Year: 2017
Resolution Number: 48
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status: Complete
Author(s): Gunjan Malhotra, MD, Jamie Clark, Kaitlyn Dobesh, and Shannon Paquette
Sponsor: Gunjan Malhotra, MD
On behalf of: Wayne County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS recommend that "pain as the fifth vital sign" be removed from the clinical practice environment and patient satisfaction surveys and assessments regarding pain as it pertains to quality and payment metrics; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS adopt as policy and advocate the position that "pain as the fifth vital sign" be eliminated from professional standards and usage; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS support and emphasize multidisciplinary/multimodality physician-led care, insurance coverage for non-pharmacologic approaches to addressing pain, and evidence-based methods for addressing acute and chronic pain.
RESOLVED: That MSMS recommend that "pain as the fifth vital sign" be removed from the clinical practice environment and patient satisfaction surveys and assessments regarding pain as it pertains to quality and payment metrics; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS adopt as policy and advocate the position that "pain as the fifth vital sign" be eliminated from professional standards and usage; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS support and emphasize multidisciplinary/multimodality physician-led care, insurance coverage for non-pharmacologic approaches to addressing pain, and evidence-based methods for addressing acute and chronic pain.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Pain as a Vital Sign and the Opioid Epidemic
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