The electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration (ePPOC) is an initiative that utilises standardised information and clinical assessment tools to benchmark and measure outcomes in the area of pain management. It has been established in response to one of the high priority recommendations of the National Pain Strategy: to improve standards in pain management through national benchmarking of care and treatment provided by specialist pain management services (PMSs).
PMSs participating in ePPOC routinely collect information about their patients and outcomes, and submit this to ePPOC for reporting and analysis.