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Issues #57-#59 - Jan-Feb 2009 |
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Written by John Weeks
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Issues #57-#59, January-February 2009
Issue #59 - February 17, 2009
The list
of IOM-contracted paper, and authors for the IOM Summit ... U Kansas
program announces 2nd Fellow, and opens applications for third ..
LAc-led clinic approved by UC Regents as internship location for
medical students, others ... Holistic nurses elevate field research in
their professional agenda ... Move in massage therapy profession may
lead to split in organizations responsible for licensing exams and that
for certification exams ... AAAOM to add focus on military medicine at
its April conference ... Wendy Weber, ND, PhD becomes first
naturopathic physician to be hired as a program officer at NIH NCCAM
... Key mover in creating Continuum Center, Barbara Glickstein, MS,
MPH, RN, selected for prestigious media program More ...
February 18, 2009
The week of February
23, 2009 is promising to be the most significant policy week in the
history of complementary, alternative and particularly integrative
medicine. There will be a US Senate hearing on integrative medicine
principles on the 23rd, the sold-out IOM Summit on the 25th-27th and a
Samueli Institute reception on the 26th (sponsored with the Center for
Mind Body Medicine, Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care,
Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium, and the Tai Sophia Institute.
Be there or be square. These actions comes amidst an economic stimulus
package, reported here, which includes $1 billion for a Wellness and
Prevention Fund and $1.1 billion for effectiveness research. Also noted
is a release from the American Chiropractic Association on
chiro-related issues in the stimulus package. More ...
February 17, 2009
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM) editorial board member and sometimes Integrator
commentator Daniel Redwood, DC has a passion for politics to go with
his experience as a clinician and healthcare educator. Redwood's
editorial, reprinted with permission from the JACM, provides a thought-provoking analysis and review of health reform options with particular focus on universal coverage, prevention and health promotion, chiropractic and the role of complementary and alternative medicine. Enjoy! More ...
February 17, 2009
Is relationship-centered care the critical element in the reform of
medicine? Tom Ballard, RN, ND doesn't think so. Ballard writes in
response to an Integrator column in which Stephen Bollles, DC, states: “What we do doesn't matter a whole lot compared to how we do it.” Ballard responds: "It's more than convincing
practitioners to spend quality time with patients. We need to radically change
the way medicine is practiced." Ballard
then presents his view of a "New Healthcare Paradigm" which is in fact
an "old" perspective inside his own profession. I wonder whether the
typical integrative medical doctor, or NCCAM researcher, would agree
that this is where the value in integrative practice will be found? More ...
February 5, 2009
James Gordon,
MD, past chair of the White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy, held a Healthcare Community Discussion on
December 30th. But anyone who knows Gordon's interests will guess that
he assembled a wide-ranging group, and that the recommendations ranged
as widely. They urge that the Department of Education become a central
agency in promotion and prevention. They would demote the "baleful
influence" of two key influencer-stakeholders. Got any guesses? On the research front, the group specifically suggests that up to 30%
of the research budget go to effectiveness studies, and 10% to
integrative approaches. The #1 recommendation is a general direction for health reform. Any guesses here? Gordon had the link sent to the Integrator for cross-posting. This is stimulating reading. More ...
Issue #58 - January 29, 2009
January 29, 2009
Impact of the
Integrator campaign against defunding NCCAM at Obama's www.change.gov
... U.S. Senator Harkin pushes $1.1 billion of "effectiveness research" money into
nation's economic stimulus package ... CEO Todd Linden's view of an
integration strategy in a rural hospital ... Integrative clinic and
employer wellness consultant Nancy Hart offer "teleclass" on
integrative strategies ... Yoga's impact at NIH and HHS expands as
National Yoga Month declared ... 25 distinct organizations become
Participating Organizations for the May 12-13 North American Research
Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine ... Bland, Karan
to be honored at Integrative Healthcare Symposium, February 19-21 in
New York City ... ND school in grant from First Nations and Intuit
health Branch of Health Canada ... Briggs to speak at APHA conference
... Triad's Hillary Davis starts new healthcare blog. More ...
