Some of your patients may benefit from conservative pain management strategies. Some need help reducing their disability from acute or chronic MSK conditions.
Collaboration helps to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time by the right provider. The most common type of collaboration between chiropractors and primary care providers occurs through referral and clinical reporting.
As a referring physician, or other primary care provider, you can expect your patients to receive;
For more information on collaborating with chiropractors in the healthcare system, read Ontario’s Chiropractors Partnering in Primary Health Care.
For a look at ‘the right care at the right time by the right provider’ model of care in action, read What to understand about chronic pain in the Globe and Mail.
In addition to practice-based care delivery in North York, Dr. Weisberg is one of the clinicians fulfilling the role of Advanced Practice Provider with the ISAEC program in Mississauga-Halton. These Interprofessional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics are designed for patients, and reinforce their relationship with their Primary Care Provider. To better understand this proven, innovative, upstream inter-professional model of spine care, read the Toronto Star profile Renowned spine surgeon is transforming the way Ontario deals with back pain .
For evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and best-practices
in musculoskeletal management:
Read the Neck Associated Disorders clinical practice guideline.
Read the Low Back Pain clinical practice guideline.
