Powerful Pain Management Strategies: Communication Tools to Successfully Assess Pain and Dramatically Increase Patient Satisfaction 2018

Topics

• An effective three-step process to assess, plan and manage a patient`s pain. The process can be easily implemented to improve compliance
• Surefire methods of communicating with inpatients experiencing acute pain and outpatients experiencing chronic pain
• The commonly used "1-10 pain scale" is not enough; this session focuses on a more detailed, yet simple to administer method
• How to avoid patients from becoming angry and frustrated regarding their pain management. (Once a patient`s situation escalates to this level of emotional intensity, it will very difficult to change their perceptions; prevention is the key!)
• Communicating with patients about non-pharmaceutical methods of pain management. Also, the session will cover how to effectively discuss blending the two types of management to increase compliance

Who should Attend

• Hospital Administrators (including Medical Directors, Risk Management Professionals and Patient Experiences Officers)
• Pain Management Specialists
• Quality Control Professionals
• Medical Office Practice Managers
• Nursing Directors
• Legal Representatives of Healthcare Organizations
• Any Administrative or Clinical Professional with Direct Patient Contact
• Physicians