January 27, 2009
The
healthcare career of Stephen Bolles, DC includes a director position
with the consumer division of United Healthcare, a vice presidency with
one of the emerging universities of natural health sciences and a
leadership role in establishing the integrative clinics at the renown
Woodwinds Health Campus in Minnesota. Here Bolles takes a look at the
emerging healthcare reform debate and asks 4 good questions, including
the ultimate economic challenge: "Who is not going to be doing
something that they are doing now?" He suggests one place where we
would be served to remain buoyed: relationships. But, Bolles askes, can
this system support the relationships that are critical to real change? More ...
January 18, 2009
The cult of
academics, conventional physicians and scientists who are dedicated to
polarizing the medical discussion by deriding all value in integrative
medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices has
mounted a nasty campaign against NIH NCCAM at Obama's change.gov site.
It is one-sided, and ugly. I am told the Obama site closes today.
Please get in immediately and register your vote in favor of continued
funding. If you can, add a comment to the blog. Act now, by going to this page at Obama's change.gov site. More info is available at the Integrator by clicking on the title of this article. Act now! Go to this site at Obama's change.gov to vote in the upper left corner of the blog. Then comment! More ...
Issue #57 - January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009
Wall Street Journal
column positions integrative medicine as key direction in health reform
... Religion Newswriters group advancing education of journalists on
integrative practices ... Hello President-elect Obama: links to letters
from the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians ... IOM announces full
run-down of speakers and panelists for the February 25-27, 2009 Summit.
Harkin to headline economics group ... Boston Foundation surprises
Pathways to Health with $75,000 grant ... New integrative cancer center open in Providence system in south Puget Sound ... Do
we need a new therapeutic order for the nation? Take a look at this
plan for aligning resource investment ... Plus, new Osher-NCCAM award,
a special something from HealthMath in these stressful times, and more
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January 15, 2009
Laura
Crites, MA, MS, executive director of the Hawaii Consortium for
Integrative Health Care, convened two Healthcare Community Discussions
as recommended by the Obama-Daschle healthcare transition team. Their
focus was specifically on the role of integrative medicine in
healthcare reform. The document they submitted to Obama-Daschle is
published here. It includes a half-dozen case histories, to ground the
importance of the document. These are followed by specific
recommendations in the areas of overall approach, research, education
and practice. How will these recommendations line up with what comes
out of the Bravewell-IOM Summit on February 25-27, 2009? More ...
January 15, 2009
On December 8, 2008, the Integrator
posted an invitation from Daphne White to join a Health Care Community
Discussion which she planned to host the next week. Such discussions
were urged by Tom Daschle, head of Obama's transition team for health
care. These discussion were created as a means of moving grassroots
ideas into the dialogue. White, a former journalist and health care
organizer, has a passion for integrative medicine as well as a
therapeutic touch practice. The subject for her group was the role of
integrative practices in health reform. Here is the submission that
came from that December 16th discussion. More ...
January 14, 2009
Integrator
adviser and columnist Michael Levin reports on a recent California
action, under Proposition 65, against 56 dietary supplement companies.
The issue is a level of lead in their products which required informing
their customers. Levin uses the column to remind clinicians and
administrators of the importance of vigilance of supplement
manufacturers about the extent of their quality control plans. The
story was brought to Levin's attention through Michael McGuffin and the
American Herbal Products Association. More ...
January 14, 2009
When past president of the American Holistic Medical Association Bill Manahan, MD received the list of the Integrator Top 10 from 2009, he was inspired to create a list of his own. Manahan, an Integrator
adviser and long-time member of the clinical faculty at the University
of Minnesota School of Medicine, offers what he calls "eight
transitions that will bring light and balance to healthcare." What are
your thoughts on these directions? More ...
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