Short Diary with a link to the actual document which I warn you is huge !
Below are a couple of excerpts from the email announcing the new document and hopefully the new strategy. I am still working my way through the document so no personal take as of yet.
To our members, volunteers and supporters,
U.S. Pain Foundation is excited to be able to provide you with the draft that has recently been released. U.S. Pain's National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg participated in a working group crafted as part of the study. The group comprised of individuals knowledgeable within the area of Prevention and Care.
We invite you to take a few moments to read through the plan in its entirety.
For those unfamiliar with the background of the National Pain Strategy, the concept began back in 2010, in response to a congressional mandate. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) contracted with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to undertake a study and make recommendations "to increase the recognition of pain as a significant public health problem in the United States." As a result, the Department of Health and Human Services, working through the National Institutes of Health, commissioned an IOM study to assess the state of pain care.
The National Pain Strategy looks at key areas of pain and pain care, including professional education and training, public education and communication, service delivery and reimbursement, prevention and care, disparities, and population research. It reflects the work of many offices. It also reflects input from scientific and clinical experts and pain patient advocates.
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So now with all of that here is the link
New Pain Strategy Doc.