August 2000

Participants in PainLink's Listserve are highlighted in red

Mentor Sites

Sayers, M., Maranda, R., Fisher, S., Aquila, A., Morrison, B., Dailey, T. (2000). No Need for Pain. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 22:10-15. www.nahq.org

This article describes this site's experience with participating in PainLink and highlights the outcomes of their nearly 4 year effort to improve pain management. Learn about their efforts to educate staff and patients about pain management. Among their documented outcomes. a decrease in the use of meperidine.

Dahl, J.L., Schurr, M., Ward, S., Gordon, D., Skemp, M., Wochos, S. Institutionalizing Postoperative Pain Management: the POP Project. $250

Pain management champions who are not participating in Wisconsin's POP project can benefit from the materials developed for this initiative funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The purpose of POP is to establish an ongoing interdisciplinary QI process to improve the management of acute post-operative pain. Contents include: A project coordinator's guide, the 2^nd edition of Building an Institutional Commitment to Pain Management, and MicrosoftÓ Access Database and User Instructions.

Lande, S. D & Kulich, R.J. (2000). Managed Care and Pain. Glenview, IL: American Pain Society. For ordering information click on www.ampainsoc.org/managedcare/pdf/aps_brochure.pdf

• Chapter 3. A sample of existing MCO pain programs. Bill McCarberg and Janet Wolf.
• Chapter 9. Health related quality of life and chronic pain in managed care: Instruments and assessments. Scott Strassels, Diane J. Cynn, Daniel B. Carr

The booklet published by APS helps the reader navigate the challenges of caring effectively for patients in pain within managed care environments.

Comley, A. L. & Banks, J.C. (July 2000). Pain management: Clinician survey and institutional needs assessment. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 13 (3).

This is an internal publication in which the authors detail the findings of their clinician survey, their strategies for presenting their findings to staff, and the action plan they developed. The findings from the PainLink survey helped the Baylor team develop a continuous quality improvement program for pain management. PainLinkers can access the document by clicking on the PainLinker Home page (the document is not available to the public).

Spross, J.A. (2000). Using principles of change and a technical assistance protocol to improve pain management in institutions. New England Pain Association Newsletter. 5 (3): 8-14.

In this article, Judy describes how each aspect of technical assistance is designed to address specific principles of institutional change. The contributions of the virtual community to helping each other implement change as well as the tangible and intangible outcomes of PainLink are highlighted.

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