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.
Both ‘exemplary’ pain programs focus on improving access to care in medically underserved communities and integrating with primary care The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Duke Orthopaedic Surgery are announcing the release of two exciting new studies on...
AACIPM Promotes Deeper Understanding During Pain & Self Care Awareness Month In honor of Pain and Self Care Awareness Month, AACIPM spent the month of September collaborating with our partners to spread awareness and deepen connections and understanding regarding...
New Study Proves Benefits of Teaching Patients Self Care, Provider Education Available A recent study of 263 adults with chronic low-back pain has shown that patients who take a single 2-hour pain relief skills class show clinically meaningful reductions in pain...
AACIPM is pleased to share that the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery have released the second of four case studies emanating from their 2020-21 Roundtable on Integrated Pain Management. Their second case study...
Dr. John Maye is a Professor and Pain Management Concentration Director for the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. He retired from the United States Navy in 2015 at the rank of Captain after serving for 27 years. A Navy Certified Registered Nurse...
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...
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...
We asked AACIPM Advisory Committee member, Patricia Herman, ND, PhD, Senior Behavioral Specialist, RAND Corporation, why this series was created. "Our hope was to provide some real-world information to payers regarding how patients use ongoing provider-based care for...
On August 31, 2020, the National Governors Association (NGA) released a new report, “Expanding Access to Non-Opioid Management of Chronic Pain: Considerations for Governors.” In an effort to equip governors with the tools they need to confidently safeguard patients...
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The George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health will host its 15th Annual GWish Art of Presence Healthcare Renewal Retreat on September 25-27, 2020, 10:00am-2:00pm EDT. Target Audience: Doctors, Nurses, Chaplains, Social Workers, Psychologists--All...
Prepared by Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW, Senior Practice Associate, National Association of Social WorkersThe National Association of Social Workers held its 2020 NASW Virtual Conference on June 15th-17th. The theme of this year’s event was Social Workers Make a...
Leveraging Shared Interest in Advancing Person-Centered Pain ManagementOn May 13-14, 2020, AACIPM facilitated its first online symposium titled, Innovation & Progress in Person-Centered Pain Management. Over 950 individuals who represented different stakeholder...
by Denise Giambalvo, VP at MBGH and Amy Goldstein, Director at AACIPM The Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (AACIPM) and the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) convened its first Health Care Purchasers Focus Group on March 4 in...
Dr. Jeffery Dusek is the Director of Research, Connor Integrative Health Network, University Hospitals, Cleveland OH and an Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. He also serves as the...
AACIPM and pain care advocates will present during the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Annual Conference in June. The presentation - "Best Practices at the Intersection of Pain Management, Opioid Use and Mental Health" - will bring together three...
By: Adam Seidner, M.D., M.P.H., CMO, The Hartford On February 5th I participated in the Implementing Integrated Pain Management: Lessons from North Carolina Health Systems and Beyond conference at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. Participants came together...
This interactive and dynamic pre-congress workshop will take place at the 2020 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 28. AACIPM's director, Amy Goldstein, will join esteemed colleagues to focus on what participants can...
On February 5, a group of key stakeholders, including Amy Goldstein, Director, AACIPM and many of our Advisory Committee members and other participating leaders, will convene in Durham, NC, as the first of a 3-part program as part of the Duke School of Medicine Opioid...
Published by Integrator Blog News & Reports The Integrator Blog News & Reports annually marks the winter solstice with a Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine—and AACIPM is #2. In the selection of the Top 10, “the accent is on...
This opinion piece is authored by two of AACIPM's advisory and planning committee members. This was published in Morning Consult on December 13, 2020. With more than 47,600 Americans dying from opioid overdoses in 2017 alone, our nation’s opioid crisis is...