10/01/2020

Clinical Compass Fall 2020 Update

MAC Members Can Access Clinical Compass’ Awesome Evidence-Based Resources, At No Charge – Just for Being A MAC Member

Louis S. Crivelli II, DC, MS, FICC

Chair, Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters

The Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters (CCGPP) was formed in 1995 to improve patient outcomes by advancing evidence-based care. Clinical Compass collaborates with every major chiropractic organization, state associations, individual chiropractors, and other healthcare providers interested in providing the best, most evidence-based care to their patients, translating findings into easily usable tools – the Chiropractic Clinical Compass. For more information, click here, and see the Fall 2020 edition of the MAC’s eJournal.

Be sure to check out the article on page 30, which shows how MAC members can access Clinical Compass’ awesome evidence-based resources, at no charge – just for being a MAC member!

Since November 2019, the Clinical Compass has been very productive.  

We have written, funded, or contributed to the following publications:

• Best-Practice Recommendations for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Neck Pain – December 2019 in JMPT
• Presented as an ACA webinar
• Accepted for the 2020 ACC-RAC conference
• 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
• Impact of Chiropractic Care on Use of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Spinal Pain – March 2020 in Pain Medicine
• Chiropractic in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era – June 2020 in the Asia Pacific Chiropractic Journal
• Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline – July 2020 in JACM
• Clinical Compass Anti-Racism and Solidarity Statement – August 2020
• Chiropractic Care of Adults With Postpartum-Related Low Back, Pelvic Girdle, or Combination Pain: A Systematic Review – August 2020 in JMPT

In addition, here are some of our other accomplishments and current projects: 

• The current CPG we are working on will deal with Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in the Chiropractic Setting.
• A member of the National Black Chiropractors Association (NACA) 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 North Dakota.
• Evidence Center updates have recently been made with a new look, feel, and better functionality to the website.
• Over 10 state associations have supported us as Donor Organizations, granting their memberships FREE access to our Evidence Center (This includes the MAC. Click here and see the article on page 30 for more information.).
• Increased Social Media and fundraising activity through Facebook.
• Increased fundraising activity through Amazon Smile.  If you shop with Amazon, you can support our work by signing up here. You have access to the same Amazon products, prices and services, but 0.5% of your eligible purchases will be donated to the CCGPP Clinical Compass. 
• 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.
• We recently sent our second of five annual contributions to support the Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL) in their efforts to develop a global network of chiropractic researchers.  

I am so proud of the work we are doing and look forward to our future! If you have questions or comments, they can be directed to CCGPP Clinical Compass at ccgpp@sc.rr.com. Thank you for your interest and your support.

National grad Dr. Louis Crivelli is Chair of the Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters. He is the Maryland delegate for the ACA and has served in numerous leadership roles for the Maryland Chiropractic Association. He was voted Maryland’s Chiropractor of the Year for 2016 and 2018. In addition to his practice and his work with the MCA and the ACA, he has been training and educating CAs for more than a decade. He is the developer, chief instructor, and coordinator of the Maryland Chiropractic Association’s Chiropractic Assistant program. He is member of the ACA’s Council on Forensic Sciences, the Association for the History of Chiropractic, the Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association, and the American College of Nutrition.