MGH Patient Care Services
Excellence Every Day

EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY PORTAL 

click here
PCS Home Page Chaplaincy Institute for Patient Care Nursing Occupational Therapy Orthotics & Prosthetics Physical Therapy Respiratory Care Services Social Service Speech Language & Swallowing Disorders Clinical Resources MGH Internal Access Only
Patient Care Services
Excellence Every Day represents an MGH commitment to providing the highest quality, safest care that meets or exceeds all standards set by the hospital and external organizations.
Collaborative Governance Magnet Recognition Regulatory Readiness Innovation Units

Other Topics: Central Lines | Disabilities | Diversity | Fall Prevention | Pain
Patient Education/Health Literacy | Pressure Ulcers | Professional Development | Restraints | EED Home

A focus on pain — promoting the comfort, safety and optimum functioning of every patient

AN MGH NARRATIVE
  pain narrative authours photo

"Like many people facing surgery, his anxiety and the fear of pain was stressful even before surgery. Preoperative teaching and tailoring the treatment plan in a way that took into account his physical mental and spiritual needs helped get Mr. J. through surgery without complications..." more

 
IN THE NEWS
  
IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES
 
FYIs

No Pain button

"Making Pain Assessment Simple and Meaningful," Caring Headlines, May 6, 2010

J-Tip photoInitiative Launched to Reduce Needle Insertion Pain
In collaboration with the Pediatric Pain Service and Child Life Team, the Quality and Safety Committee kicked off a year-long initiative to improve the management of needle insertion pain and distress for pediatric patients having blood drawn or an IV inserted. Part of the January 2011 rollout was the introduction of the “J-Tip,” a painless, fast-acting way to numb the area for needle insertion.

  

Policies, Procedures & Guidelines: Click here to access complete listing
(internal access only)

Practice & Quality Subcommittee:
Pain Management -
Meets: 1st Tuesday monthly
1:00pm-3:00pm
Yawkey 2-210
Conference Room

MGH Contacts:
Pain Management Champions - Collaborative Governance
THE DATA
   

HCHAPS Pain Data

Click here for more information

PAIN MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

MGH Resources

Choosing a Pain Intensity Rating Tool
Effective Use of Pain Assessment Tools

Adult Pain Assessment Toolbox
(internal access only)

 

Critical Care / Nonverbal Pain Assessment Toolbox
(internal access only)

 

Pediatric Patients

 

HealthStream Offerings
(internal access only)

MGH Contacts:

  

External Resources

MedlinePlus
(National Library of Medicine and the National
Institutes of Health): A comprehensive directory that links to different educational resources from reputable organizations on a variety of health topics.

American Pain Society
A multidisciplinary organization with a mission to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice.  Membership required.

American Chronic Pain Association
Peer support and education for individuals with chronic pain.o facilitate peer support and education for

American Pain Foundation
Serving people with pain through information, advocacy, and support.

Cancer Pain
The latest and most accurate information on state-of-the-art management of cancer pain for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals.

National Cancer Institute Pain Control
Information about pain control methods, medicines for cancer pain, and non-drug treatments for cancer pain, written for audiences with an 8th-grade reading level.

Pain Topics.org
Reputable website with tools and resources for professionals.

Pediatric Pain
MayDay Foundation Pediatric Resource provides good links that contain educational materials for parents and children as well as professionals.
EXTERNAL REVIEWERS
 

Joint Commission logo

2011 Joint Commission Standards Related to Pain

Staff can access the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual on any Partners-build computer by visiting Start/Partners Applications/Clinical References/Joint Commission - HOSP (internal access only)

    

Magnet Recognition

Magnet_logoThe American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) requires Magnet-designated organizations to track nationally-benchmarked nursing sensitive indicators (NSIs) to continually inform improvement efforts related enhance patient outcomes. Examples of NSIs include, but are not limited to: patient falls, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, blood stream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and restraint use.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

There are numerous terms and acronyms in healthcare that may be unfamiliar. Please click here to visit a Glossary of Terms that may be helpful. And please email any suggested additions.

This month's featured term: Pain
For scientific and clinical purposes, the International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." Because of the Subjective Nature of pain,  The most commonly cited definition is by Margo McCaffery: "'Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he (the experiencing person) says it does.”

 
 

Excellence Every Day represents an MGH commitment to providing the highest quality, safest care that meets or exceeds all standards set by the hospital and external organizations.
 

If you have questions or suggestions related to the EED portal, please contact Georgia Peirce at (617) 724-9865 or via email at gwpeirce@partners.org.

updated 1/30/12
 

| PCS Home | Chaplaincy | Excellence Every Day Portal | Institute for Patient Care | Nursing | Occupational Therapy | Orthotics & Prosthetics |

| Physical Therapy | Respiratory Care | Social Service | Nursing | Speech Language Swallowing Disorders | Clinical Resources | Contact PCS |

| MGH Home Page | MGH Intranet | MassGeneral Hospital for Children | Partners Healthcare |

Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street, Boston MA 02114 / (617) 726-2000 / TDD: 617-724-8800