Awards

	National Health Information Award, 2011 The Asian Family Caregiver Handbook, published by the Asian Family Caregiver Program in Beth Israel’s Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (DPMPC) and the Asian Services Center (ASC), has received a Bronze award from the 2011 National Health Information Awards program in the ‘book’ category for content and design creativity.
	Organized Wisdom, 2010 Our low back pain subpage has been included on the Chronic Back Pain WisdomCard™ by Organized Wisdom, an expert-guided healthcare resource.
	MarCom Creative Awards, 2005 StopPain.org has received a Platinum Winner award in the 2005 MarCom Creative Awards competition. This is an international competition judged by industry professionals who look for talent that exceeds a high standard of excellence and that serves as a benchmark. There were 4,613 entries from the US and other countries in the 2005 competition.
	"Cinema in Industry" (CINDY) Award, 2003 "Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Problem-Based, Interactive Module" was awarded an international Silver CINDY Award. This competition, recognizing excellence in both linear and interactive media, received nearly 3,500 entries for the Spring 2002 International Competition, with the Beth Israel Medical Center entry placing in the top 15 percent of all programming entered.
	MedExplorer™ Selected Site for HealingChronicPain.org. "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 StopPain.org received the Silver award in the Spring 2002 World Wide Web Health Awards competition in the Patient Education Information category.
	World Wide Web Health Awards StopPain.org received the Bronze award in the Spring 2002 World Wide Web Health Awards competition in the Miscellaneous Professional, Hospital and Health Care System category.
	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.
	2001 Circle of Life Award The Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, has recently received the 2001 Circle of Life Award for Innovation in End-of-Life Care.
	Kinder Start™ Kid Friendly Site StopPain.org has been selected for addition to KinderStart.Com - The Web's largest indexed directory for parents and caregivers!
	Webshots "Cool Site" StopPain.org was selected as a Webshots "Cool Site" of the day for June 17th, 2001. Webshots is part of the Excite family.
	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.
	Best of the Web 2000 Gold Award This award is given to sites that present a great overall balance of: Creative Design, Layout, Clear Graphics (original graphics will earn a higher award), Java (site is not required to have Java), Page Download, User Friendly, and overall professional appearance and originality.
	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."

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