IOM Report: Living Well With Chronic Illness

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Institute of MedicineOn January 31, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report titled Living Well With Chronic Illness – A call for public health action stating that, despite existing national initiatives to help patients with chronic illnesses, the healthcare industry is not doing enough for patients.

The report brief states that chronic conditions are reaching a boiling point, steadily moving toward crisis proportions. The medical care costs of people with chronic illnesses represent 75 percent of the $2 trillion in U.S. annual health care spending. “Yet maintaining or enhancing quality of life for individuals living with chronic illnesses has not been given the attention it deserves by health care funders, health systems, policy makers, and public health programs and agencies.”

The report identified nine “exemplar” conditions that significantly affect the nation’s health and economy: arthritis, cancer, chronic pain, dementia, depression, type 2 diabetes, post-traumatic disabling conditions, schizophrenia, and vision and hearing loss.

 


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Pain Management Group Announces Partnership with O’Bleness Health System

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

OBleness Health System Pain Management Group (PMG), the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region, announces the addition of a new hospital partner, O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio.

“PMG looks forward to our new joint venture partnership with O’Bleness and the opportunity to bring our balanced approach of pain management to the Athens community,” commented John Bookmyer, CEO of PMG. “We believe that a balanced approach to treatment is critical for patients to return to a life uninterrupted by acute and chronic pain. It is truly an honor to be working with outstanding healthcare providers such as O’Bleness.”

Dr. Ned Lakshmipathy, PMG’s founding physician commented, “We are dedicated to providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and balanced approach to pain care, which offers the best option for a patient’s condition. Our growth has been selective and we choose to associate with the best of the best in order to give our patients top quality pain care.”

The pain management clinic at O’Bleness will provide advanced and comprehensive treatment options for patients who suffer from chronic and acute pain, including neck and back pain, arthritis and chronic pelvic pain.

The partnership provides O’Bleness:

  •  A balanced primary care approach to pain management
  • Support for primary care physicians with chronic pain patients
  • Support for the clinical and operational mission of the hospital by bringing a new, needed specialty to meet the needs of its community
  • Exceptional patient experience

The new relationship also provides O’Bleness with the ability to maximize available resources and provide comprehensive ancillary services to the community.

Pain management services provided through PMG at O’Bleness are available on self- and physician-referral basis. Self-referred patients will need to have a primary care provider. If a patient does not have a primary care provider, a list of O’Bleness active medical staff healthcare practitioners to choose from is located online at O’Bleness’ website www.obleness.org. For more information, please call 740.566.4750.

About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

About O’Bleness Memorial Hospital

O’Bleness Health System l is a private, not-for-profit health system located in Athens, Ohio. O’Bleness has provided healthcare services to the residents of southeastern Ohio since 1921. O’Bleness’ diverse medical staff includes specialists offering a wide range of surgical procedures, treatment options and therapies. For more information, visit www.obleness.org.

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You Don’t Have to Live in Pain

Thursday, December 29th, 2011
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Dr. Robert Gould

The following post was written by Robert E. Gould, DO. Dr. Gould is board certified in phys­i­cal med­i­cine and reha­bil­i­ta­tion and has addi­tional train­ing in pain man­age­ment. He is a mem­ber of Mid­west Pain Treatment Center, an affil­i­ate of Pain Man­age­ment Group.

If you are suf­fer­ing from any one of a num­ber of injuries or ill­nesses, you don’t have to live in pain.

The diag­no­sis and treat­ment of acute and chronic pain is our spe­cialty. We see patients with acute and chronic pain from a vari­ety of con­di­tions. Back, neck and pelvic pain are com­mon com­plaints. We also treat patients with pain from sci­at­ica, headaches, arthri­tis, fibromyal­gia, nerve dam­age, can­cer, mus­cle spasms, surgery, shin­gles, work-related injuries and more.

We under­stand that pain affects every area of life. It inter­feres with work, sleep, mood and behav­ior. In fact, chronic pain affects 119 mil­lion Amer­i­cans – more than dia­betes, heart dis­ease and can­cer com­bined. It is the chief med­ical com­plaint among older Amer­i­cans. The cost of health care and lost pro­duc­tiv­ity due to pain last year was between $560 bil­lion and $635 bil­lion, accord­ing to the Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Pain Medicine.

Our goal at our clinics is to con­trol pain so peo­ple can return to their nor­mal every­day activ­i­ties. We offer many safe and proven meth­ods to elim­i­nate or dimin­ish pain.

We begin with a phys­i­cal exam, patient his­tory and radi­o­log­i­cal stud­ies, if nec­es­sary, to deter­mine the cause of your pain. Then we indi­vid­u­al­ize treat­ment with options that include med­ica­tions, injec­tions and elec­tri­cal stim­u­la­tion, among other inter­ven­tions and therapies.

Spe­cific pro­ce­dures include: epidural steroid injec­tions, facet joint injec­tions, radiofre­quency abla­tion, spinal cord stim­u­la­tion, myoneural injec­tion (with or with­out Botox), nucle­o­plasty, selec­tive nerve root block, stel­late gan­glion block and lum­bar sym­pa­thetic block. We have a wide range of med­ica­tions at our dis­posal, includ­ing anti-depressant and anti-seizure drugs.

Effec­tive pain man­age­ment requires a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary approach because everybody’s pain is dif­fer­ent. Our treat­ment phi­los­o­phy involves refer­rals, if needed, to spe­cial­ists such as phys­i­cal ther­a­pists, occu­pa­tional ther­a­pists, psy­chi­a­trists and psy­chol­o­gists who pro­vide exer­cise, cognitive-behavioral ther­apy, coun­sel­ing and other ser­vices to help patients con­trol pain.

The diag­no­sis and treat­ment of pain can be a tricky busi­ness because the rea­son for the pain is not always read­ily appar­ent. As a con­se­quence, good pain man­age­ment requires a thor­ough, mul­ti­fac­eted eval­u­a­tion from expe­ri­enced and spe­cially trained physicians.

Our clinics are ded­i­cated to find­ing and treat­ing the source of pain so our patients can have safe, long-lasting relief and begin to enjoy life again.

To find a pain clinic near you, call 567.225.8080.

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Fisher-Titus Medical Center and Pain Management Group Announce New Pain Clinic

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Fisher-Titus Medical CenterFisher-Titus Medical Center and Pain Management Group in coordination with Samaritan Regional Health System, announce the Tuesday, January 17, 2012 opening of a new pain management clinic bringing comprehensive, primary care pain services to  Ashland, Ohio.

The Fisher-Titus Pain Management Clinic, located at 2212 Mifflin Avenue, Suite 220, Ashland, Ohio 44805, will be open Tuesdays to provide advanced and comprehensive treatments for patients suffering from chronic and acute pain.

Interventional Pain Specialists Zach Zumbar, M.D. and Adam Hedaya, M.D. will direct and diagnosis treatment at the Ashland office. Dr. Hedaya, board certified in pain management, joined the medical staff at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Zach Zumbar, who recently completed fellowship-training in pain management at the Cleveland Clinic and earned his doctor of medicine from The Ohio State University, recently joined the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center team.

“We offer some of the most advanced treatments available today for pain management. These treatments are more tolerable and less invasive than in the past,” said Dr. Zumbar. “Millions of people suffer from chronic pain that affects their daily activities, pain management is proven and effective at getting people back to a normal life,” he added.

If patients who are seen at the Pain Management Center office in Ashland require interventional procedures, they will be referred to the Pain Management Center at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk.

“We started the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center in 2009 as a way to provide our patients the highest-quality pain management care without leaving our community,” said Fisher-Titus President Patrick Martin. “We could not be more pleased with our partnership with Pain Management Group and our ability to help more people through this new clinic,” he continued.

Fisher-Titus works in partnership with Findlay Ohio-based Pain Management Group in providing primary care pain management services.

“PMG looks forward to this new location to serve patients in Ashland and appreciate the support of Samaritan Regional Health System to bring our balanced approach of pain management to the Ashland community,” said John Bookmyer, CEO of  Pain Management Group. “We believe that our approach to treatment is critical for patients to return to a life uninterrupted by acute and chronic pain. It is truly an honor to be working with outstanding health-care providers such as Drs. Zumbar and Hedaya, Fisher-Titus, and Samaritan.”

Appointments for the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center at Ashland can be made by calling 419-660-6901 or 800-668-8788 ext. 6901.

 

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Fisher-Titus Medical Center Announces Expansion of Pain Management Services

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Fisher-Titus Medical Center is expanding services of its Pain Management Center to include an office in the Northern Ohio Medical Specialists (NOMS) building at 2500 W. Strub Road in Sandusky, according to Patrick J. Martin, president and CEO of Fisher-Titus Medical Center.

The Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center offices at NOMS will open December 15 to serve residents of Erie County and surrounding areas with advanced and comprehensive treatments for chronic and acute pain. The office will initially be located in Suite 350 at NOMS.

Interventional Pain Specialist Dr. Adam Hedaya will direct diagnosis and treatment at the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center at NOMS along with Dr. Zach  Zumbar who recently completed fellowship-training  in pain medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.  Dr. Hedaya, board certified in pain management,  joined the medical staff at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in 2009 and at Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton in 2010.  Dr. Zach Zumbar, who earned his doctor of medicine from The Ohio State University, recently joined the Pain Management teams at both Fisher-Titus and Magruder.

