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• Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
  The Alliance of State Pain Initiatives (ASPI) is a network of state-based Pain Initiative organizations that work to remove the barriers that impede pain relief through education, advocacy and institutional improvement.
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  The mission of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, as a member-driven organization, is to promote excellence in NP practice, education and research; shape the future of healthcare through advancing health policy; serve as the source of information for NPs, the healthcare community and consumers; build a positive image of the NP role as a leader in the national and global healthcare community.
• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Back Society
  The mission of the Society has always been to improve the standard of spinal care and alleviate the suffering of so many. We try to accomplish this by providing state of the art, clinically oriented continuing education in spinal care to the health care community. Our gratification comes from the positive response we have received from our attendees and registrants over these past 25 years.
• American Board of Pain Medicine
• American Massage Therapy Association
• American Medical Association
• American Nurses Association
• American Pain Society
• American Pharmacist Association
• American Society of Pain Educators
• American Society of Pain Management Nursing
• American Society of Peri Anesthesia
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD)
  The primary objective of the not-for-profit Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence (CLAAD) is to coordinate a comprehensive national effort to prevent the diversion, misuse, and abuse of prescription medications while ensuring adequate medical care for patients in need.  CLAAD supports a balanced approach to prescription drug policy: efforts to prevent abuse must not impede proper medical practice and patient care.
• Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
  CARF International 4891 E. Grant Road Tucson, AZ 85712 USA (520) 325-1044 or toll-free (888) 281-6531 voice/TTY (520) 318-1129 fax
• Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of American (CCFA)
  CCFA is a non-profit organization with a mission of finding a cure to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, while assisting those affected by the diseases through education materials, improvement in lifestyle, and support. CCFA seeks to ensure that patients vising our website, www.ccfa.org have access to helpful resources related to Crohn's diease and ulcerative colitis.
• EM Painline
  EM Painline is a resource for those striving to improve the management of pain in our emergency departments. Our goal is to close the gap between existing knowledge and daily pain management practice. By improving access to current research literature pertaining to emergency medicine practice as well as to other tools and resources, and by building a network of emergency medicine researchers, practitioners and educators dedicated to this goal, we will move toward achieving a truly “painless” Emergency Department.
• Emerging Solutions in Pain (ESP)
  Emerging Solutions in Pain (ESP) is an ongoing educational initiative developed to address some of today's most critical issues in pain management. These issues involve balancing fundamental rights of patients and clinicians with the challenge of risk containment for opioid misuse, abuse and addiction associated with medical prescribing and use of controlled substances. Through evidence-based scientific data, validated tools, and the expertise of a cadre of leading pain and addiction medicine experts, the ESP program provides clinicians with guidance in the implementation of good practice management techniques. Site features and programs emphasize favorable interaction with regulatory and law enforcement agencies, as well as effective assessment, monitoring and documentation strategies; all of which contribute to the overall goal of optimizing outcomes for patients in pain.
• HealthyWomen.org
HealthyWomen (HW) is the nation’s leading independent health information source for women. For more than 20 years, women have been coming to the HW for answers to their most pressing and personal health care questions. Through its wide array of online and print publications, HW provides health information that is original, objective, reviewed by medical experts and reflective of the advances in evidence-based health research. HealthyWomen has a long history of providing unbiased and accurate health information and has earned the trust of consumers and health care providers as well as nonprofit and corporate partners and the media. HW is widely referenced in print, broadcast and online venues and its Web site, www.HealthyWomen.org®, was named the top women’s health Web site by Good Housekeeping magazine. In addition, HealthyWomen has a strong network of women’s centers, clinics, health care systems and other health-delivery partners across the country through which it distributes its print materials.


• Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials
  Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials This mission of IMMPACT is to develop consensus recommendations for improving the design, execution, and interpretation of clinical trials of treatment of pain.
• International Association for the Study of Pain
  Founded in 1973, IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, health care providers and policy makers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide.
• International Association for the Study of Pain
  The International Association for the Study of Pain® (IASP®) is the leading professional forum for science, practice, and education in the field of pain.
• International Pelvic Pain Society
We are dedicated to treating patients with pelvic pain and to the education of medical providers. Our website has important information for patients, including a listing of providers all over the world with an interest in pelvic pain. I would be happy to provide you with more information, but I think it would be great to add our info as a resource for patients with pelvic pain.
• Medscape Education
Medscape Education, the new Professional Pain Collaborative provides education and resources in the national endeavor to manage pain safely and effectively. Visit Medscape Educaiton for Pain Management CME, information, Resources and tools.
• MedSun (Medical Product Safety Network)
  The Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) improves FDA’s understanding of problems with the use of medical devices so that the FDA, healthcare facilities, clinicians, and manufacturers can better address safety concerns.
  The MedSun Web page is a newsletter-based website which provides monthly updates about timely medical device issues that may impact patient safety. This website also provides public access to de-identified reports sent into the MedSun program, in addition to important safety information to MedSun participants and to the national clinical community about reported problems. You will see the current newsletter content on this Web page, or you may visit the MedSun Newsletters page to search past MedSun Newsletters.
• National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
  The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) has launched a program designed to significantly reduce the prescription drugs in American homes that are either no longer needed or outdated. These same drugs unfortunately have become the target of theft and misuse, oftentimes by people who have access to the residence. America’s 12 to 17 year olds have made prescription drugs the number one substance of abuse for their age group, and much of that supply is unwittingly coming from the medicine cabinets of their parents, grandparents, and friends. More and more adults recognize the need to remove these substances from the home and legally and safely turn them over to law enforcement for proper chain of custody and court ordered destruction. Law enforcement is the only entity legally able to accept these medications and process them properly so that they do not fall into the wrong hands. Law enforcement takes control of and destroys drugs on a regular basis as part of their regular operations. Therefore, NADDI has developed this web page to provide the locations of law enforcement sites that are accepting prescription drugs throughout the United States.
• National Family Partnership
NFP History: A Proud Beginning. National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth, was established as a grassroots, nonprofit organization in 1980 by a handful of concerned and determined parents who were convinced they should begin to play a leadership role in drug prevention. Since its founding thirty years ago, NFP has devoted its efforts to the well-being of youth. Today, NFP is a national leader in drug prevention education and advocacy. Our mission is to lead and support our nation's families and communities in nurturing the full potential of healthy, drug free youth.
• National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association
A Global Community for Advocacy, research, education and support.
• National Association of Social Workers
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 145,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
• National Association For Continence
  National Association For Continence is a national, private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence. NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence NAFC's objectives are to destigmatize incontinence, to promote preventive measures, to motivate individuals to seek treatment, and to provide collaborative advocacy and service for those who are affected by this problem. To achieve its objectives, NAFC offers publications and services, such as: Blueprint for Continence Care in an Assisted Living Setting, a guidepost of standards offering simple, cost-effective practices for the prevention, assessment, management, and treatment of bladder control problems in assisted living.
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.
• National Medical Association
Mission of the NMA
To advance the art and science of medicine for people of African descent through education, advocacy, and health policy to promote health and wellness, eliminate health disparities, and sustain physician viability.
• National Partnership for Women & Familes
We believe that actions speak louder than words, and for nearly four decades we have fought for every major policy advance that has helped women and families.Today, we promote fairness in the workplace, reproductive health and rights, access to quality affordable health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.Founded in 1971 as the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, the National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)3 organization located in Washington, DC.
• Online Nurse Practitioner Programs
  This site contains a definitive list of governmental nursing resources on the web.
• Pain Management Experts Guide
  The Mayday Fund and the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship are proud to release a new guide designed to connect media and policymakers with experts from a variety of fields who can speak to the issues of pain management and treatment in the US and Canada. The Fund’s “Pain Management Experts Guide” is an electronic guide organized by issue areas, specific diseases and specialties and is available to view or download.
• Pain Resource Center
  The Pain Resource Center, Inc. has helped many clinicians publish articles based on data from their own practices. The following services are available to clinicians:

  ■Designing and organizing a research study in your practice.

  ■Creating data collection protocols.

  ■Conducting statistical data analysis.

  ■Assisting with scientific publication.

• OA Action Alliance
  The mission of the OA Action Alliance is to work collectively to advance the recommendations outlined in A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis by promoting action to prevent and control OA and its progression through proven interventions, public policies, communication strategies and enhanced research initiatives.
• Social Security and Disability Resource Center
The Social Security and Disability Resource Center website (www.ssdrc.com) provides information on the federal government's two disability benefit programs, title II social security disability benefits and title 16 SSI disability benefits. Covered topics include disability applications, denials on claims, the filing of appeals, and how the disability claim evaluation process works. Based on the author's experience as a disability claims examiner, this information may be helpful to your site's visitors.


• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As one of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decision making.
• The Analgesic Clinical Trial Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTION)
The Analgesic Clinical Trial Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTION) public-private partnership is aligned with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently launched Initiative for the Advancement of Regulatory Science. For the benefit of the public health, ACTION is designed to streamline the discovery and development process for new analgesic medications and to more generally accelerate the development of pain treatments with improved efficacy and safety. This multi-year, multi-phase initiative will initiate and foster strategic collaborations among a broad spectrum of stakeholders — including, but not limited to, academia, industry, professional organizations, patient advocacy groups, foundations, philanthropic organizations, and other government agencies — with the well-defined goal of sharing data, best practices, and innovative thinking.
• The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy
  The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy works to educate the public and healthcare professionals, provide state-of-the-art treatment for patients with peripheral neuropathy, and identify causes and cures through basic and clinical research.
• Tufts University School of Medicine Program in Pain Resource, Education ad Policy (PREP)
  Tufts University School of Medicine Program in Pain Resource, Education and Policy (PREP) is the first and only multidisciplinary graduate pain management master's program in the United States.
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  The Drug Safety Newsletter is a FDA publication for healthcare professionals and the medical community. The newsletter provides information on the findings of selected postmarketing drug safety reviews from FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The newsletter also provides information on important emerging drug safety issues and recently approved new molecular entities. FDA hopes the newsletter will raise awareness of reported adverse events, and stimulate additional adverse event reporting by healthcare professionals. Read the entire 2008 MedWatch Safety Summary, including a link to the Drug Safety Newsletter at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsn/default.htm