Second Edition Acclaimed Text to Support Interprofessional Teams Via Integrative Medicine and Health Published[The following was sent as an April 10, 2014 press release from the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC).]
 2nd edition, in multiple formats
Nationwide, hospitals, health systems, medical
homes, employers and insurers are increasingly opening their minds and
work environments to the important contributions of complementary and
integrative health and medicine practitioners in enhancing patient
experience, improving population health and lowering costs.
The
second edition of an acclaimed resource guide for these explorations is
now available. The Academic Consortium for Complementary and
Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC - www.accahc.org) has released and updated an improved edition of its acclaimed Clinicians' and Educators' Desk Reference on the Licensed Complementary and Alternative Health Professions. The book:
"...
thoughtfully and concisely describes each of the major complementary
and alternative healthcare professions."
- David Eisenberg, MD, Harvard University
"...
creates a common ground in which patient-centered care is core and in
which respect for others with professional skills and perspectives
different from our own is encouraged."
- Victor Sierpina, MD, Adam Perlman, MD, MPH and Mary Jo Kreitzer, RN, PhD, leaders of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
The
book distinguishes itself from other resources in that the individual
chapters are written by authors vetted by national academic
organizations for their respective fields. "Our goal is to guarantee
that the content - written to a template - represents the field and not
just a single voice," explains Beth Rosenthal, PhD, MPH, MBA, ACCAHC assistant director and project lead for the second edition.
The
chapters in the 264-page book are each written to a 20-subject template
with such critically important content as: accreditation standards,
licensing, scope of practice, research base, philosophy, integration
activities, referral practices, involvement in insurance and third-party
payment, and the fields' priorities over the coming half-decade.
 Goldblatt: an interprofessional resource
A tool for interprofessional practice and education
"Quality team care rests on quality information," notes Elizabeth Goldblatt,
PhD, MPA/HA, the book's lead author, a member of the Institute of
Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education,
and ACCAHC's chair: "We undertook this project with our partner
organizations to provide this platform to expand the kinds of
integrative, team-based practice that increasing numbers of patients are
not only choosing, but demanding."
John Weeks, ACCAHC executive director, and a co-author of the text, notes that this Clinicians' and Educators' Desk Reference is particularly timely following the extensive inclusion of integrative health and medicine practitioners in the Affordable Care Act and an Institute of Medicine report promoting integrated care for pain treatment. In
particular, Section 2706, Non-Discrimination in Health Care, strongly
urges medical doctors and nurses, and all medical directors and CEOs for
insurers, hospitals and health systems to be well versed in the
potential value of these practitioners, according to this video interview with former Washington State Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn, JD.
Available in book, e-book, PDF and electronic formats
The 2nd edition CEDR is available in multiple formats - a paperback, as a free downloadable pdf, as an iBook (in the iTunes Store), for the Kindle, and as an ePub file. Read a recent review of the CEDR here. For comments from educators from nearly a dozen disciplines on the CEDR, please click here.
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Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC)
ACCAHC is a 501c3 organization, funded in large measure through
philanthropic investment, the mission of which is to enhance patient
care through fostering mutual respect and understanding among diverse
healthcare professionals and disciplines. ACCAHC does so through
education, convening and advocacy. ACCAHC is a leadership organization
focused on advancing the whole person, team-based, health-focused values
of integrative health and medicine as a means of shifting our medical
industry toward a system focused on health creation. Core membership
consists of the national educational institutions linked to the 5
licensed integrative healthcare professions with a US DoE-recognized
accrediting body: chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture and
Oriental medicine, massage therapy, direct-entry midwifery. Together
these fields represent over 370,000 licensed practitioners.
ACCAHC's
current projects include: development of the Center for Optimal Integration: Creating Health;
participation in Institute of Medicine Global Forum on Innovation in
Health Professional Education; assisting educators and clinicians in
developing and enhancing Competencies for Optimal Practice in Integrated Environments;
participation in the movement for interprofessional care (CAB III, IV,
ATBH, NCIPE, IPEC); promoting integrative pain treatment, including a
leadership role in the Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy; expanding evidence-informed education in ACCAHC schools via a Josiah Macy Jr.
Foundation grant; promoting prioritization of a real world,
patient-centered outcomes approach to research; creating
collaboratively-developed perspectives on key policy issues;
representing patient interest in whole person care in key national
health dialogues; and educating leaders in health-focused care. See Accomplishments at a Glance on the website: www.accahc.org; and www.optimalintegration.org
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