The Clinical Compass Fall Progress Report

Published

The mission of the Clinical Compass is to improve patient outcomes by advancing evidence – based care in an effort to transform healthcare through knowledge translation. The Clinical Compass collaborates with every major chiropractic organization, many states and their respective associations, individual chiropractors, as well as other healthcare providers interested in providing the best, most evidence based care to their patients. Participation and process are as transparent as possible and a diverse cross-section of the chiropractic profession is represented.

Since November 2019, the Clinical Compass has written, funded, or contributed to numerous publications:

• Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) | December 2019
  • Best Practice Recommendations for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Neck Pain
    • Presented as an ACA webinar
    • Accepted for the 2020 ACC-RAC conference
• Journal of Chiropractic Humanities from ScienceDirect | December 2019
  • Cost-Efficiency and Effectiveness of Including Doctors of Chiropractic to Offer Treatment Under Medicaid: A Critical Appraisal of Missouri Inclusion of Chiropractic Under Missouri Medicaid
• Pain Medicine from Oxford Academic | March 2020
  • Impact of Chiropractic Care on Use of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain
• Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal | June 2020
  • Chiropractic in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
• Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine (JACM) | July 2020
  • Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline
• Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) | August 2020
  • Chiropractic Care of Adults With Postpartum-Related Low Back, Pelvic Girdle, or Combination Pain: A Systematic Review

Good News:

• A member of the National Black Chiropractors Association (NBCA) has been added to the Clinical Compass Board of Directors

• The Clinical Compass and its work were instrumental in reversing the restrictive pediatric chiropractic policy from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NorthDakota

• 2 Evidence Center updates with a new look, feel, and functionality to the website

• Over 10 state associations have supported us as Donor Organizations, granting their memberships FREE access to our Evidence Center

• Increased Social Media activity including fund raising through Amazon Smile and Facebook Fundraisers

• New research topics to be determined in conjunction with ChiroCongress with input from the state associations and practicing chiropractors alike.

• New Program in the works – Compass Speakers – have a member of the Clinical Compass speak at your convention.

• We are in the process of a Bylaws revision with updated policies and procedures

• Provided funding to the Carl II project with the North Dakota Chiropractic Association