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Pain as a Fifth Vital Sign

An example of unintended consequences of misguided public policy, the Pain as a Fifth Vital Sign movement, which was started by the American Pain Society around 1995, resulted in public policy which pressured hospitals and healthcare providers to respond readily to pain complaints by users of the healthcare system as a quality measure. PAFVS was adopted by the ARHQ and Joint Commission and Veterans Health Administration around 2000.

The medical malpractice liability community fanned the flames of the resulting opiate epidemic when some patients were able to use the PAFVS policy to bring successful lawsuits against physicians and healthcare providers for not responding to their demands for narcotics and opiate pain medications.

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