76 Grenville Street, 3rd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2 Phone: 416-323-6269 Fax: 416-323- 2666
Form C
Version Date: 21 March 2017
Please fax all three pages of the referral form together with requested imaging and consult to TAPMI Central Intake at 416-323-2666.
Your patient’s referral will be assessed by TAPMI Central Intake and sent to the appropriate site with the next available appointment. TAPMI is a comprehensive virtual network of pain management ser-vices in downtown Toronto. The participating hospitals are:
If you have a site preference for your patient please indicate here:
_____________________________________________________________.
Please note that this may increase your patients wait time.
In the TAPMI model, primary care providers play an active role in the treatment of their patients. The TAPMI team will provide assessment and a care plan for your patients' chronic pain problem. In some cases, treatment may be initiated by TAPMI, however, once stabilized (6– 24 months) the patient will be returned to you for ongoing care, including pharmacotherapy, with our continued support.
TAPMI physicians and nurse practitioners will not take over prescribing permanently.
Please note that a referral may be seen by any health discipline (Doctor, Nurse, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Psychologist, Social Worker) in TAPMI.
76 Grenville Street, 3rd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2 Phone: 416-323-6269 Fax: 416-323- 2666
Form C
Version Date: 21 March 2017
Interpreter required? Yes No If yes, language required:____________________________________
Alternative Contact Name, Relationship and Number: _________________________________________________
Place sticker with Patient Name and Contact Information Here:
DOB:_______________________________________
Patient Gender:
Female
Male
Transgender
Male to Female
Female to Male
Intersex
To be filled by referring health care provider. Please note: All patients must have a primary care provider
Signature: ______________________________ Billing number:_________________Date: _________________
Estimated pain problem start date ________________________________ YYYY / MM / DD
referring provider contact information
Name________________________________________
Address_____________________________________
____________________________________________
Phone Number________________________________
Urgency Level 1: Optimal wait time 5-10 business days
Patient is palliative with a less than 3 months life expectancy
Urgency Level 2: Optimal wait time 10 business days
Acute intervertebral disc herniation or sciatica (onset in the last 6 months)
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (onset in the last 6 months)
Post surgical nerve injury (onset in the last 6 months)
Requires chronic pain management prior to surgery (surgery within 6 months)
Suspected early post herpetic neuralgia (onset in the last 6 months)
Traumatic nerve injury (onset in the last 6 months)
Palliative with a 3—12 months life expectancy
More than 200 mg/ day of morphine or equivalent (MEQ) AND one or more of the following:
Concerning aberrant drug related behaviors (altering the route of delivery, accessing opioids from other sources)
Benzodiazepine use
Alcohol consumption
Urgency Level 3: Next available appointment All other types of pain (see page 2)
Date of onset:
________________________
If you are not the primary care provider, please indicate the primary care providers name and contact information below.
primary care provider contact information
Name_______________________________________
Address_____________________________________
____________________________________________
Phone Number________________________________
Patient has radicular pain ? Yes � No
76 Grenville Street, 3rd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2 Phone: 416-323-6269 Fax: 416-323- 2666
Form C
Version Date: 21 March 2017
Select and rank the pain problem.
Abdominal Pain Pelvic Pain
Abdominal Pain Chronic Pelvic Pain in Men
Chronic Pancreatitis Endometriosis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s/Ulcerative Colitis) Interstitial Cystitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pudendal Neuralgia
Head Pain Vulvodynia
Cervicogenic Headache Widespread Pain Disorders
Cluster Headache Central Sensitization/Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
Migraine Tension Type Headache Fibromyalgia
Occipital Neuralgia Widespread Pain
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Trigeminal Nerve Pain Sickle Cell Disease
Musculoskeletal Pain (Neck & Back) Systemic Exercise Intolerance/Chronic Fatigue
Failed back surgery syndrome Syndrome
Joint Pain, Location: _______________ Opioid Management/ Substance Use
Low Back Pain Aberrant drug related behaviours
Limb Dominant Escalating opioid therapy
Back Dominant Patient interested in tapering
Non mechanical back pain Substance Use Disorder
Sciatica/ Radiating Pain Is the patient aware of the referral?
Neck Pain Yes No
Limb Dominant Please Explain:__________________________
Neck Dominant Other
Myofascial Pain Syndromes Cancer Pain (cancer survivor)
Osteoarthritis Cancer Pain (palliative)
Sacro-iliac Joint Pain Cardiac Pain Conditions
Spinal Stenosis Perioperative (6 months)
Whiplash-associated Disorder Rheumatoid Arthritis
Neuropathic Pain Rheumatological Condition
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome i.e. Systemic Lupus Erythematous (Lupus or SLE)
Multiple Sclerosis Traumatic Brain Injury
Painful Diabetic Neuropathy ________________________________________
Phantom limb pain
Post Stroke Pain
Post Surgical Pain
Post-traumatic or compression-related Neuropathic pain
Shingles and Post herpetic Neuralgia
Traumatic Nerve Injury
Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain
76 Grenville Street, 3rd Floor Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2 Phone: 416-323-6269 Fax: 416-323- 2666
Form C
Version Date: 21 March 2017
Please provide the following relevant clinical Information:
Current medication list
Most relevant pain related consultation note
Referral Letter
Relevant investigations
Type: ______________________________________ Date:______________________________
Type: ______________________________________ Date:_____________________________
Type: ______________________________________ Date:_____________________________
General referral notes:
Purpose of referral:
Consultation/ provide advice
Treatment
Specific service requested:__________________________________________________________
Patient treatment preference (select all that apply):
TAPMI to decide on appropriate program for my patient
Pharmacotherapy recommendations: pain clinics will not take over prescribing permanently
Interventional Therapy
Allied Health/ Self Management
Has this patient been referred to a pain clinic before or are they currently being managed by a pain clinic? �Yes �No
Name of clinic:___________________________________ Date last seen:_________________________
Name of clinic:___________________________________ Date last seen:_________________________
Name of clinic:___________________________________ Date last seen:_________________________
Reason and purpose of this referral:
Does the patient have a serious psychiatric diagnosis that may interfere with interventional management? Yes No Please specify:________________________________________________________________________