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2008-2009 Meetings |
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Dates
November 18, 2008
January 13, 2009
March 10, 2009
Time
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location
American Pain Foundation
201 N. Charles Street,
Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21212-4111
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Links
Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
http://www.aspi.wisc.edu
ASPI is a network of state-based Pain
Initiatives, organizations that work to
overcome barriers that impede pain relief
through education, advocacy and
institutional
improvement. Many State Pain Initiatives
offer information and resources to help
advocate for better pain care.
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org
Nationwide, community-based voluntary
health organization that is committed to
fighting cancer through research,
education, patient service, advocacy, and
rehabilitation. It provides health
information and support for patients,
families, friends and professionals.
American Chronic Pain Association
http://www.theacpa.org
Organization offers support and
information for people with chronic pain,
with over 400 chapters and support groups
throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico,
Australia and Europe.
American Pain Foundation
http://www.painfoundation.org
Independent nonprofit organization serving
people with pain through information,
advocacy and support. Its mission is to
improve the quality of life for people
with pain by raising public awareness,
providing practical information, promoting
research, and advocating to remove
barriers and increase access to effective
pain management.
American Society for Pain Management
Nursing
http://www.aspmn.org/
An organization of professional nurses
dedicated to promoting and providing
optimal care of individuals with pain
through education, standards, advocacy and
research.
Beth Israel Medical Center Dept. of
Pain Medicine & Palliative Care
http://www.stoppain.org
Resource and information center with
support and information for patients,
caregivers and professionals.
International
Association for Pain and Chemical
Dependency
http://www.iapcd.org/
The IAPCD is
an international organization dedicated to
promoting appropriate and effective
treatment for all patients with pain,
including individuals with substance
abuse, mental health or other co-occurring
problems that may make treatment more
challenging.
In the Face
of Pain
http://www.inthefaceofpain.com
The
comprehensive In the Face of Pain Online
Advocacy Toolkit is a free interactive
resource for the pain advocacy community.
It provides pain-specific advocacy
information and resources covering topics
related to legislative, media, community
and professional organizations, as well as
advocacy through research and access to
care. The web site also provides advocates
with the ability to research hundreds of
current pain-related statistics based on
condition, population or issue and create
individualized advocacy action plans and
educational materials, such as fact sheets
or presentations that are tailored to the
advocate's specific area of focus.
JCAHO Standards For Pain Management
Revisions 2001
http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=2392
The Joint
Commission developed standards that
address the assessment and management of
pain in hospitals and other health care
settings. The standards acknowledge that
patients have a right to effective pain
management, and require that the presence
of pain be routinely assessed for all
patients.
Johns
Hopkins Blaustein Pain Treatment Center
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pain/blaustein_pain_center
The Center
offers a comprehensive range of services
for patients suffering from acute or
chronic pain.
Johns
Hopkins Pediatric Pain Management Service
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/tpl_rlinks_nav1up.aspx?id=96
The Service
manages both acute and chronic pain. The
majority of acute pain patients are
recovering from surgery or trauma. The
Service also provides care for children
with pain due to cancer, chemotherapy, and
a variety of medical diseases.
Johns Hopkins Chronic Pain Treatment
Program
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/pain/
The Pain
Treatment Program in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers
comprehensive evaluation, treatment
planning, and care for patients with
chronic, disabling pain that requires
intensive rehabilitation.
Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for
Adults
http://www.sicklecellcenter.org/
The Sickle Cell Center for Adults is
dedicated to provide services for persons
with sickle cell disease experiencing
acute pain who live in the greater
metropolitan Baltimore and Washington, DC
areas.
Maryland Cancer Control Plan
http://www.marylandcancerplan.org
A new comprehensive cancer control
planning initiative to update the Maryland
State Cancer Plan. It is housed under the
office of the Maryland State Council on
Cancer Control and includes subcommittees
on pain management and end of life issues.
