Optimizing telehealth pain care after COVID-19

David J Tauben^{1

2}, Dale J Langford¹, John A Sturgeon¹, Sean D Rundell^{3

4}, Cara Towle⁵, Christina Bockman⁶, Michael Nicholas⁷

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine.
² Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
³ Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine.
⁴ Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁶ Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁷ Pain Management Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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David J Tauben et al. Pain. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;161(11):2437-2445.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002048.

David J Tauben^{1

2}, Dale J Langford¹, John A Sturgeon¹, Sean D Rundell^{3

4}, Cara Towle⁵, Christina Bockman⁶, Michael Nicholas⁷

¹ Departments of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine.
² Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
³ Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine.
⁴ Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁶ Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
⁷ Pain Management Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

J.A. Sturgeon is a scientific advisory board member for TribeRx. All other authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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