This 2 page information guide for patients and caregivers explains what opioids are, how they work, how they can lead to death or the development of tolerance, and the relative effectiveness of opioids and non-opioid pain killers. Prepared by the National Safety Council, this publication recommends patients
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.
This video from Providence St. Joseph’s Health System explains the origins of persistent pain and the role of our nervous system in signaling pain. The video also recommends strategies people can use to better manage their pain.
The STOP initiative from AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) is intended to help reduce unsafe opioid prescribing by providing a system to measure adherence to opioid prescribing guidelines using insurance claims data. This report describes other strategies health plans may use to reduce inappropriate and unsafe prescriptions.
This report from AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) focuses on treating low back pain with a goal of reducing opioid prescriptions for this condition and improving clinician, patient, and payer understanding of treating pain and alternatives to opioids for chronic low back pain.
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
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.
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.
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.
This report provides an overview of the evidence of effectiveness for multi-modal pain treatment programs with the goal of determining key elements of effective treatment programs.