Workforce Development to Improve Access to Pain Care for Veterans: A Qualitative Analysis of VA-ECHO Participant Experiences.

IF 1.5 Q3 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology Pub Date : 2022-09-07 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1177/23333928221124806
Soumya Subramaniam, Krysttel C Stryczek, Sherry Ball, Lauren Stevenson, P Michael Ho, David C Aron
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Background/objective: The prevalence of chronic pain and its links to the opioid epidemic have given way to widespread aims to improve pain management care and reduce opioid use, especially in rural areas. Pain Management Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Health Outcomes (VA-ECHO) promotes increased pain care access to rural Veterans through knowledge sharing from specialists to primary care providers (PCPs). We explored PCP participants' experiences in VA-ECHO and pain management care.

Methods: This qualitative study is based on a descriptive secondary analysis of semi-structured interviews (n = 10) and 3 focus groups with PCPs participating in VA-ECHO from 2017-2019. A rapid matrix analysis approach was used to analyze participants' responses.

Results: VA-ECHO was an effective workforce development strategy for meeting PCPs' training needs by providing pain management knowledge and skills training (eg alternative care approaches and communicating treatment options). Having protected time to participate in VA-ECHO was a challenge for many PCPs, mitigated by leadership and administrative support. Participants who volunteer to participate had more positive experiences than those required to attend.

Conclusions: VA-ECHO could be used for meeting the workforce development needs of PCPs. Respondents were satisfied with the program citing improvement in their practice and increased confidence in providing pain management care to Veterans despite some challenges to participation. These findings offer insight into using VA-ECHO to meet the VHA's workforce development to improve Veterans' access to pain management care. The ECHO model presents opportunities for workforce development in large complex healthcare systems and garnering ongoing support for this training model is necessary for promoting workforce development for PCPs.

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改善退伍军人疼痛护理的劳动力发展:VA-ECHO参与者经验的定性分析。
背景/目的:慢性疼痛的流行及其与阿片类药物流行的联系已经让位于改善疼痛管理护理和减少阿片类药物使用的广泛目标,特别是在农村地区。疼痛管理专业护理获取网络扩展社区健康结果(VA-ECHO)通过从专家到初级保健提供者(pcp)的知识共享,促进农村退伍军人获得更多的疼痛护理。我们探讨了PCP参与者在VA-ECHO和疼痛管理护理方面的经验。方法:本定性研究基于2017-2019年参与VA-ECHO的pcp半结构化访谈(n = 10)和3个焦点小组的描述性二次分析。采用快速矩阵分析方法分析参与者的反应。结果:VA-ECHO通过提供疼痛管理知识和技能培训(如替代护理方法和沟通治疗方案),是满足pcp培训需求的有效劳动力发展策略。对于许多pcp来说,有时间参加VA-ECHO是一项挑战,但在领导和行政支持下减轻了这一挑战。自愿参加的参与者比被要求参加的参与者有更多积极的经历。结论:VA-ECHO可以满足pcp的劳动力发展需求。受访者对该计划表示满意,称他们的实践有所改善,并增加了为退伍军人提供疼痛管理护理的信心,尽管参与其中存在一些挑战。这些发现为使用VA-ECHO来满足VHA的劳动力发展以改善退伍军人获得疼痛管理护理的机会提供了见解。ECHO模式为大型复杂医疗保健系统中的劳动力发展提供了机会,并且为这种培训模式获得持续支持对于促进pcp的劳动力发展是必要的。
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