Thanks to Julie Fritz and her team for pulling us in on this one.

And some examples how NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory and NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory trials are trying to address this important topic...

Please join tomorrow, 1/9/24, as Drs. Diana Burgess and colleagues present the VA HSR SoPM on their latest Rural Veterans Health research (RAMP) VA Research NIH NCCIH UMN Medicine University of Minnesota Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research VA EXTEND QUERI
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Register Here: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/

Please join Robert Kerns, Brian Coleman & Emma Beisheim-Ryan as they present Defense Health Agency 's Clinical Communities Speaker Series (CCSS) tomorrow 10/26/23. @varesearch NIH NCCIH @deptvetaffairs Defense Health Agency #veteranshealth #pain #research
Register here: dhaj7-cepo.com/content/oct-20…

Please join us 10/3/23 as @drbob52 presents the VA HSR SoPM on NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory: Updates, lessons learned, and future directions. VA Research NIH NCCIH Veterans Affairs Defense Health Agency #varesearch #veteranshealth
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Please join us 10/3/23 as @drbob52 presents the VA HSR SoPM on NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory: Updates, lessons learned, and future directions. VA Research NIH NCCIH Veterans Affairs Defense Health Agency #varesearch #veteranshealth
Register: hsrd.research.va.gov/cyberseminars/

Please join Joseph Ali for today's VA HSR Cyber Seminar on Advancing Justice and Equity in Pragmatic Clinical Trials today at 11am EST. Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics VA Research NIH NCCIH #pain #veteran Click here to register: veteransaffairs.webex.com/webappng/sites…

September is #PainAwarenessMonth . We and other Institutes and Centers NIH will share news about pain research and resources for people living with pain throughout the month. Look for the hashtag #NIHPainProgress and follow us so you won’t miss anything!

The Pain Management Collaboratory pragmatic clinical trials are advantaged by their enactment in Veterans Affairs due to a strong clinical research infrastructure, advanced EHR and support for researchers for data access and sharing, and engaged patient care partners NIH NCCIH

Veterans who receive chiropractic care are less likely to take opioids in the following year. Nice work by friend and colleague Tony Lisi! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Lindsay Ballengee and colleagues describe how detailed input from patients and partners allowed them to improve the design of their pragmatic pain control trial. Durham VA Center of Innovation, Duke MSK, Nicki Hastings MD, @lballengee, NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory SCTorg
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The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics's Joe Ali, a longtime member of our Ethics and Regulatory Core, will lead a VA HSR Spotlight in Pain Management webinar, 'Advancing Justice and Equity in Pragmatic Clinical Trials.' Registration is required. Learn more. ↘️ bit.ly/3DS1dTe

I am extremely proud that over two-thirds of VA hospitals in the CMSGov annual Quality Star Ratings received 4 or 5 stars compared w/ 41% of non-VA hospitals. Proof that we are not only the largest integrated health care system in the US—we are the best. military.com/daily-news/202…

Great news! Please consider this as an opportunity to join a strong community with shared interests in promoting evidence-based pain care for Veterans and military service members and their families. Check out painmanagementCollaboratory.org for more information about the NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory.

Color me surprised! Not! Exercise and cognitive behavior therapy are among several safe alternatives. “Don’t take back pain lying down” Robert Kerns Opioids are no better than a placebo for back pain: Study - ABC News via ABC News - abcnews.go.com/Health/opioids…

Exciting stuff happening. I hope some of you will be interested in this presentation about the NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory.

New draft guidance from NICE - Exercise over analgesics for osteoarthritis. thelancet.com/journals/lanrh…

Glad to have David Shurtleff and NIH NCCIH take the lead on addressing this public health crisis.

The second lecture in our spring 2023 virtual integrative medicine lecture series is coming up on June 15. Dr. Tonya M. Palermo of UW Medicine will speak on prevention and management of chronic pain in children and adolescents. Register now. #NCCIHtalk . bit.ly/3p3GGao

Looking forward to sharing an update on the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory. NIH-DoD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory NIH NCCIH VA HSR

New funding opportunities available to study pain that impacts Canadian Veterans through the Veterans Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence
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