Integrative Medicine Industry Leadership Summit Report: May 2000

Reporting on the spontaneously birthed initiatives in integrated healthcare payment and delivery around the country continuously stimulated a desire to network individuals with others who were in similar environments, facing similar challenges. These Summits brought people together for this purpose. They also began with the bias that, to better the whole of a health system in crisis, the evolving field might best model a new wholeness in practice. We brought all key industry stakeholders into these gatherings: payers, hospitals, employers, HMOs, academics, government, CAM networks, professional organizations, and venture capitalists. The first Summit, engaged with core sponsorship of The Integrator and Integrative Medicine Communications, included representatives of 75 organizations. Clem Bezold, PhD, facilitated the meeting and Jery Whitworth, RN, played a key role in its development . 32 pages, 348kb

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