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Issues #86-#87 - March-April 2011 |
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Written by John Weeks
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Issue
#87 - May 5, 2011 (Cinco de Mayo)
May 4, 2011
Opportunity for input on
CAM/IM practices and practitioners in the future of primary care ...
Brief report (assisted by Taylor Walsh) on the integrative health themes
in the first Advisory Group meeting on the National Prevention and
Health Promotion Strategy ... Organization on Integrative Medicine for
the Underserved formed ... Somali women benefits from massage and Yoga
in Seattle's Harborview Hospital ... 353,000 treatments is just one data
point in co-founder Lisa Rohleder's reflection on the growth of
community acupuncture ... AMTA partners with Penny George Institute in
analysis of massage in inpatient care ... Cancer Treatment Centers of
America honored by Newt Gingrich ... North Dakota the 16th state to
license NDs ... American Interprofessional Health Collaborative
incorporates as led agent in moving interprofessional education and care
... Educators for medicine, nursing, dentistry, osteopathy, public
health and pharmacy agree on competencies for interprofessional
collaborative practice ... MD Anderson and Allina offer programs to
educate licensed "CAM" providers to deliver in-system services ...
Alliance for Massage Therapy Educators in collaboration with massage
licensing boards on national CE vetting strategy ... Update on
Grantmakers in Health CAM group ... International reports on CAMbrella
in Europe, chiropractic education in South Africa, herbs in the UK and
new networking in New Zealand ... US News declares medical schools are
"embracing alternative medicine" .. Program offered to limit pollution
txins from unused pharma ... Job opportunities in integrative programs
at UMDNJ and Kansas ... Tracy Gaudet, MD named one of Top 26 Women in
Healthcare by Modern Healthcare .. John Weeks awarded honorary doctorate
by National University of Health Sciences ... More
May 3, 2011
The Institute for Alternative Futures, led by Integrator adviser
and futurist Clem Bezold, PhD, received a grant from the Kresge
Foundation to forecast the future of primary care in 2025. One area of
interest is the role of "CAM"/integrative modalities/disciplines in that
future. The Integrator sent an alert calling for comments and
perspectives based on a current "forecast #15" and a set of questions.
Here are early responses from Chuck Simpson, DC, Victor Sierpina, MD,
Lou Sportelli, DC, David Rakel, MD, Jim Winterstein, DC, and spa blogger
Sara Firman, LMT. Responses will be accepted by IAF until May 14, 2011. Be nice to hear from you and run a second Integrator forum on this topic. More
April 25, 2011
Your comments are
requested for a Kresge Foundation-funded study on the future of Primary
Care in 2025l. The projections will be made by the Institute for
Alternative Futures, led by Integrator adviser Clem Bezold, PhD.
Among other topics, IAF seeks input on the types and extent of integrative
practices/modalities/practitioners will be part of primary care teams and
practices in 2025. Also sought is input on the roles of licensed DCs,
NDs, LAcs and others such as licensed midwives who may be part of the
primary care matrix. Bezold seeks qualitative and quantitative
information on what are both preferred and likely forecasts for 2025.
The document below includes IAF's current draft of forecasts, including
#15 on CAM/IM. Respond by May 6, 2011. More
April 18, 2011
Integrative care and consumer health maven Stephen Bolles, DC found the Integrator's
8 trends favoring integration of integrative practices "accurate but
incomplete." The missing ingredient in Bolles view: the consumer. In
this column, Bolles first sets up his case, his soapbox as he calls it.
Then he takes us through each of the 8 trends - the rise of nursing,
CER, patient-centered care, interprofessional education, etc. He
re-writes each through the prism of this marketplace perspective. The
result is a useful reflection that not only leavens whatever value was
in the initial column. Bolles' piece also releases some of the darker
underside of trends that were presented, originally, with perhaps too
rose-colored of glasses. Your comments? More
April 17, 2011
Ruth Westreich assembled her own integrative team long
before
she became a philanthropist in integrative medicine. The former
marketing professional is outspoken on what the field needs to mature
into a transformational force in US health care. Westreich speaks to new
kinds of collaboration. She reflects on challenges and
opportunities in linking with stakeholders such as employers,
pharmaceutical firms and the licensed natural healthcare professions. A
Bravewell member and backer of integrative cardiologist Mimi Guarneri,
MD, Westreich is excited about the opportunities for creative healing
arts
and the emerging Grantmakers in Health interest group relative to
integrative practices.
Westreich's perspectives stimulate musings on what those promoting
integrative health care must do to help the field become one of the most
significant social
movements of our time. More
Issue
#86 - April 12, 2011April 11, 2011
Obama appoints U Arizona IM fellow Sharon Van Horn to key prevention panel ...
