July 10, 2006 mailing - Issue #7
July 10, 2006
The
gutting of the AHCPR after it published a guideline which projected an
estimated 35% cost savings via an approach that include spinal
manipulation has an eerie parallel with a fresh report of the Swiss
government burying a significant CAM-IM study ...
July 9, 2006
 ACCAHC exec Pamela Snider, ND, suggests Pew approach
The AAOM-ACA issues on chiropractic acupuncture leads CAM educator and policy leader Pamela Snider, ND, to suggest that the work of the Pew Commission on competencies may guide us way from turfism. Can the young Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care provide a channel for dialogue
July 9, 2006
 Tino Villani, DC, on the influences of 3rd party payment
IBN&R readers believe insurance coverage is key to CAM-IM's
future. Here is a forthright, personal view of a seasoned CAM and
managed care professional on what coverage can mean. The article is
part of an IBN&R series, sponsored by the International Association of Yoga Therapists on the Future of Yoga Therapy.
July 7, 2006
In
the midst of a broader battle over scope, an intra-CAM dispute over
standards and a possible move toward an unusual resolution ...
July 6, 2006
Results of the May-June IBN&R survey come close to matching a 2001 survey of IM industry leaders ...
July 6, 2006
Jerry
McAndrews, Marsha Handell, AHMA-AHNA, Dana Ullman, HerbDay, NADA's new
president, Picker Institute, disparity reduction and more ...
July 21, 2006 mailing - Issue #8
July 21, 2006
The team behind Steve Case's ambitious Revolution Health now includes integrative medicine leader Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH, formerly with the UCSF Osher Center, to a key role in medical leadership ...
July 20, 2006
Wisconsin-based, 75-year-old supplement firm Standard Process under the leadership of Charlie DuBois, has added sponsorship of the Integrator Blog News and Reports
to its quality mission, which includes research and education
relationships with conventional and CAM academic centers, in advancing
integrative medicine ...
July 20, 2006
A survey led by Sita Ananth, MHA, of over 6700 hospitals for the Health Forum affiliate of the American Hospital Association elicits useful data on inclusion type, levels and models of CAM programs at 370 hospitals ...
July 18, 2006
David Mercier, LAc, integrative medicine leader at Shore Health System, now part of the University of Maryland Health System, provides strategy and outcomes of an award winning program for reducing pain, anxiety and malaise in hospital patients ...
July 17, 2006
Dr. Weil takes on the hospital-fast foods connection in the New York Times, note on a May Time cover story, Parade weighs in on AOM; plus regional accreditation for Tai Sophia Institute and AYU Ayurdeda announces agreement with major Indian firm ...
July 14, 2006 - Bastille Day
In the first of a series, we learn that US Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) recently suggested to a Long Island Forum that we re-open the recommendation of the White House Commission to establish a federal CAM office. What are your federal candidates/officials saying. Do they like this thing called CAM? Do they like this CAM-IM?
July 12, 2006
Large employers via IHPM looking at CAM-IM, researchers from ISCMR, IN-CAM and IAYT exploring outcomes, national leaders exploring consumer-driven health care ...
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Brief Notes - Media, Education - July 17, 2006
