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Low-Back Pain Implementation Collaborative

The Washington Health Alliance worked with 32 participants from an array of stakeholder groups, to establish a clear guideline for treatment —the Acute Low-Back Pain Care Pathway. The aim of this new standard of care is to limit unnecessary imaging, surgery and prescribing of opioids, which waste over ten million annually in Washington.

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