Help Shape the New Neck Pain Best Practices Guideline
Editorial Staff
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The Clinical Compass (originally the Council on Guidelines and Practice Parameters – CCGPP) has issued a call for interested chiropractic clinicians to help shape a new best practices guideline for chiropractic care of neck pain. The Delphi method will be utilized, meaning it will solicit "the opinions of experts [that means you] through a series of carefully designed questionnaires interspersed with information and opinion feedback in order to establish a convergence of opinion."
According to The Clinical Compass, eligible doctors of chiropractic must possess at least five years of practice experience, and be capable of reading – and willing to read and consider – the scientific evidence with regard to the treatment of neck pain. The Compass will select Delphi panel members no later than Aug. 31, 2018, so if you are interested in participating, complete this form and email it with your curriulum vitae to Cathy Evans at cathyevans14@gmail.com at your earliest convenience.
The Clinical Compass explains the rationale underlying the necessity for this project as follows:
While we know Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's) are the holy grail of the research hierarchy, we also know that there is still a lot of work to do to understand our interventions and their subsequent outcomes for patients. Absence of evidence does NOT mean absence of effectiveness. The practical application? Recently two of the largest insurance companies made medical policy decisions EXCLUDING common treatments in a chiropractic office. Because there are no CPG's around these interventions, the insurance companies are inappropriately denying payment. A BPG [Best Practice Guideline] helps to solve these enormous injustices.
For additional information regarding this exciting opportunity, please review the following:
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Donald M. Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h), Publisher
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