Empower Veterans Program (EVP): a chronic pain management program demonstrates positive outcomes among veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain is a highly prevalent health condition among veterans. Traditional pharmacological interventions present unique challenges for chronic pain management including prescription opioid addiction and overdose. In alignment with the 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act and VA's Stepped Care Model to meet veterans' pain management needs, the Offices of Rural Health and Pain Management, Opioid Safety, and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMOP) funded an enterprise-wide initiative to implement a Step 3 integrated tele-pain program: Empower Veterans Program (EVP). EVP provides veterans with chronic pain self-care skills using a whole health driven approach to pain management.

Objectives

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act prompted the str

SUBMITTER: Haun JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155644 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature