MedExplorer™ Selected Site
"The site presents the best of modern and traditional medicine in holistic chronic pain treatment... A multimedia, interactive feature of the website is its guided imagery or relaxation exercise presented in Macromedia Flash."

World Wide Web Health Awards

Brandon Hall Award, 2002
"Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based, Interactive Module" was awarded a bronze citation in the Custom Content category at the 2002 Excellence in E-Learning Awards. This competition recognizes outstanding examples of e-Learning throughout the industry.

ISI Current Web Contents, 2002
Stoppain.org has been selected for inclusion in Thomson Scientific's ISI Current Web Contents database, a scholarly collection of evaluated web sites.

The Golden Web Award, 2002-2003
Golden Web Awards are provided through the International Association of Webmasters and Designers (IAWMD). Websites are judged on design, content and originality.

The Excellent Medical Site Award
The Excellent Medical Site (EMS) Awards 2002 from Worldwide EMS Index are sponsored by paramedics in the United Kingdom.

World Wide Web Health Awards
StopPain.org received two awards in the Fall 2000 World Wide Web Health Awards competition. Our web site received the Silver Award in the Patient Education Information category and a Bronze Award in the Miscellaneous Professional category, both in the Hospital and Health Care System division.

4-Star Excellence Rating by Growth House, Inc.
This award is given to those sites which offer outstanding quality and unique content for persons faced with life-threatening illness.

Medaille d'Or
Criteria for Medaille d'Or award:
Does it instantly impress; and does it seem to convey an enthusiasm for its subject? But we also ask ourselves 'Is the site both usable and useful? Are download times reasonable? Is the site kept reasonably up to date? Is navigation straightforward and intuitive? Does the content make the site worth exploring? Is it attractive and fun?'

MedExplorer™ Top Rated Site
Top rated sites were chosen based on a number of variables. The usual variables were usefulness, content, design, speed, and targeted audience.

Healthlinks Select Site
Healthlinks is pleased to recognize the work and skill that has gone into the Stoppain.org web site in providing health care consumer and professional information about chronic pain disorders and treatment, as well as palliative or comfort care resources for those with long-term illness. It has been accepted into the largest "Free" comprehensive online directory available specifically for the use of healthcare consumers and professionals on the Internet.

Health A to Z 4-Star Site
This web site provides information about chronic pain disorders and treatment, as well as palliative care and end-of-life care resources for health care consumers and professionals.

Circle of Life Award 2000
The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care was awarded an honorary mention with commendation by the Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in End-of-Life Care. Selected in a competitive process, out of 120 applicants, the department was cited as 'a leader of innovation in end-of-life care in the academic medical setting' and as 'providing a model for others.'

Established by the American Hospital Association, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and co-sponsored by the American Medical Association, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the Circle of Life Award was established in 1999 to honor innovative programs that improve care for people in their last days of life.

USNews Online
Three sections of Stoppain.org web site were cited as links in the "Also on the Web" section cover story entitled, "Conquering Pain."