Brian Berman, MD and Jane Guiltinan, ND to join NCCAM Advisory Council
... Weeks' powerpoint on 2010 policy and cost developments available via
Integrative Healthcare Symposium ... Aetna-Duke-Kraftsow in major yoga
trial on effectiveness and cost ... Asheville, North Carolina suggesting
integrative medicine for economic development ... Daniel Redwood, DC
offers additional resources on cost benefits of integrative practices
... Sierra Tucson, Ted and Dr. Roberta Mann Foundation back new International Network on Integrative Mental
Health ... $250,000 Dr. Rogers' Prize announces
applications, September 23, 2011 set for awards dinner ... Data on the
remarkable 2010 contributions of the Wake Forest integrative medicine program
... "Integration theme" presented as reason for record turnout at
conference of chiropractor educators and researchers ... Bonnie Horrigan
offers exceptional resource on IM fellowships in Explore ... Tai
Sophia offers new nutrition MS program ... Congresswoman Carolyn Pingee
(D-ME) sponsors bill to for Medicaid coverage of Certified Professional Midwives ...
American Chiropractic Association priorities on health reform ... Public
visibility work of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
... Suzanne Somers' Dateline appearance shows rift between alternative cancer treatment
doctors Gonzalez/Bryzynski and interviewed integrative medicine leaders ... Reiki
effectiveness in health condition published ... American Botanical
Council and American Herbal Products Association announce 2011 awards
... Seattle Business honors Bastyr community medicine program led
by Melissa McCarty, ND ... Richard Brassard, DC selected to head
Association of Chiropractic Colleges ... Integrative medical doctor Shay
Pintov, MD leads Israeli delegation to help in Japan ... In Memoriam:
Michele Eustache More
April 4, 2011
American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians board member Corey Resnick, ND,
corrects a Top 10 item ... Group Health Institute researchers Daniel
Cherkin, PhD, and Karen Sherman, PhD comment on the fascinating and
previously unpublished qualitative finding from their quantitative LBP
trials ... Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA, HNC, CCN,
offers comments on essential benefits, coaching and nurses ... Jan
Schwartz, MA suggests that the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and
Ori9ental Medicine may be behind the 8-ball on internet-based learning
... Mary Elaine Southard, RN, MSN wonders if we need a board of
integrative practice to kick in the practice of integrative nursing ... More
April 4, 2011
Beltway-based Integrator
columnist Taylor Walsh specializes in examining policy changes with an
eye on their potential meaning to integrative medicine and health care.
In this column, Walsh offers a useful summary of a rash of developments
as the National Prevention (and Public Health) Strategy begins to
unfold. "Integrative health care" is a new concept right up front in the
law behind this $16.5-billion effort. Are there explicit initiatives
laid out in these plans? Walsh points to where there may be opportunity. More
March 22, 2011
I was a role-player in a recent
workshop on practical integrative healthcare models. My job was to kick
off some small group work by presenting 5-10 minutes up front on "major
trends that are
influencing integration." The focus was on chiropractic as the meeting
was the Association of Chiropractic Colleges-Research Agenda Conference
(ACC-RAC). The 8
trends I shared apply more broadly. Here are these trends, seen first
from a 50,000 foot level and slowly working down toward the ground of
present leadership. The power of the pattern is compelling. What trend
do you think
is overstated, misstated or missing? More
March 21, 2011
This article offers a
chart of payment rates to
naturopathic physicians by insurers in the state of Washington in 2008. The chart is by code and by insurer for
Regence (Blue Shield), Premera (Blue Cross), Uniform Medical, CIGNA,
Aetna, Group Health, United Healthcare and Pacificare. Rates vary
significantly. Washington has the most mature market for 3rd party inclusion of
these practitioners in the insurance system following a 1995 law that
required all plans to include "every category of (licensed) provider."
While recognized in the state as primary care providers, individual plan
recognition of their role varies. These data were gathered from various
individuals in the state. More
March 17, 2011
While assembling reader
comments, I discovered that 4 spoke to the very significant issues we
face with "integration." I group them here. They begin with an anonymous
medical academic speaking on the likelihood that Nutritional Medicine
textbook author doctor Alan Gaby, MD will receive an academic
appointment. Then, the failure of the National Prevention Strategy to
include integrative perspectives led university president Jim
Winterstein, DC to reflect on the challenges of leadership for those
accustomed to "the back of the bus." Finally, NCMIC Group president Lou
Sportelli, DC and an naturopathic doctor (who also did not wish to be on
the record) each muse on why integrative medicine Fellows from the
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine have trouble starting
integrative medical practice. I am reminded of Liza Minelli, in Cabaret,
under the train overpass. More
March 14, 2011
High profile business failures a
decade ago in integrative clinics like American Whole Health and
Wellspace sent word to venture capital that complementary, alternative
and integrative health care were zones to avoid. Yet a series of recent
studies of cost outcomes from a wide variety of integrative practices
point to the significant financial value in these fields. The gold is latent, in the form of cost savings. The
findings suggest that the integrative practice community needs to get
off the defensive about its economic merits. It's time to demand
focused government investment in the public good, through a flurry of
additional pilot projects that can help drive private and public
investment in cost-saving models. More
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