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documentation to prevent pain and symptomsAuthor: gailcousineau
Date: Oct 4, 2007 8:18 pm
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You can use this as a guide for documenting a comprehensive program of assessment, intervention, and quality improvement around pain management. Routine palliative care goes a long way towards meeting JC standards. Although prevention of pain is not emphasized by Medicare or JC, Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and JCAHO's pain requirements would be generally supportive of documentation of symptom prevention... eg routine laxatives ordered and administered to prevent opioid-induced constipation.
Best,
Michael Rabow, MD, Assoc Director, UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center