Jessica DeFrank about chronic pain, reducing opioid use, research to action, risk tolerance, technology pre- and post-Covid, informed decision-making & families Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem 00:53. 1 Introducing Jessica DeFrank 02:07. 1 Pragmatic study explained 04:19. 2 INSPIRE study for management of chronic pain 06:46. 2 Technology pre- and post-Covid 10:15. 3 What about educating clinicians? 11:40. 3 Technology and COVID 14:18. 4 Barriers 17:14. 5 INSPIRE and technology 19:54. 5 Medication-free solutions 22:40. 6 Results in action (implementation) 23:54. 6 Risk Tolerance – risky business 27:48. 7 Informed decisions and family caregivers 37:06. 9 King for a day – equal access 40:05. 9 After INSPIRE 42:03. 10 Reflection 43:55. 10 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger Sponsored by Abridge Thanks to these fine people who inspired me for this episode: Lauren McCormack, Laura Marcial, Josh Richardson, David Edwards, Penney Cowan, Jessica Deary, CJ Rhoads Links Jessica DeFrank's research RTI International at the Center for Communication Science INSPIRE is a clinical trial, a pragmatic clinical trial that RTI leads Car with Four Flat Tires, a video released by the American  Chronic Pain Association Related podcasts and blogs Health Hats series about Chronic Pain Health Hats series about CDS: Choices About Your Health With Your Team About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge. Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements. Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Proem Why my fascination with chronic pain? So many people have it? Pain is often silent, hidden, personal, universal, misunderstood, devastating, mysterious, sapping,