Alburaih A, et al. - Considering the challenges regarding caring for patients with chronic pain in Emergency Departments (EDs), researchers investigated the effect of an ED-based pain contract on the rate of ED visits among patients with frequent visits for pain not related to cancer in a rural setting. They performed a multi-ED, retrospective, before-and-after chart review and enrolled 314 patients (median age was 48) years, 185 (59%) of whom were female. A pain contract protocol was noted to significantly reduce the number of ED visits to multiple rural EDs.