2008 Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards Program - Online Award Application
The "Clinical Center of Excellence in Pain Management Award" is given to recognize outstanding clinical programs in pain management. The American Pain Society will award this prestigious recognition on an annual basis.
High quality pain management includes the following
- appropriate assessment (e.g., screening for the presence of pain, completion of a comprehensive initial assessment when pain is present, and frequent reassessments of patient responses to treatment);
- multidisciplinary, collaborative care planning that includes patient input;
- appropriate treatment that is safe, efficacious, cost conscious, and culturally and developmentally appropriate; and
- access to specialty care as needed.1
These criteria are consistent with a definition of quality that encompasses appropriate structures, processes, and outcomes for care. They are applicable to settings that provide acute pain, cancer pain, and chronic non-cancer pain management for adults of all ages, adolescents, and children.
1. Gordon DB, Dahl JL, Miaskowski C, McCarberg B, Todd KH, Paice JA, Lipman A, Bookbinder M, Sanders SH, Turk DC, Carr D. American Pain Society Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Acute and Cancer Pain Management. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005;165:1574-1580.
Eligibility
The Clinical Center of Excellence in Pain Management Award is intended to honor programs or services that exemplify the provision of outstanding clinical care regardless of size. Any U.S. based, multidisciplinary clinical program that provides direct patient care and is primarily focused on the treatment of pain that believe they meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply. This award is intended to honor teams rather than individuals. Selection of awardees will be based on judgment of the quality of services provided and not size of program. Attempts will be made to balance service excellence with available resources.
Criteria
The Clinical Center of Excellence in Pain Management Award honors programs that:
- Provide care that is patient-centered, state-of-the-art, evidence-based, and safe.
- Provide appropriate access to multidisciplinary and multimodal care through the involvement of specialists from a variety of disciplines to ensure expert care.
- Act as local champions to improve pain management in systems of care that are related to the program, and/or are regional or national.
- Demonstrate innovation and serve as models of excellence in the structure, processes, and outcomes that are critical for excellence in pain management.
- Actively work with other health care organizations, health care providers, and the community to improve the quality of pain management across the continuum of care.
- Demonstrate a commitment to advancing and applying current scientific knowledge related to pain and disseminating relevant information to patients, colleagues, and the public.
General Guidelines and Instructions for the online award application process:
The award application process includes the following components:
Click on each hyperlink below to see more detail.
Complete the online award application process. (Incomplete award applications will not be considered.)
**Upon completing the online Confirmation step, an email will be sent to your Endorser signing for the award application requesting them to review and endorse your award application. At this point you will NOT be able to EDIT your award application after you conclude the online application.
All award applications and endorsements MUST be completed online by
11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday, December 18, 2007.
Click Here to begin a New Award Application
Honoring our CCOE Programs
The APS will present this prestigious recognition both at a special recognition event at the Society's annual scientific meeting. The awards will be presented at the 2008 APS Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, FL, May 8-10, 2008. A special mark of distinction will be provided to each winning program to use (in accordance with APS guidelines).
To view information on the 2007 CCOE Award Recipients, please click the following link: http://www.ampainsoc.org:8000/press/2007/041207.htm
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