If patients who are seen at the NOMS site require interventional procedures, they will be referred to either the Fisher-Titus Pain Management Center in Norwalk or the Magruder Hospital Pain Management Center in Port Clinton.

“We offer some of the most advanced treatments available today for pain management. These treatments are more tolerable and less invasive than in the past,” said Dr. Hedaya. “Millions of people suffer from chronic pain that affects their daily activities, pain management is proven and effective at getting people back to a normal life,” he added.

“We are pleased to work with Fisher-Titus and the Pain Management Group in bringing these expanded services to Erie County residents,” commented Dr. Lou Ralofsky, CEO of NOMS.

“The pain clinic will deliver personalized patient care of the highest quality in a caring and compassionate environment,” Dr. Hedaya added. “We are dedicated to providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and balanced approach to pain care, which offers the best option for a patient’s condition.”

Call 419-660-6901 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

About Fisher-Titus Medical Center
Fisher-Titus Medical Center is a non-profit community hospital that serves Norwalk, Huron County and the region with the latest medical advancements providing the area’s 70,000-plus residents a full continuum of care. Fisher-Titus is recognized as an Accredited Chest Pain Center, a Primary Stroke Center and a Level 3 Trauma Center. The Medical Center also was named among Modern Healthcare’sTop 100 Best Places to Work for three consecutive years and Best Cancer Care by the American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer Approval with Seven Commendations in 2011.For more information, visit www.fisher-titus.org.

About Northern Ohio Medical Specialists
Northern Ohio Medical Specialist is a multi-specialty physician groupfounded in 2000, with over 45 physicians and offices located in Bellevue, Clyde, Fremont, Huron, Norwalk, Port Clinton, Sandusky and Willard, Ohio. A 110,000 square foot facility, located in Sandusky,houses physical and occupational therapy, occupational medicine, women’s center, wellness/fitness center, urgent care, laboratory and imaging, among others. For more information, visit www.nomsdrs.com.

About Pain Management Group
Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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What Hospital Partners Are Saying About Pain Management Group

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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We are about a year into our exclusive arrangement with Pain Management Group whereby we joint ventured with them to provide our hospital-based, outpatient pain management clinic. Their physicians are fellowship-trained, board-certified pain specialists with well-rounded medical backgrounds and a skill set that is easily adaptable to various conditions within our clinic. Pain Management Group has consistently met all of our expectations and we value our current partnership and certainly look forward to it continuing well into the future.

-Michael E. Long, President & CEO, Magruder Hospital

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Pain Management Group Seeks Marketing Manager

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Pain Management GroupPain Management Group in Findlay, OH is seeking a full-time marketing manager for the Columbus, Ohio region.

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Act as a steward of the PMG brand through support of the brand promise, vision, position and personality, and help achieve stated business goals for PMG
  • Continue to develop and continuously strengthen brand positioning in the market
  • Contribute to brand, marketing and PR strategy discussions
  • Assist hospital marketing staff in development and execution of strategic marketing plans to achieve pain clinic objectives
  • Travel throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers
  • Plan and conduct market research to identify level of satisfaction and opportunities
  • Provide post-event reports, analysis, and regular status reports on marketing programs
  • Help establish and maintain consistent corporate image throughout product lines, promotional materials and events
  • Target, promote and call on existing physician groups and develop positive relationships with new physician groups to achieve customer objectives
  • Measure and communicate marketing effectiveness

Position Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in marketing/PR/communications or related field
  • Successful experience in marketing, PR or communications preferred
  • Healthcare experience is a plus
  • Computer literate with proficiency with Microsoft Office, desktop publishing and social media resources
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • Self-starter with demonstrated ability to set priorities, coordinate multiple projects and independently problem-solve in a timely fashion
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to consistently follow through and meet deadlines
  • Ability to analyze, evaluate and utilize data to monitor effectiveness of marketing efforts
  • Able to flex work hours as needed

Submit cover letter, resume and three references to: pgiammarco@painmgmtgroup.com.

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NEWS RELEASE: Pain Management Group Launches Channel Partner Program

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Pain Management Group LogoFindlay, Ohio (September 13, 2011) – Pain Management Group, the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region, today announced the launch of a new Channel Partner Program.

The program is designed to engage and compensate healthcare executives/professionals who provide professional marketing services for the purpose of developing hospital-based, interventional pain management centers on behalf of Pain Management Group.

“By working closely with our channel partners and providing the tools they need to be successful, we can further communicate the benefits that having a good pain management program can have on a hospital and on individuals who need the service,” commented John Bookmyer, CEO of Pain Management Group. “By offering PMG’s Channel Partner program, we enhance the value of our partners by helping them learn how to position our service, expand our offerings and increase market share.”

