Patients with chronic pain should be managed by their primary care physician, not the emergency department. Our finding suggests that patients with chronic pain present in large numbers to our emergency departments. Primary care physicians should be encouraged to provide the appropriate management that would reduce the number of patients seen in EDs for their chronic pain.
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ACEP News: Vol 32 – No 01 – January 2013We also learned a little more about ourselves. Almost 7% of EMPRN members do not see pediatric patients. This is obviously more common in urban areas. About 56% participate in Physician Quality Reporting; 80% receive patient satisfaction scores on the patients they see, and 27% have some part of their compensation tied to their performance/quality measures.
If you are not a member of EMPRN and have 20 minutes a year to volunteer to your specialty, please go to ACEP.org/emprn and join today. Your voice is crucial to a better understanding of our practice. If you are a member of EMPRN, thank you. The new survey is available. All of the questions come from your suggestions.
Dr. Schneider and Dr. Sklar are project leaders for the EMPRN.
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