The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care gave
funding and support to the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) to develop,
implement, and evaluate a “consulting chiropractor” position within Ontario’s healthcare
system to work with medical doctors in treating low back pain. The incentive
was to improve the quality and delivery of appropriate care for low back pain,
which is an initiative the ministry identified as a major priority.
The objective of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility,
acceptability, and value of a healthcare model in which the consulting Doctor
of Chiropractic performs an assessment in a medical doctor’s office of a
patient suffering low back pain for the express purpose of offering advice,
education, and decision support to the medical doctor. The program is available
to patients suffering acute, recurring, or chronic low back pain.
Actual chiropractic care of low back patients was not
included in the program but collaboration between medical doctors and Doctors
of Chiropractic was reported to be helpful with strong evidence that medical
doctors benefited from the knowledge transfer.
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Perry Hall Chiropractic and Physical Therapy
8817 Belair Road
Perry Hall, MD 21236
410-256-9650
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