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Ontario Pain Management Resources

A Partnership to Help Clinicians Support their Patients

Pain Supports matrix

Helping patients manage pain is complex. To help navigate this challenging landscape and support health care providers across the health system, Health Quality Ontario and organizations across the province offer a coordinated program of supports to help family doctors, nurse practitioners and other primary care clinicians manage their patients’ pain, including the appropriate use of opioids.

The following provides a one-stop summary of available pain management supports.

 

  • Opioid Wisely
    A campaign that encourages thoughtful conversation between clinicians and patients to reduce harms associated with opioid prescribing.

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    For more information, contact Info@choosingwiselycanada.org
  • The 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
    Clinical practice guideline on the use of opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain for adults (18 years of age or older).

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  • CRISM National Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder
    First Canadian guideline for managing opioid use disorders developed by the Canadian Research Initiative on Substance Misuse (CRISM).

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    For more information, contact crism@cfenet.ubc.ca
  • MyPractice: Primary Care
    A confidential report that lets you see your own opioid prescribing patterns compared with the provincial average, along with suggested tools to make improvements.

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    For more information, contact PracticeReport@hqontario.ca  
  • EMR Queries
    Standardized queries to help you build an opioid use registry in your practice. Available for Telus PS Suite, Accuro and OSCAR.

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    For more information, contact improve@afhto.ca  
  • Insights4Care (i4C)
    A digital tool to help you optimize the use of your EMR and understand current patterns of care.

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    For more information, contact support@ontariomd.com
  • i4C Advisory Service
    A provincial change management service designed to help physicians enhance their EMR skills and efficiency to improve clinical and practice outcomes.

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    For more information, contact support@ontariomd.com
  • EMR Peer Leader Program
    A network of over 50 physicians, nurses and clinic managers across the province who are expert users of OntarioMD-certified EMRs available to help you understand current patterns of care.

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    For more information, contact Peer.Leader.Program@ontariomd.com  
  • Digital Health Drug Repository
    Can provide access to your patients’ clinically relevant drug and pharmacy service information to assist with your pain medication review process.

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    For more information, contact Connecting.Ontario@ehealthontario.on.ca  
  • Opioids Clinical Primer
    Free online modules designed for primary care physicians and nurse practitioners on topics such as safer opioid prescribing, management of opioid use disorder and practical tools for managing chronic pain, including non-pharmacologic approaches.

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    For more information, contact info@machealth.ca  
  • On the Road Sessions
    Accredited sessions to educate practice staff on how EMRs can provide additional, immediate clinical value.

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    For more information, contact Omd.Events@ontariomd.com  
  • Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship Sessions
    Weekly CME-accredited videoconferencing sessions connecting you with an inter-professional pain specialist team.

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    For more information, contact Echo.Ontario@uhn.ca  
  • Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
    Six-week, self-paced online course that aims to present a framework for providing maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder with buprenorphine/naloxone, including its use in a primary care setting.

    The registration fee for this course is currently being waived.

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    For more information, contact courses.help@camh.ca
  • Clinical Tools and Resources for Primary Care
    Educational resources to support family physicians and primary care nurse practitioners in providing evidence-based care for their patients. Pain-related tools and resources are available for topics including chronic non-cancer pain, low back pain, neck pain and headache, manual therapy for musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis, opioid management and tapering, and opioid use disorder.

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  • Medical Mentoring for Addictions and Pain for Family Physicians
    Mentoring support that connects you with experts in chronic pain and addictions to help you manage your patients’ chronic pain, addictions and the challenges around opioid prescribing.

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    For more information, contact Ocfpmentoring@ocfp.on.ca  
  • De-implementation of High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Use Program

    Pilot Coming Soon  
  • Ontario eConsult Program

    Connects providers to specialists who can help answer clinical questions about their patients’ pain management, quickly and securely.

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    To sign up for eConsult, contact eConsult@ontariomd.com

    For more information, contact eConsultCOE@toh.ca

  • PainQI Series on Quorum

    Read stories from primary care clinicians across the province who are improving their pain management practices and helping their patients manage pain by using tools like the Ontario Pain Management Resources site.

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    For more information, contact PainQI@hqontario.ca

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