Maryland General Assembly
http://mlis.state.md.us/
Provides information about the Maryland
State Legislature, including names and
contact information of Maryland Senators
and Delegates, who sponsored a bill, what
the bill is about and what actions were
taken.
Maryland Health Care For All!
http://www.healthcareforall.com/
Grassroots coalition working to ensure
that all Marylanders have access to
quality and affordable health care.
Maryland Quality Care End-of-Life
Council
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Healthpol/SAC/
The Council
advises the Office of the Attorney
General, the Department of Aging, and the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
It also advises the General Assembly on
changes in laws related to the provision
of care at the end of life.
Maryland State Advisory Council on Pain
Management
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/ohcq/news_media/maryland_state_advisory_council.htm
The Council provides
advice and recommendations regarding
acute
and chronic pain management treatment
practices by health care providers in
Maryland, state statutes and regulations
relating to pain management therapies, the
sanction and use of alternative therapies,
acute and chronic pain management
education provided by medical, nursing,
pharmacy, and dental schools and acute and
chronic pain management needs of both
adults and children
Medbank of Maryland
http://www.medbankmd.org/
Non-profit organization whose mission is
to provide access to prescription
medications for chronically ill,
low-income, underinsured/uninsured
Maryland residents. MEDBANK assists
healthcare providers and patients in
completing the paperwork required to
enroll patients in Pharmaceutical Company
Patient Assistance Programs.
MGH Cares About Pain
Relief: The Intersection of Pain
Management & Addictive Illness
http://www.massgeneral.org/painrelief/addictive_illness.htm
Information and resources for clinicians
caring for patients with pain, especially
those with persistent pain, or those
caring for patients with addictive illness
who have either acute or persistent pain.
Pain and Addiction Medicine Information
http://www.asam.org/Pain.html
Information and resources on addiction
medicine and pain management from the
American Society of Addiction Medicine.
Pain Connection
http://www.pain-connection.org/
Non-profit human service agency in
Maryland that provides monthly pain
support groups, information, referrals and
community education in Anne Arundel
County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince
George's County, MD, Howard County, MD,
Silver Spring, MD and Washington, DC and
Coffee Club Gatherings in Montgomery
County, MD and Prince George's County, MD.
For more information, please call
301-309-2444.
Pain Law Initiative
Mary Baluss, an attorney from Washington,
DC, is the Director of the Pain Law
Initiative and specializes in pain
management cases, hospice care and end of
life care issues. She has developed and
litigated legal concepts intended to
improve access to pain relief. She
advocates for both patients and the
physicians who prescribe opioids for
chronic pain. She is also the General
Counsel for The National Foundation for
the Treatment of Pain
http://www.paincare.org/. Ms. Baluss
can be contacted at the following address,
phone numbers and/or email:
Mary Baluss, Esq.
Pain Law Initiative
2850 Arizona Terrace NW
Washington, DC 20016
202/244-0710 (phone)
202/361-2775 (cell-preferred number)
202/318-3027 (fax)
mbaluss@yahoo.com
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php
Interactive website is sponsored by
pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other
health care providers, patient advocacy
organizations and community groups to help
low-income, uninsured patients get free or
nearly free medicines. This site was
designed to help you find patient
medication assistance programs for which
you may qualify. Visit the PPARX website
or call 888/477-2669 toll-free.
Maryland Senior Care Directory
http://www.care.com/senior-care-directory-p1072-maryland-qxs%7CMD.html
Free listing
of resources in seven categories: housing
resources, transportation resources, home
care, end-of-life care, legal resources,
financial planning and management, and
health care. The website also provides
articles that include how-to guides and a
blog on senior care issues.
University of Maryland Pain Management Center
http://www.kernan.org/pain.htm
The Center, at
Kernan Hospital, offers a
multidisciplinary approach to pain
management utilizing anesthesiologists who
are board certified in pain management,
nurses, physical therapists, a pain
psychologist, and radiology technicians
all working together to treat the whole
patient.
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