American
Academy of Pain Management
MDhub
MDhub
lets medical office staff and patients simply point and click their way to
better communication by providing doctors' offices with a FREE, simple, and
highly functional Message Center designed to improve communications with their
patients by diverting non-urgent requests from the phone to the web. Patients
can now go to their physician's MDhub
Message Center to submit non-urgent, routine requests such as prescription
renewals, making/canceling or rescheduling appointments, referral needs, and
X-ray or lab test results.
Adult
Pain Site
An informational site intended to educate health professionals, patients and
families.
American
Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is the national medical
society representing more than 6,200 physicians who are specialists in the field
of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
American
Chronic Pain Association
The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) is a non-profit, tax exempt
organization with more than 800 chapters in the United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland and Russia. Their
purpose is to provide a support system for those suffering with chronic pain
through education and self-help group activities.
American
Medical Association
Founded more than 150 years ago, the AMA's strategic agenda remains rooted in
their historic commitment to standards, ethics, excellence in medical education
and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and the patients
it serves.
American
Pain Foundation
The American Pain Foundation is a nonprofit information resource and patient
advocacy organization serving people with pain. Their mission is to improve the
quality of life of people with pain by providing practical information for
patients, raising public awareness and understanding of pain, and advocating
against barriers to effective treatment.
American
Pain Society
The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and
clinical scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. The
mission of APS is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and
professional practice.
Cochrane
Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that aims to help
people make well informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining
and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of
healthcare interventions.
Department
of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care is dedicated to providing
comprehensive care of the highest quality in pain management and palliative
care, and advancing the educational and research aims of these disciplines.
MEDLINEplus
Health Information
MEDLINEplus, a gold mine of up-to-date, quality health care information from the
world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the
National Institutes of Health. MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical
question.
Pain.com
Pain.com is a site which provides quality educational content. This site is
sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.
Pain
& Policy Studies Group
The Pain & Policy Studies Group facilitates public access to information
about pain relief and public policy. The Pain & Policy Studies Group, at the
University of Wisconsin, addresses both domestic and international policy issues
and is a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and
Communications in Cancer Care.
Pain
Research Group
The Pain Research Group (PRG), Division of Anesthesia, Critical and Palliative
Care, is dedicated to improving the comfort and function of patients with
cancer, both nationally and internationally.
Partners
Against Pain
Partners Against Pain is an informational site for patients, health
professionals and physicians.
American Association
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -
Promotes the stimulation, coordination, and exchange of ideas for CFS research.
American
Podiatric Medical Association -
Information about foot health and foot pain.
American
Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics -
Project on legal constraints on access to effective pain relief which developed
the model Pain Relief Act.
American Academy of
Head, neck, and Facial Pain -Focus
on the diagnosis and treatment of TMJ.
International
Association for the Study of Pain
National
Foundation for the Treatment of Pain -
not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support for patients who are
suffering from intractable pain, their families, and friends.
WebMd -
provides connectivity and a full suite of services to the healthcare industry
that improve administrative efficiencies and clinical effectiveness enabling
high-quality patient care. The company's products and services facilitate
information exchange, communication and transactions between the consumer,
physician and healthcare institutions.
