title: To improve pain management: measure, educate, change habits.
abstract: Healthcare organizations that have successfully implemented pain management programs started by unifying their care policies and building pain management into standing orders, protocols and patient charts. The greatest challenge, however, belongs to staff, pharmacists and physicians, who must measure pain routinely and seek effective treatment, see that the most appropriate and effective treatments are ordered and used, and incorporate pain management into the plan for each patient's recovery.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowers
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States