According to Marilee Donovan, a big part of pain management is self-management. In this podcast, Donovan, regional pain management coordinator with Kaiser Permanente Northwest, discusses Kaiser Permanente's multi-disciplinary chronic pain management program, as well as the measures she relies on to assess pain in and improve the quality of life for her patients. Donovan and Cheryl Pacellam performance improvement advisor at Masspro, provided the inside details on their organization's efforts to improve pain management during a June 11, 2008 webinar, Managing the Chronic Pain Patient: Strategies to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Excessive Healthcare Utilization.