From Google Alerts: Links to Integrative Medicine in Hospitals, Health Systems and Community: January 2013

This monthly report includes 28 short segments on integrative medicine developments in health systems and the community for December 12, 2012-January 5, 2013. One might have expected fewer in a month in which one's audience has little capacity to receive anything new.  The new initiatives at USC, Banner MD Anderson and Uniformed Services University may top the list, while the reach of Mayo's program, funded originally via a grant from Lucy Gonda, is notable in four areas.

• The 130,000 square foot, $62.5-million expansion of the Cox Center for Integrative Oncology and Prevention of Banner MD Anderson is featured here.
• George Washington University clinical associate professor in integrative medicine Len Wisneski, MD is featured in this TV policy interview for his work with the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium. The interview was also run here on WMBF.
  
• An article by Rand Corporation researcher Ian Coulter, PhD, on outcomes measurement in CAM/IM is featured here.
• The state of Michigan's official website includes the Mayo Clinic integrative medicine program as a resource.
• The North County Times (San Diego) featured the election of Scripps integative medicine leader Mimi Guarneri, MD, ABIHM as president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.
• The Center for Integrative Medicine at Cleveland Clinic is described in this new You Tube video.
• The Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine is seeking a new clinic coordinator.
• Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is featuring group/community acupuncture in its Community Pain and Stress Center along with other alternatives.
• A lecture by Donald Abrams, MD on integrative cancer care for the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center is here.
  
• The MD Anderson Integrative Oncology program is hosting its first annual Integrative Oncology Healthcare Professional Training Conference, February 8-9, 2013, in Houston.
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  Wisneski: featured on policy opportunities
  
  Natural Standard, the provider of integrative medicine content to Susan G Komen, MD Anderson, Mayo Clinic and others has partnered with Storey Marketing to roll-out co-branded websites.
  
• The HelpingYouCare.com site ran a feature that includes a video segment from integrative medicine leader Brent Bauer, MD on Mayo Clinic's alternative medicine book with Time-Life.
  
• DCMilitary.com covered the first mandated "alternative medicine" training for Uniformed Services University students.
  
• The Sutter Downtown Integrative Medicine writing duo used the holiday season for a column on stress reduction. 
  
• Integrative care leaders from Mayo Clinic (again) offer a paper on shared decision-making on CAM via Healio, Pediatric Annals.
• The Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida pushed out information on its new integrative health classes.
• Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, Iowa boasts its new integrative medical services, provided through (again) Mayo Clinic.
• Integrating CAM and naturopathic medicine into accountable care in Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations is the feature of this article.
• Diverse developments in integrative medicine in November-December are listed via this link to last month's Integrator Google Alert.
• Chicago's Weiss Memorial Hospital had a December 6 open house for its integrative medicine services.
  
• Patient care coordinator Jackie Rivera is introduced to patients of The Raby Institute for Integrative medicine at Northwestern. 
  
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  Weigensberg: heading up new USC institute
  
  Florida's Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center saw fit to pot information about CAM in its health education  page.
• The Abu Dhabi-funded ($150-million) Sheikh Zayed Institute in Washington, DC has announced a new pediatric pain initiative in which acupuncture and other alternative therapies get a nod.
  
• The USC Institute for Integrative Health at the Keck Center was announced, and is headed by Marc Weigensberg, MD
  

• Vaughn Integrative Medicine in Greensboro, North Carolina posted a You Tube slide show of its 10th anniversary celebration.
• Doina Saxman, MD at Acupuncture-Integrative Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky is offering a treatment deal via Groupon.
  
• Integrative medicine Center of Santa Barbara lists the monthly prices for different age categories for their Wellness Group plan.
• National Integrated health Associates in Washington, DC has welcomed pioneering alternative/I.M. physician Warren Levin, MD into their practice.