tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post6744150957857675615..comments2023-12-01T00:19:28.295-08:00Comments on The Pained Ink Slayer: Make a Public Comment on the National Pain Strategy by Celeste CooperThe Pained Ink Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495729147432131238noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post-49617781507537855942015-05-24T11:16:31.083-07:002015-05-24T11:16:31.083-07:00EDSinfo. You are not alone in your comments. You m...EDSinfo. You are not alone in your comments. You may be interested to know that your concerns were addressed in a telephone conference between PAINS and our patient leladership group. Everyone who units wants measurable, evidence based tools for assessing chronic pain, patient outcome, and delivery of care. The NPS is just a start. They are taking comments from the community under advisement. I hope you sent your in. As with anything, building a tool is just the beginning. There is no doubt it will take many revisions for many years, but it is a start. There are advocates from the groups you mention that have already began thoughts and ideas as to how such a strategy will be funded and graded for its efficacy. You can view the many groups who are collaborating their efforts at SPPAN http://sppan.aapainmanage.org/, the US Pain Foundation http://www.uspainfoundation.org/about-us.html The American Chronic Pain Association ACPA.org PAINS painsproject.org and more which you can view links on my website under advoate http://CelesteCooper.com<br />I am but one, but I am gifted by knowing those who invest their time and commit themselves to making this a better world for those of us who live with chronic pain.The Pained Ink Slayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495729147432131238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post-65686130921338487942015-05-23T12:00:44.210-07:002015-05-23T12:00:44.210-07:00https://edsinfo.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/national-...https://edsinfo.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/national-pain-strategy-a-different-view/#comment-3520<br /><br />Not everyone "sees like a state"- your friends in the CPATF and AAPM, APS have failed ot consider the role of multimorbidty in pain care- which especially effects many elderly. Dr. Terman indicated he was disappointed about the NPS with regard to pediatric pain. No real evidence of knowledge of implementation science in the NPS.<br />Its regrettable that the NPS fails to reflect much in the way of what needs to be done to make pain care adequate. The fact that the NPS has no rela measurables, no proce tag- makes it one rough beast- and i say no one should buy a pig in apoke. MS Cooper who could deny that your community of practice are really the ones who will benefit from the NPS. And its unfortunate your colleagues intentionally left out the millions of Americans who are concerned about their own pain care.<br />When i write to your colleagues- they refuse to enegage in a dialogue- and no doubt, the same process will happen to those in pain when they want to dialogue wit their provider. The NPS will spread their careless managerialism onto people in pain ad further silence anyone in pain from being hears Prove me wrong Ms Copper- gather your colleageus and lets debate it openly in public- Ive been watching Dr Oz religiously and taking my whey powder- my dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is well methylated- and my mitochondrial criste density is real good.......pain care improvementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331312265419671120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post-74930014769220457332015-04-14T15:45:01.134-07:002015-04-14T15:45:01.134-07:00The Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National S...The Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy is speaking up through cooperation with the NIH and other important government agencies to change the way pain is perceived, judged and treated. I hope you will take a moment to see what's happening. Be sure to read the policy briefs too. This initiative is from the Center for Practical Bioethics. Myra Christopher sat on the IOM committee that drafted "Relieving Pain in America" and she is a dear friend. Never doubt people, including physicians, are working hard to change pain care in America. http://PAINSproject.orgThe Pained Ink Slayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495729147432131238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069533709334209690.post-77624229377998246622015-04-13T17:30:33.294-07:002015-04-13T17:30:33.294-07:00Healthy minded bias and Rockwellesque abound in th...Healthy minded bias and Rockwellesque abound in the health care industry-despite the many failure of medicie to improve quality or even wash their hands between patient visits. But the simple facts are the prevalence of pain is rapidly on the rise-and medicine doesnt even care to have a plan to address that. The NPS is just a thinly veiled occupational strategy with no clear goals. FOr example it calls for "reducing bias" in pain care- no mention of how much reduction we can expect. It doesnt call for mandating any doctor to have any education in pain care. THe biopsychosocial model they promote is underresearched and unproven.<br />Its unfortunate that once again Casey at the bat has strck out= modern medicine has failed to develop an energetic or convincing plan to substantially improve pain care- but since when did medicine care about peoples pain?pain care improvementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331312265419671120noreply@blogger.com