The Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry allows physicians to gauge pain management treatment at the Pain Management Center at Stanford Health Care, according to Pain Medicine News.
Here are five things to know:
1. The registry currently contains 15,000 unique patients, 64,000 visits and 40,000 follow-up visits.
2. CHOIR has transformed how pain management is handled at Stanford's Pain Management Center. Data informs treatment choices, tracks treatment results and ultimately empowers patients.
3. CHOIR creator and past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Sean Macket, MD, PhD, said, "CHOIR allows us to answer the most basic question: Are we getting our patients better?... We can answer that with data that is of importance for both the clinician and patient. Without quality data, we are all just doctors with opinions."
4. The platform is used in primary care, orthopedics, interventional radiology and psychology clinics.
5. Dr. Mackey hopes to increase the number of CHOIR users and extend its use to smaller clinics.
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