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Pain and opioid policy geek. Fan of integrative approaches to pain management, patient-centered pain care.
Aug 30, 2018 18 tweets 4 min read
1/ Yesterday, Patrick Allen, the director of the Oregon Health Authority @OHAOregon published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/2wwOr9H, responding to an earlier op-ed from @slsatel and @StefanKertesz, regarding the OHA proposal for treating chronic pain. 2/ In the op-ed, Mr. Allen attributed a 17% decline between 2015 and 2016 in prescription opioid overdose deaths (best in the country) to a number of interventions, including prescribing guidelines and expanded coverage for non-pharmacological treatments for back and neck pain.