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Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre
A Pillar of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre Institute for Pain Research and Care
**NEW** The Opioid Manager is now available in French, Portuguese and Spanish (Nov 15, 2011). Click on "Opioid Manager" button above to download.
News
- CALL TO ACTION: "The Need For A National Pain Strategy for Canada". Please take a moment to endorse the National Pain Strategy for Canada, urging Parliament to adopt a strategy that will give all Canadians access to desperately-needed pain management services. http://www.canadianpainsummit2012.ca
- "New" - Special Interest/Focused Practice Group formed in chronic non-cancer pain (Dec 2011).
- Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication. CBC's White Coat, Black Art. Dr. Andrea Furlan (Panel Member). Brockville, ON (Nov 23 2011).
- The Opioid Manager is now available in OSCAR, an electronic medical record system containing health information, chronic disease management tools, prescription module and many other features.
- The Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre hosted a CIHR CAFE Scientifique on November 2, 2011 - "What a Pain! Debate Around the Use of Opioids in Chronic Pain Management". Key messages from patients, physicians and pharmacists were presented. [View Video]
- Salvation or slippery slope? (Montreal Gazette, Oct 3, 2011)
- McMaster Health Forum spotlights need for better pain management (July 2011).
- Illicit Use of Pharmaceuticals Workshop - Final Report (English) (French) (June 2011, Vancouver).
- The first anniversary of the Canadian Opioid Guideline: "Maintaining Momentum"
(Canadian Pain Society Keynote presentation, May 2011 — Andrea D. Furlan, MD, PhD).
The Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre is the third pillar in the tripod of what we anticipate will be an internationally important initiative.
In Hamilton, the identification of the problem of chronic pain and the need for development of effective treatment is increasingly absorbing more attention and focus.
We have the basic science program currently in the Institute for Pain Research and Care, robustly accented with related research in its sister institutes.
McMaster and Hamilton Health Sciences currently operate the largest university-affiliated pain centre in Canada, with over 13,000 patient visits annually. This provides clinical care as well as training for health care professionals in pain management, and a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of guidelines on care.
The combination of basic science, clinical care and education, and now the National Pain Centre’s development of best practice guidelines will make the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care unequalled in the international quest to resolve the problem of chronic pain.
