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The American Academy of Pain
Management, a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit organization of
pain management professionals invites you to position your program
and improve the practice of pain management. Pain Program Accreditation
(PPA) is a voluntary process that provides your pain management
program an opportunity to demonstrate compliance with peer reviewed
standards established by pain practitioners to represent quality
treatment. Accreditation by the American Academy of Pain Management
signifies that your program is recognized for quality, participation
in clinical outcomes measurement to improve care, enhanced accountability,
commitment to continuous quality improvement, and the promotion
of standards for care. Accreditation by the Academy represents
peer recognition that your program has satisfied the rigorous
standards of PPA, and is much more than a pain program in name
only. This distinction, made visible through your use of the accredited
pain program logo, the formal accreditation plaque to display
in your office and press releases from the Academy, is important
to your patients when selecting a pain program. In today's highly
competitive health care environment, any edge you have that sets
you apart from other practitioners could help you to thrive economically.
A variety of pain management programs may
become accredited. The three major classifications for pain programs
are inpatient, outpatient and combination inpatient and outpatient.
Pain programs are further subclassified into types based upon
the number of disciplines providing treatment in the program.
The subclassification of programs are:
- Major Comprehensive Multidisciplinary: Capable of managing
complex pain conditions, staffed by a minimum of six disciplines
all operating within the same organization.
- Comprehensive Multidisciplinary: Capable of managing a variety
of pain conditions, staffed by four or five disciplines all
operating within the same organization.
- Small Multidisciplinary: Capable of managing a variety of
pain conditions, staffed by two or three disciplines all operating
within the same organization.
- Network Multidisciplinary: Involves several solo practitioners
accomplishing a multidisciplinary treatment approach through
the coordination of their professional activities.
- Syndrome Oriented: Involves specialized treatment of pain
patients having a particular pain condition (i.e., headache).
- Modality Oriented: Provides a single modality of treatment
for the management of painful conditions (i.e., biofeedback).
- Submitting an application and processing fee.
- Completing the self-assessment evaluation to determine the
appropriate classification for your program.
- Having an onsite survey by a pain management professional
of similar practice and discipline to your facility.
- Having the Board of Advisors and Board of Directors approve
your accreditation.
- Receiving notification from the Director of Special Projects
of your accreditation status.
- One year provisional or three year full
accreditation based on survey results.
- An engraved accreditation plaque for display in your facility.
- Use of the accredited pain program logo.
- Press releases from the Academy to enhance your marketing
efforts.
- Listing on the Academy's electronic directory of accredited
pain programs.
- Direct linking of your program's website to the Academy's
website.
- Printable informative webpages designed to showcase your program's
staff and services.
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Downloadable files
in Acrobat® .pdf
Format.
Accreditation
Brochure
PPA
Manual
Order Form
Accreditation
Standards #1:
Non-Clinical
Accreditation
Standards #2:
General Clinical
Accreditation
Standards #3:
Classification
Specific Clinical
Chapter 102 from Weiner's Pain Managment, 7th Ed.
Interdisciplinary Pain Management Programs: The AAPM Model
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