Multispecialty Opioid Risk Reduction Program Targeting Chronic Pain and Addiction Management in Veterans

Ivana A Vaughn; Rebecca Beyth; Mary Lynn Ayers; Joseph E Thornton; Rajiv Tandon; Ted Gingrich; Stephen A Mudra

Multispecialty Opioid Risk Reduction Program Targeting Chronic Pain and Addiction Management in Veterans

Fed Pract. 2019 Sep;36(9):406-411.

Authors

Ivana A Vaughn¹, Rebecca Beyth¹, Mary Lynn Ayers¹, Joseph E Thornton¹, Rajiv Tandon¹, Ted Gingrich¹, Stephen A Mudra¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Research Scientist at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. is the Associate Director for Clinical Innovation at the North Florida/South Georgia Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center. is a Clinic Chief, Anesthesia Pain Medicine; and is Chief, Primary Care Pain Management; both at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. is a VISN 19 Lead Physician Primary Care and a staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Denver. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Ted Gingrich is a Courtesy Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, and Rebecca Beyth is a Professor of Medicine, all at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. Mary Lynn Ayers is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus. is a Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University School of Medicine.

PMID: 31571808
PMCID: PMC6752814

Abstract

A primary care pain clinic and telehealth program manages veterans at high-risk for noncancer chronic pain and addiction, offering education and support to multidisciplinary health care providers to reduce dependence on high-level opioids.