Tanner Health System News
Patients who turn to Tanner Health System’s emergency departments for chronic pain medications will receive help—if not a prescription—from a new pain management policy now in place. As rising levels of prescription drug abuse become a national problem and draw increasing concern from local law enforcement agencies, Tanner hopes the new policy will help both residents who may have an addiction to prescription pain medication and those who are living with untreated chronic pain. “As physicians, we’re goi...
For people who live with pain, relief can be fleeting. Effective pain management requires a comprehensive approach to the conditions that are causing pain, as well as interventional therapies and treatments that provide lasting relief. Tanner Pain Management Center, which temporarily suspended operations in late June, is once again serving patients with the arrival of two physicians who specialize in pain management: Hans Miller, MD, and Hess Panjeton, MD. Dr. Miller earned his medical degree from the M...