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What is a pain center?
Bulletin of the Los Angeles Neurological Societies
|October 1, 1976
Summary
A comprehensive pain center requires outpatient and inpatient services, a chronic pain unit, research facilities, and teaching affiliations. This multidisciplinary approach enhances pain management and research.
Area of Science:
- Pain Medicine
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Education
Background:
- Effective pain management requires a structured, multidisciplinary approach.
- Current models may lack integration across different patient needs and research endeavors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline the essential components of an ideal interdepartmental pain center.
- To propose a model integrating clinical care, research, and education.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework development.
- Literature review on existing pain management models.
- Expert consensus on core service requirements.
Main Results:
- The proposed model includes: outpatient pain clinic, inpatient pain service (for intractable and cancer pain), psychotherapeutically-oriented chronic benign pain unit.
- Essential components also include dedicated facilities for clinical and basic pain research.
- Affiliations for a robust teaching program are critical for future pain specialists.
Conclusions:
- A comprehensive, interdepartmental pain center model is proposed.
- Integration of specialized clinical services, research, and education is key to advancing pain management.
- This model aims to improve diagnosis, treatment, and research for diverse pain conditions.