Pain management summit planned

The Joint Commission Resources of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has planned two seminars as part of its Second Annual Joint Commission Leadership Summit on Pain Management.

The seminars will be held June 25-26 in Phoenix and Sept. 20-21 in Atlanta.

Among the subjects to be covered are strategies for building institutional commitment to pain management, implementation of the Joint Commission's pain management standards as they relate to special populations and issues, techniques for teaching patients how to assist in managing their pain, and efficient and effective ways to define and assess the competency of clinicians involved in a multidisciplinary approach to pain management. The conferences will include poster presentations of good pain management practices from practicing clinicians.

To learn more or to register for either conference, send an e-mail to: [email protected]. org, or call (630) 792-5800.