within primary care. The Pain Program for Active Coping and Training (PPACT), a multi-site pragmatic clinical trial, exemplifies this approach by placing nurses and behavioral health specialists at the center of an interdisciplinary team, who utilized the aforementioned approaches in collaboration with primary care providers.

Source: Pain Management Nursing - April 1, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Lindsay Lancaster Benes Source Type: research