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.
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...
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...
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...
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 six miles a day and didn’t know the meaning of the word “can’t”. My military service did leave me with some chronic pain...
An interview with Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH, Professor, UNM School of Medicine; Director, UNM Pain Center; Director, ECHO Institute, Pain, Substance Use and Public Health Programs Please provide a brief history and description of the University of New Mexico Pain...
The NCCAOM and ASA Acupuncture Medicine Cultural Competency Task Force (AMCCTF), co-chaired by Afua Bromley, MSOM, LicAc, Dipl Ac (NCCAOM), NCCAOM immediate past chair and LiMing Tseng, MAcOM, LicAc, Dipl OM (NCCAOM), ASA Board Member at Large, was formed to help...
This online and downloadable resource was developed as part of the ongoing work of the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management. This was a collaborative effort among the Spiritual Care subgroup members that initially met in 2018-19 after the...
An interview with Diane Flynn, MD, primary care physician at Madigan's Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center The Interdisciplinary Pain Management Centers (IPMC) at Madigan and at other Army Medical Centers were established in 2010 at the direction of the Army...
The codes are non-billable and allow chaplains to be part of the clinical count, nonbillable workload for VA. These codes will become effective on October 1, 2020. With more spiritual care provided in VA facilities, it will make a positive and meaningful difference in the lives of our Veterans.
Yoga Therapy’s Potential for Filling Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management (CIPM) Gaps in Underserved/Remote Locations An interview with Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, C-IAYT Dr. Taylor is an expert who has been involved in AACIPM’s efforts for many years. He brings...
AACIPM unites many stakeholders who are leading important work to advance whole person oriented, integrative and integrated pain management. This includes Duke University where many of their leaders are focused on changing the paradigm in how pain management is being...
Access to Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management for People in the Safety Net An interview with Sharad Kohli, MD You work at People’s Community Clinic – what kind of a clinic is this? People’s Community Clinic (PCC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)...
Finding comprehensive integrative pain management (CIPM) is as elusive as the prince finding his real princess who could feel the pea under the twenty mattresses! We are so grateful for the opportunity to share our lived experiences with the many stakeholders who...
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced substantial changes in many aspects of our lives, as witnessed by the soaring unemployment rate, oil prices sinking so low that companies actually were paying people to take oil from them, and the widespread shutdown of social...
Kavitha Reddy, MD, Whole Health System Clinical Director, Veterans Health Administration, was one of five presenters during the focus group facilitated by AACIPM and Midwest Business Group on Health on March 4 in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Reddy shared some exciting...
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...
Dr. Vanila Singh is one of AACIPM’s Advisory Committee members and a tireless advocate for patient-centered pain management. She has an important vantage point from her recent position as Chief Medical Officer at HHS and leading to completion the Best Practices Pain...