Join the Nation's Only Specialty-Specific Program
Be part of the solution today! The PACED accreditation program provides emergency departments the tools to improve pain and addiction care by your institution and for your community. Elevate the quality of patient care with innovative treatments, alternative modalities, and impactful risk reduction strategies in a collaborative team setting, resulting in positive outcomes for your patients, families, providers, and communities.

Meet Our Experts
The PACED accreditation program was developed by national leaders and experts in pain and addiction within the ACEP Pain and Addiction Emergency Medicine Section with the support of the ACEP Board of Directors. The PACED Board of Governors consist of national leaders in pain and addiction emergency medicine.
Help Solve this Pervasive Problem
The United States is in the throes of a public health crisis, the opioid epidemic, as more than 2 million Americans have become dependent on or abused prescription pain pills and street drugs. According to the CDC, in 2017 there were more than 70,000 overdose deaths in the United States, with drug overdose deaths increasing more than four times between 1999 and 2017, thus making it the leading cause of injury-related death nationwide.
Hospitals and Emergency Department clinicians 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 patients suffering from pain and addiction in the ED.