Clinical Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Kligler B, Bair MJ, Banerjea R, DeBar L, Ezeji-Okoye S, Lisi A, Murphy JL, Sandbrink F, Cherkin DC. Clinical Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 16-23. PMID: 29633133, PMCID: PMC5902342, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4323-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-pharmacological approachesVeterans Health AdministrationChronic musculoskeletal painPain careMusculoskeletal painChronic musculoskeletal pain conditionsLarge national healthcare systemMultimodal pain careMusculoskeletal pain managementVHA primary careMusculoskeletal pain conditionsNon-pharmacological strategiesNon-pharmacological therapiesStepped-care approachExercise/movement therapiesMental health settingsFrequency of treatmentHealth services researchSelf-management approachTeam-based approachVHA leadershipVHA OfficeMultimodal careOpioid usePain conditions