The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) represents more than 38,000 emergency physicians, emergency medicine residents, and medical students. ACEP promotes the highest quality of emergency care and is the leading advocate for emergency physicians and their patients, and the public.
Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Department, or PACED, is an ACEP-governed national accreditation program which seeks to improve pain management for patients in the emergency department.
Hospitals and emergency departments (EDs) are in a unique position to combat the opioid epidemic by providing optimal analgesia and educating patients. To ensure your hospital ED staff is aligned with best practices and prepared to fight the epidemic, become accredited through the Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Department (PACED) program. PACED accreditation ensures quality, patient safety, communication, responsibility, and clarity in the management of ED patients suffering from pain and addiction.