“I chose to work with PMG because I knew their successful track record, as well as the positive impact a good pain management program can have on a hospital and on individuals who need the service,” commented LaMar Wyse, owner of healthcare consultancy firm, WyseSolutions, and PMG channel partner. “It has been very satisfying to open doors for conversations with hospital executives and physicians about how Pain Management Group can assist them.”

Benefits to becoming a channel partner with Pain Management Group include:

Competitive compensation

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/sales reporting tool
  • Dedicated sales, marketing and administrative support
  • Dedicated Channel Partner portal
  • Non-exclusive agreement
  • Training on the PMG brand

Pain Management Group is looking for new quality organizations and individuals to partner with. If you would like to discuss partnership opportunities, contact PMG CEO, John Bookmyer at 419.722.6645 or Marketing Director, Patrick Giammarco, at 567.225.8080.

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About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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NEWS RELEASE: Pain Management Group Adds Regional Operations Director

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Pain Management GroupFindlay, Ohio (September 8, 2011) – Pain Management Group announces the appointment of Julianne Renz, MBA, PT, Six Sigma Black Belt, as the company’s new Regional Operations Director. With more than 19 years healthcare industry experience in business development and operations, Ms. Renz will oversee operation of Pain Management Group’s central Ohio hospital partner clinics.

“The PMG team is very excited to add someone with Julianne’s level of professional expertise to not only support our existing customers, but to help develop future partnerships,” commented John Bookmyer, CEO of Pain Management Group. “We are confident her broad background in healthcare, as well as her education, will contribute to our company’s continued growth.”

“Julianne is a multi-faceted professional with expertise in financial planning, market and strategic analysis, project planning and change management,” stated PMG CFO, Brad Hecker. “The growth of the company and support of our partners continues to be our focus and we look forward to Julianne’s many contributions.”

Ms. Renz has more than 19 years of experience in the Central Ohio healthcare industry including strategic planning, program growth and development, process improvement, marketing and performance management. Prior to joining Pain Management Group, Ms. Renz was Business Development Manager for OhioHealth, a system of not-for-profit, faith-based hospitals and healthcare organizations serving patients in central Ohio. Ms. Renz was responsible for physician and volume acquisition and new business development of a new outpatient medical campus.

Ms. Renz earned her MBA from Franklin University in Columbus, OH and her BS in Allied Health, Physical Therapy from The Ohio State University. Ms. Renz is a Six Sigma Black Belt and is active in her church and several community organizations.

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About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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NEWS RELEASE: Galion Community Hospital Pain Management Center Welcomes New Certified Nurse Practitioner

Thursday, September 1st, 2011
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Holli Ujvari, CNP

Galion, Ohio (September 1, 2011) – Galion Community Hospital and Pain Management Group announce the addition of Holli Ujvari, CNP to the Pain Management Clinic. Ms. Ujvari will also continue to provide family practice to adults and children five years and older for the medical practice of Dr. James Goudy in Galion where she has practiced for the past year.

Ms. Ujvari has served as an RN for over five years with her most recent service including working for GCH for the past three years while attaining her American Academy of Nurse Practitioner’s board certification as a CNP.

Ms. Ujvari received her Master of Science in Nursing through the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Her undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing was achieved through MedCentral College of Nursing in Mansfield and her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from Bowling Green State University.

“I’m excited about working with Drs. Gould and Parikh and to provide care to the residents of Galion and surrounding communities,” said Ms. Ujvari. “I look forward to building lasting relationships with patients and helping to return them to a happy and productive life uninterrupted by pain.”

A Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) is a registered nurse (RN) who has completed advanced education (a minimum of a master’s degree) and training in the diagnosis and management of common medical conditions, including chronic illnesses. CNPs provide a broad range of healthcare services and maintain close working relationships with physicians. CNPs spend quality time with patients in an effort to learn which treatment options are best for them. CNPs often serve as a patient’s regular healthcare provider.

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About Galion Pain Management Center

The Pain Management Center at Galion Community Hospital offers diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as neck and back pain, headaches, arthritis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, nerve damage, muscle pain, pelvic pain and more. Treatments used to treat pain sufferers include discography procedures to the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, epidural injections, facet joint and myoneural injections, selective nerve root blocks, lumbar sympathetic blocks, nucleoplasty and others. Pain Management physicians and clinical staff are trained to provide the most advanced treatments in the management of pain. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 419-462-4547. Physician and self-referrals are accepted.

About Pain Management Group

Based in Findlay, Ohio, Pain Management Group is the leading developer of comprehensive, hospital-based, primary care pain management centers in the Great Lakes region. Since 2001, Pain Management Group has successfully established joint-venture partnerships with community hospitals to develop, build and operate pain management facilities that provide patients with the highest level of health care. For more information on Pain Management Group, visit www.painmgmtgroup.com.

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