Lunch & Learn Series: Focusing on the "Demand-Side" of Opioids and Chronic Pain

When
19 Oct 2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
WEBINAR

Registration

AzPHA Members
AzPHA Membership + Webinar Access – $75.00
Non-Members – $35.00

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About the Presenter:

UPCOMING WEBINAR! Focusing on the "Demand-Side" of Opioids and Chronic Pain | Thursday, October 19, 2017 | 12:00 PM

Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow is a Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Medical Director for the Arizona Department of Health Services' Bureau of EMS and Trauma System. Dr. Bobrow is the associate director of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the University of Arizona. In addition to his extensive research on CPR and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Bobrow's focus is on mitigating the epidemics of chronic pain and opioid abuse, and improving EMS wellness and resiliency. His focus on helping people understand and utilize their enormous innate potential to "heal from within" using effective non-pharmaceutical approaches. Dr. Bobrow serves as the Director of Pain Management at San Carlos Apache Healthcare where he both learns from his patients and helps them manage their main through culturally sensitive approaches. In 2016, he was named by Phoenix Magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in healthcare in the Valley of the Sun.

Webinar Description: Since the 1990's, the use of opioids increased by an order of magnitude and despite significant increases in medical treatments (imaging, medications, and procedures) for conditions such as back and neck pain, joint pain, headaches, and abdominal pain, population disability rates have not improved. Chronic pain now affects an estimated 1000 million Americans and costs our nation roughly $635 billion/year in medical expenses and lost productivity. More importantly, opioid misuse/abuse and chronic pain are destroying lives, families, and communities. The two public health problems of opioids and chronic pain are intertwined and we all have a vital role in play in improving this state of affairs.

Please join us as Dr. Bobrow presents current public health efforts to thwart two of the largest national public health epidemics of our generation. The reality is that it won't be quick or easy, and will require an in-depth understanding and sustained, systematic approach to both issues. Changing our opioid misuse and chronic pain trajectories requires a major shift in mindset in which we simultaneously focus our attention and resources not only on the supply side but also just as resolutely on the demand side. You won't want to miss this presentation.