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8 Future Directions
Pages 77-80

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... Daniel Cherkin suggested in his concluding remarks that the field is in the midst of moving "from a thousand points of blight to a thousand points of light." The points of blight are well recognized, he said, including the tremendous toll of the opioid epidemic, the continued suffering of people in pain despite the availability of treatment approaches that can relieve suffering, inadequate clinician training, poor understanding of evidence 77
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From page 78...
... Eric Schoomaker added that although people in the conventional health care world might see efforts to expand the use of complementary and integrative health approaches as an attempt to build an alternative universe, in reality the aim is to integrate emerging disruptive technologies, some of which are 4,000 years old, into conventional practice. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVING FORWARD Cherkin predicted that the workshop would imbue participants with energy and confidence to take their good work in this area to the next level, knowing that they can call on other participants for advice, support, and collaboration.
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... In the closing moments of the workshop, David Shurtleff urged workshop participants to take advantage of the major programs and initiatives already in place to help move these ideas forward.1 1Shortly after this workshop, 30 new funding opportunities aimed at evaluating the full spectrum of strategies for pain management were announced as part of the NIH HEAL Initiative. For more information on the NIH HEAL funding opportunities, see https://www.nih.
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