A multi-disciplinary pain clinic.
Provides assistance for South Health Campus surgical patients with pain that is difficult to manage or is expected to be difficult to manage. The service provides a bridge between acute in-hospital pain care and the medical home by providing multidisciplinary care and individualized pain care plans for patients both prior to surgery and for up to 6 months post- surgery.
This service improves patient care and outcomes by:
- reducing the incidence of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP)
- improving patient functional outcomes and quality of recovery post-surgery
- decreasing patient reliance on opioid medications via multi-modal analgesia and multidisciplinary pain management strategies