The CP Research Network’s Adult Care quality improvement team greatly improved how often pain was assessed in adults over the last two years, surging from 24% to over 90% of visits at participating network sites. Now the group is planning the next important step in the systematic treatment of pain – classifying it accurately as a critical step to effective treatment. The clinician researchers will describe:
- The importance of assessing and treating pain in an adult CP clinic
- Our findings about pain to date from our Community Registry
- How pain is classified and why pain classification is important
- Our process for quality improvement in the care of pain in adults with CP
