John Prunskis, MD, presidential appointee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Pain Management Best Practices Task Force, travelled to the white house to discuss solutions to the opioid crisis and other healthcare challenges on Nov. 4.
Four things to know:
1. Dr. Prunskis met with Joe Grogan, assistant to the President of the United States and director of the domestic policy council.
2. Other healthcare topics on the agenda were advances in regenerative medicine and EHR challenges, which have been linked to increasing levels of physician burnout as well as contributing to the opioid crisis.
3. The meeting was a follow-up to the HHS Pain Task Force's final report, which was submitted to Congress in May.
4. Dr. Prunskis is a fellow in interventional pain practice as well as CEO and medical director of Illinois Pain Institute in Elgin and The Regenerative Stem Cell Institute in Itasca, Ill.
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