AACIPM acts as a connector, even between staff at Health & Human Services (HHS) agencies, who tell us they appreciate being kept abreast of what each specific agency is doing as it relates to pain care. This section is intended to help synthesize HHS highlights,...
Resources
AACIPM website includes a repository of resources that support the mission to advance access to equitable, whole person, multimodal, guideline-concordant integrative pain management.
More resources and publications will be coming soon. If you have suggestions about relevant resources that should be included, please contact Amy Goldstein.
The Connector – July 2021
Understanding Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain AACIPM recently had a conversation with Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Geller, MD. We spoke to them about the new Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits, group medical visits for persons living with chronic...
Understanding Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain
AACIPM recently had a conversation with Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Geller, MD. We spoke to them about the new Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits, group medical visits for persons living with chronic pain, how group visits can address inequities in...
The Connector – June 2021
AACIPM Submits Second Response to AHRQ on Integrated Pain Management Programs Systematic Review On June 21, AACIPM submitted a collective response to AHRQ during the comment period for their systematic review related to integrated pain management programs. As you may...
Building a Repository of Exemplary Pain Management Programs
Duke Presents the First of Four Case Studies on Integrated Pain Management AACIPM is pleased to share that Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy and Duke Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine have released the first of four case studies emanating from their 2020-21...
Highlights from HHS Pain-Related Efforts – June 2021
AACIPM acts as a connector, even between staff at Health & Human Services (HHS) agencies, who tell us they appreciate being kept abreast of what each specific agency is doing as it relates to pain care. This section is intended to help synthesize HHS highlights,...
AACIPM Submits Second Response to AHRQ on Integrated Pain Management Programs Systematic Review
On June 21, AACIPM submitted a collective response to AHRQ during the comment period for their systematic review related to integrated pain management programs. As you may recall, AHRQ posted the proposed research protocol for Integrated Pain Management Programs...
Patient Online Survey Opportunity on Cannabinoids
Researchers from the University of Rochester and Harvard Medical School are conducting a survey to help better understand how people living with chronic pain feel about using cannabinoids, including marijuana and CBD, to treat their pain. They also want to learn how...
Bolstering Integrative Pain Workforce through Scholarships to UVM Conference
To grow and strengthen the CIPM workforce, particularly in underserved communities, AACIPM, in collaboration with Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the University of Vermont, provided 30 diverse practitioners with scholarships to attend The UVM Integrative...
The Connector – May 2021
Bolstering Integrative Pain Workforce through Scholarships to UVM ConferenceTo grow and strengthen the CIPM workforce, particularly in underserved communities, AACIPM, in collaboration with Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the University of Vermont,...
Advanced by Passage of CARA, Veterans Connected to Whole Health Increased by 193%
Thanks to a directive in CARA (2016), the Veterans Administration radically changed its approach to health care and is piloting the Whole Health Initiative in 18 sites.In April 2021, the Veterans Administration released initial findings from this pilot showing an...
The Connector – April 2021
Connecting the Dots: IOM (now NAM), CARA 3.0 and Whole Person, Multidisciplinary Pain Management by Amy Goldstein, MSW, Director, AACIPM Governmental policy has a significant impact on the way healthcare is provided, and CARA is one of the key policies impacting...
A Year Later: Talking about Telehealth with Twillman
The AACIPM team thought it would be interesting to ask Bob Twillman, PhD, FACLP, Pain Management Psychologist, Saint Luke's Health System, some follow up questions about how telehealth has evolved one year after his last post on the topic. Through the questions, we...
Connecting the Dots: IOM (Now NAM), CARA 3.0 and Whole Person, Multidisciplinary Pain Management
by Amy Goldstein, MSW, Director, AACIPM What is CARA and how does it relate to the work of AACIPM and whole health pain management?Let’s connect some dots to help our AACIPM readers understand how the federal policy called “CARA” is connected to our work, and to...
The Connector – March 2021
We are excited to announce that registration is open for this Integrative Pain Management Conference presented by UVM Integrative Health and hosted by the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This conference is uniquely designed to meet the...
Spotlight: Kate Nicholson and the National Pain Advocacy Center
an interview with Kate Nicholson, President & Founder, NPAC What is the National Pain Advocacy Center? The National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC) is new nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the health and human rights of people with pain. It is an...
How Pain Education Helped Me Go from My Wheelchair to Win a Medal in Less than a Year
In my November 2020 spotlight, “Patient Resources: Not Just for “Newbies,” I shared a bit of my 18+ year journey with chronic pain and my recent, miraculous improvement--along with my goal to walk a 5K. As AACIPM’s web developer, I have had the opportunity to learn...
Free Yoga Initiative Begins 3/6 + New Long COVID
Colleagues, This e-bulletin was developed with expert input from Body Politic, one of the partners of the just-announced Long COVID Alliance, in order to share an important initiative from one of our partners, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). ...
The Connector – February 2021
Report: Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Relevant Articles about Pain and A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia - Findings & Highlights Telehealth has become increasingly important in the past year and there are numerous pieces to...
AMA’s story Texas FQHC Develops Integrative Model for People with Pain | Advocacy Efforts to Improve Access
New story in American Medical Association’s microsite, End the Epidemic People with acute and chronic pain, especially those who are underserved, face significant challenges accessing person-centered, multidisciplinary, comprehensive integrative pain management. This...