This AAPM Performance-Improvement Activity is an extension of the 2-day February 2012 Safe Opioid Prescribing course in Palm Springs, California, and one part of the larger AAPM initiative to reverse the trend of overdose deaths and improve care for chronic pain patients. The overall goal of this innovative, practice-based activity is to promote patient safety in pain care. This AAPM program, which carries the potential for 20 additional CME credits, is intended to support clinicians as they implement safe opioid prescribing practices on-the-ground in their daily practice of medicine.

What follows here is a brief overview of the Patient-Centered Quality Pain Care Initiative. 

For PI-CME participants, an online portal has been set up to facilitate this activity.

Leaders and Planners:

Jeremy A. Adler, MS PA-C Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants Encinitas, CA Azur Pharmaceuticals (Honorarium-Speaker); Endo Pharmaceuticals (Honorarium-Speaker); Johnson & Johnson (Honorarium-Speaker); Pfizer/King (Honorarium-Speaker); St. Jude Medical (Honorarium-Speaker); Victory Pharma (Honorarium-Speaker) Matthew Bair, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Roundebush VA Medical Center Indianapolis, IN No relevant financial relationships Michel Dubois, MD NYU Center for the Treatment and Study of Pain New York, NY CareCore, Medco Scott M. Fishman, MD Chief, Pain Medicine Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center University of California-Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, California No direct financial interest with industry. Additional Disclosures: Past President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine; Past President and Chair of the American Pain Foundation through December 2011 in which I received reimbursement for coach fare for one board meeting per year; Attend CME Meetings that are ACCME accredited and sponsored by various sources from academic institutions, professional organizations and industries sponsors from whom I do not receive direct compensation. Vitaly Gordin, MD Director, Pain Division Penn State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA No relevant financial relationships J. David Haddox, DDS MD Vice President. Health Policy Purdue Pharma LP Stamford, CT Purdue Pharma L.P. (Salary and Benefits - Employment) Robin Hamill-Ruth, MD Director of Clinical Pain Research University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Charlottesville, VA Piezo Resonance (Consulting Fee-Consultant); Recro Pharma (Consulting Fee-Consultant) Debra Hobbins, APRN, LSAC Executive Research Scientist Lifetree Center for Neuroscience Research Salt Lake City, UT No relevant financial relationships Derek Hoffman Director of Operations Lifetree Clinical Research Salt Lake City, UT No relevant financial relationships

Sean Mackey, MD PhD Director, Pain Management Division Stanford University Medical Center Palo Alto, CA No relevant financial relationships Bill McCarberg, MD Chronic Pain Management Program Kaiser Permanente Escondido, CA Endo (Honorarium-Speaker); Forest (Honorarium-Speaker); NeurogesX (Honorarium-Speaker); Pricara (Honorarium-Speaker) Nancy A. Poffenberger, PA-C CIV USA MEDCOM MAMC OTSG Pain Task Force Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center Clinical Pharmacist/PA-CPain Consultant Madigan Army Medical Center Dupont, WA No relevant financial relationships Joseph J. Ruane, DO Medical Director McConnell Heart Health Center Columbus, OH No relevant financial relationships Barbara St. Marie, ANP, GNP, RN-BC Supervisor of Pain & Palliative Care Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville, MN University of Iowa (T32 Grant – Post Doc Fellowship) Michael Schiesser, MD Chief Medical Officer Pain Management Options Bellevue, Washington American Pain Foundation (Grant-Washington Pain Alliance Development); Capital Toxicology (Honoraria -Speaker); Creekside Sleep Medicine Center LLC (Shares-Owner); Logistic Innovations (Honoraria-Speaker); Pain Management Options LLC (Salary-Chief Medical Officer); Physician's Insurance A Mutual Company (Consulting Fee-Risk Management/CME Development); Purdue Pharma LP (Grant-Washington Pain Portal); Purdue Pharma LP (BuTrans) (Honoraria -Speaker/Consultant); Reckitt-Benkeiser (Suboxone) (Honoraria-Speaker); Regence Blue Shield (Fee-Consulting); Swedish Medical Center (Honoraria-Speaker); The Peer Group (Honoraria-Speaker); Washington Academy of Pain Management (Honoraria-Speaker) Dana Simon, MD Medical Center Anesthesiologists PC West Des Moines, IA No relevant financial relationships Robert E. Wailes, MD Medical Director Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants Encinitas, CA Vertiflex (Consulting Fees-Consulting) Lynn Webster, MD Program Chair Medical Director Lifetree Clinical Research Salt Lake City, UT Covidien Mallinckrodt (Honorarium-Speaker); Medtronic (Honorarium-Speaker); Nektar Therapeutics (Honorarium-Speaker); Pfizer (Honorarium-Speaker); Salix Pharmaceuticals (Honorarium)

Faculty & Disclosures:

Michael S. Leong, MD Clinic Chief Stanford Pain Management Center Redwood City, CA Covidien (Honorarium – Advisory Board) Joseph J. Ruane, DO Medical Director McConnell Heart Health Center Columbus, OH No relevant financial relationships

Barbara St. Marie, ANP, GNP, RN-BC Supervisor of Pain & Palliative Care Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville, MN University of Iowa (T32 Grant – Post Doc Fellowship) Lynn Webster, MD Program Chair Medical Director Lifetree Clinical Research Salt Lake City, UT Covidien Mallinckrodt (Honorarium-Speaker); Medtronic (Honorarium-Speaker); Nektar Therapeutics (Honorarium-Speaker); Pfizer (Honorarium-Speaker); Salix Pharmaceuticals (Honorarium)

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. AAPM designates all AAPM CME activities associated with the Patient-Centered Quality Pain Care Initiative for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Questions? Call the AAPM office at (847) 375-4731

This CME activity is supported by educational grants from Ameritox Ltd., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mallinckrodt LLC, a Covidien company, Millennium Laboratories, Pfizer Inc., and Purdue Pharma LP.