This half hour video educates primary care providers about treating pain with an emphasis on assessing patients for their risks for opioid abuse and considering alternative non-opioid treatments for pain. Produced in 2015 by the National Safety Council, the video is a presentation by Dr. Don Teater, medical advisor at the Safety Council.
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National Judicial Opioid Task Force – Research Center for Courts
Source: National Center for State Courts
The website for the National Judicial Opioid Task Force sponsored by the National Center for State Courts includes links to publications, webinars, training modules, and other materials.
The Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona’s Opioid Action Plan recommended that the health education providers in the state create a statewide curriculum for all prescribers about pain and addiction. This is the website for the curriculum which provides background information, provides notices of upcoming developments, and provides links to the curriculum. The curriculum is free and available to be adopted nationwide. It is also included in the CLOUD library for review or download.
U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose
Source: Office of the Surgeon General
This advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General address the drug naloxone and how patients, caregivers, and providers can assure that naloxone is available and people know how to use it to prevent opioid overdoses.
OPMC Pain Management Module
This provider training module produced by the Oregon Pain Management Commission aims to improve health care provider’s ability to treat patients with chronic pain with a focus on non-pharmacological treatment options and best practices in communicating with patients about their pain and treatment plan.
Pain Care Toolbox: Assessment Tools for Healthcare Professionals
Part of the Oregon Pain Management Commission’s Pain Care Toolbox, this webpage provides links to screening and assessment tools health care providers may use when treating patient’s pain conditions.
Tame the Beast: Rethinking Persistent Pain
Source: Tame the Beast
This website presents information about persistent or chronic pain for patients with the end goal of empowering patients to manage and relieve their own pain. Based out of Australia, the website is a co-creation of a pain scientist, a pain physiotherapist, and a professional communicator.
Pain Treatment Guidelines
This website includes all of the pain treatment guidelines prepared by the Oregon Pain Guidance commission including guidelines on acute pain, chronic pain, low back pain, alternatives to pharmacological treatment of pain, treating pain in children and senior citizens, pain control for cancer and palliative care, opioid
BASIS: The Brief Addiction Science Information Source
Source: Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital
This website, BASIS, from the Cambridge Health Alliance’s Division on Addiction, provides weekly summaries of addiction science research for patients and their caregivers, policy makers, and clinicians. Users can subscribe to a weekly update of research summaries. BASIS stands for The Brief Addiction Science Information Source.
Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This website describes the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model Medicaid is piloting to improve behavioral health care for children and youth with the goals of improving child outcomes, reducing inpatient hospitalizations and out-of-home placements, and creating alternative funding streams for these services.