James Fricton, DDS, MS: The Significance of Transformative Care

At PAINWeek 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, James Fricton, DDS, MS, University of Minnesota and HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, discussed how relevant transformative care is among patients with chronic pain.

Fricton highlighted research that explained that if someone has pain for one month, despite treatment, the majority of people still have pain five years later. He and his team want to prevent that progression.