Cutting the red tape surrounding pain control
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, NJ, has awarded the University of Wisconsin Pain and Policy Studies Group in Madison $750,000 for a project that will examine regulatory barriers to effective pain management.
"To improve care at the end of life, we must remove barriers to pain and symptom management," says Rosemary Gibson, senior program officer. "We hope that this initiative will create a productive dialogue between regulators and the physicians who are most experienced in the effective use of opioids for pain management a dialogue focused on ensuring that opioid use is based on patients’ needs, not regulatory concerns."
The grant will provide workshops and technical assistance for state medical boards, surveys of attitudes both before and after the project, a national survey of pharmacists to assess their knowledge and attitudes about pain management, a review of current data on opioids as a source of any known drug abuse problem, and establishment of a resource database and Web site on pain management and public policy.
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