RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Provision of Recommended Chronic Pain Assessment and Management in Primary Care: Does Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Make a Difference?
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 474
OP 481
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2016.04.160037
VO 29
IS 4
A1 Nancy Elder
A1 Michelle Penm
A1 Harini Pallerla
A1 Mary Beth Vonder Meulen
A1 Amy Diane Short
A1 Tiffiny Diers
A1 Ryan Joseph Imhoff
A1 Brendan Wilson
A1 Jill Martin Boone
YR 2016
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/29/4/474.abstract
AB Background: Chronic pain (CP) care in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model has not been well studied. We assessed whether PCMH recognition is associated with increased provision of key practice recommendations for CP assessment and management.Methods: Chart reviews were completed for 12 primary care practices affiliated with one health system in the Cincinnati Area Research and Improvement Group (CARInG). Recommendations were abstracted and compared based on PCMH status: 3 practices had received prior PCMH level 3 recognition, 5 were in an ongoing process of applying, and 4 had no recognition and were not applying.Results: A total of 485 charts were reviewed from 65 PCPs. Eight of 10 key recommendations were documented more often in the prior and ongoing PCMH cohorts, including assessing pain severity, function, psychosocial distress, and substance abuse, and using structured instruments for these assessments. There were fewer differences between the cohorts in the management of chronic opioids, with only the ongoing PCMH cohort having higher documentation for 5 of the 7 recommendations, including performing urine drug screens and using a structured instrument to assess for misuse.Conclusions: These findings support the usefulness of the PCMH model in managing patients with CP, but patient outcomes need to be addressed in future studies.