Open AccessRapid design and implementation of a virtual pain management programme due to COVID-19: a quality improvement initiative
Author(s) -
Deborah Williams,
Gregory Booth,
Helen Cohen,
Anthony Gilbert,
Andrew J. Lucas,
Chloe Mitchell,
Gayatri Mittal,
Hasina Patel,
Tamsin Peters,
Mia Phillips,
Will Rudge,
Roxaneh Zarnegar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2049-4645
pISSN - 2049-4637
DOI - 10.1177/20494637211039252
Subject(s) - medicine , quality management , stakeholder , telemedicine , telehealth , pain management , nursing , physical therapy , operations management , health care , management system , public relations , political science , economics , economic growth
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the delivery of face-to-face pain services including pain management programmes in the United Kingdom with considerable negative impact on patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. We aimed to develop and implement a remotely delivered pain management programme (PMP) using video-conferencing technology that contains all the core components of a full programme: the 'virtual PMP' (vPMP). By reporting on the process of this development, we endeavour to help address the paucity of literature on the development of remote pain management programmes.