The Opioid Epidemic has created a great rift between patients and providers. 45% of doctors are worried that prescribing opiods will lead to prosecution and malpractice. 51% of doctors not comfortable prescribing opiods for pain. This creates patients with inadequate pain relief, and disenchanted medical providers with low job satisfaction.

Hospital Administrators who implement Hospital-Based Pain Management, receive great appreciation and support from their Community, their Patients, and their Medical Staff. In fact, most Hospitals experience a significant improvement in Primary Care and Emergency Medical Staff Retention.

Catherine Hwang, Lydia Turner, Stefan Kruszewski, Andrew Kolodny, Caleb Alexander. Prescription Drug Abuse – A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians. JAMA Internal Medicine, February 2015.

Carole Upshur, Roger Luckmann, Judith Savageau. Primary Care Provider Concerns about Management of Chronic Pain in Community Clinic Populations. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2006.