Call for public comment: Task Force recommends patient-centered approach to pain management

Update From the Office on Women's Health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Women’s Health is committed to sharing resources to help health professionals combat the opioid epidemic. HHS recently released recommendations to expand prescribing guidelines for naloxone in high-risk patients and announced the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force recommendations to improve clinical practice around pain management. You can find more information in the announcements below.

Call for public comment: Task Force recommends patient-centered approach to pain management

On December 28, 2018, the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force issued a draft report calling for individualized, patient-centered pain management to improve the lives of individuals who experience acute and chronic pain. The draft report includes proposed recommendations in several areas, such as clinical best practices/guidelines, approaches to acute and chronic care management, and pain treatment.

The complete list of proposed recommendations is available for review and public commentfor a 90-day period.

Read the Report