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WPI Professional Resources
Building an Institutional Commitment to Pain Management: The Wisconsin Resource Manual, 2nd Edition
This practical resource will help you make high quality, cost-effective pain management a reality in your clinical setting, whether it is a hospital, home care agency, clinic, or long term care facility. This manual is based on the recommendations for institutional change set forth by the American Pain Society (APS) quality improvement guidelines. It provides a comprehensive plan as well as over 100 sample resource tools contributed by leaders in pain quality improvement around the country. You will find suggestions for getting started, a process to follow, and tools you can use and/or adapt to your needs. It includes a CD ROM with the Sample Resource Tools formatted in Microsoft Word® and a Pain Management Quality Improvement Microsoft Access® Database.
This Manual is available for purchase though The Resource Center of the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
Links and Articles
Guidelines for chronic pain developed by the State Medical Society
A series of articles written by WPI members from 1994-1999 on topics related to pain and its treatment.
Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy and Driving-
The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research published these guidelines written by expert panels of pain management clinicians. These are essential publications for all clinicians and health care facilities. This link will take you to the AHCPR homepage. To obtain hard copies:
Cancer Pain Guideline: Call Cancer Information Service (1-800-4-CANCER)
Acute Pain Guideline: Call the AHCPR (1-800-358-9295)
Information on pain and the treatment of pain found on the Internet, in the media, and sometimes even that from the medical community can be confusing, frightening and sometimes inaccurate. The Mayday Fund has asked key experts in the field of pain management to clear up the confusion, and provide answers to some myths about the treatment of pain.
These guidelines were developed by the University of Wisconisin Hospitals and Clinics Center for Drug Policy and Clinical Economics
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please e-mail aspi@mailplus.wisc.edu