title: Acute Pain Management/Regional Anesthesia.
abstract: Effective and efficient acute pain management strategies have the potential to improve medical outcomes, enhance patient satisfaction, and reduce costs. Pain management records are having an increasing influence on patient choice of health care providers and will affect future financial reimbursement. Dedicated acute pain and regional anesthesia services are invaluable in improving acute pain management. In addition, nonpharmacologic and alternative therapies, as well as information technology, should be viewed as complimentary to traditional pharmacologic treatments commonly used in the management of acute pain. The use of innovative technologies to improve acute pain management may be worthwhile for health care institutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tedore
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Roniel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Witkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Giambrone
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Faggiani
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: pmf9003@med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fleischut
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Acute pain; Costs; Management; Patient satisfaction; Regional anesthesia