Topics covered:
- Initiating contact with a patient's prescribing health care professional
- Clues your patient may provide to help you approach their MD or NP
- When to contact a patient's prescribing health care professional
- Report/update content and tone that resonates with a patient's MD or NP
- How coordinating care helped one patient reduce her opioid dependency (case study example)
- A Nurse Practitioner's role in care coordination
- Using the OCA’s Opioid and Pain Reduction Collaborative’s Chiropractors’ Toolkit to provide an informed referral and build rapport
- Ways to use OCA's Manual Therapy as an Evidence-Based Referral for Musculoskeletal Pain Clinical Tool, developed with the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP)
- Why now is the time for chiropractors to help address the opioid crisis
Key links discussed:
- Address the Opioid Crisis (OCA’s initiative)
- CEP- Manual Therapy as an Evidence-Based Referral for Musculoskeletal Pain Clinical Tool
- Chiropractor Toolkit to Address the Opioid Crisis
About Dr. Albert Scales:
Since 1981, chiropractor Dr. Albert Scales has treated many patients recovering from automobile accidents and workplace injuries, including many with opioid dependencies. He also served as a chiropractic consultant for WSIB Ontario’s Hamilton office for 10 years and has worked for 20 years as an Independent Medical Evaluator for automobile accident claims.
Dr. Scales is familiar with OCA’s Opioid and Pain Reduction Collaborative, having participated in a focus group to inform its development.
His multi-disciplinary practice is located at Lakeshore Chiropractic Group in St. Catharines, Ontario. He is also a chiropractic provider at Quest Community Health Centre.
Dr. Scales is the current president of the Niagara Chiropractic Society, a Rotarian, and received OCA’s Political Service Award in 2004 and its Community Services Award in 2001. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC).
We are taking a break in August for you to enjoy your summer but will be back on September 15, with an episode on How Extended Health Care Trends Affect Your Practice.