A Paradigm Shift to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management Year-End Review 2020 AACIPM's 2020 Highlights Click on each topic to...
AACIPM News
AACIPM’s blog is designed to “Connect the Dots” to catalog relevant activities showing action to advance comprehensive integrative pain management. This might include a relevant meeting, a published article, a white paper, an innovative clinical program, a policy priority that is aligned, a presentation that references this topic, an example of CIPM in action, or more. We welcome your contributions to this blog—and to changing the paradigm for pain care. Please contact AACIPM Director, Amy Goldstein with questions or to submit your blog idea.
70+ Signed Response to AHRQ Protocol on Integrated Pain Management Programs
During Thanksgiving week, AHRQ issued a request for comment regarding their research protocol for integrated pain management programs. In response,...
Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Pain Treatment Plans Improves Patient Outcomes
Executive Summary of AACIPM’s November 2020 Symposium Taking a close look at how behavioral health can be effectively utilized as part of a...
Spotlight: Carolyn Noel, Webmaster, AACIPM
Patient Resources: Not Just for “Newbies” On April 23, 2002, my life completely changed – in an instant. Prior to that date, I was a Marine who ran...
CO Public Meeting with Insurance Commissioner Held on 10.21.20
AACIPM collaborated with stakeholders in support of CO House Bill 20-1085. “When patients are able to receive the types of care proposed in HB...
Aligning Shared Priorities for Equity in Access to Quality Pain Care
A summary of AACIPM's September symposiumDuring AACIPM’s fall symposium, Equity in Access to Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management for People...
Spotlight: Dr. Joanna Katzman on ECHO
An interview with Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH, Professor, UNM School of Medicine; Director, UNM Pain Center; Director, ECHO Institute, Pain,...
The Connector – Spotlight: Acupuncture Medicine Cultural Competency
The NCCAOM and ASA Acupuncture Medicine Cultural Competency Task Force (AMCCTF), co-chaired by Afua Bromley, MSOM, LicAc, Dipl Ac (NCCAOM), NCCAOM...
The Role of Spiritual Care in Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (CIPM)
This online and downloadable resource was developed as part of the ongoing work of the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain...
The Connector: Spotlight – Madigan Interdisciplinary Pain Management Centers
An interview with Diane Flynn, MD, primary care physician at Madigan's Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center The Interdisciplinary Pain...