John Weeks

Feel free to sign-up on the right to be alerted to new developments in integrative health and medicine via Integrator newsletters such as those listed below. For articles from March 2006-March 2016, see the Archive on the right. For articles since, see below. For more on me, see my new site: johnweeks-integrator.com. I send 2 newsletters per month and no more than 2-4 additional Integrator Alerts or Integrator Specials per month to highlight individual topics or actions. Recent editions:

• Integrator #176: Joint Commission/Non-Pharma, AANP/Women Leaders/Strategy, Yoga/Neuroscience Lab, Sommers/APHA, Bakken Honored, plus ... July 23, 2017
  
• Integrator #175: Republican Plan/IHM, AIPM-Twillman/Pain Policy, IHM/Lower Absensentiism, Ohio/Acu Medicaid, ND Medical Homes, plus ... July 2, 2017 
  
• Integrator #174: Consumer Reports/Integrative Pain, SCU Scaringe/Interprofessional-Culture, Growth of Yoga Therapy, Berwick/Systems Safety, plus .. June 18, 2017
  
• Integrator #173: NAM/ACIH Wellness-Resiliency, Marching for Effectiveness Science, AHPA Practitioner Compounding,  plus ... June 6, 2017
  
• Integrator #172: Berlin Agreement, FDA/Pain Blueprint,NDs/Historic CMS, EBM/Acu Coverage, Exiting Silos, IHM Coverage, plus ... May 14, 2017
  
• Integrator #171: LAc/Allina ER, Consortium Update, UB Integrative Pain/FQHCs, Sustainable DC Residency, Kronenberg, plus ... May2, 2017
• Integrator Special: Omada Health's Duffy on Integrative Diabetes Covreage Lessons for Integrative Pain
  
• Integrator #170: Obamacare.Non-Discrimination, VA/Opioid Initiative, Chiro Leadership/Non-Pharma, Acupuncture, ND Oncology Residency, Awards, plus ... April 9, 2017

• Integrator Special: Wayne Jonas and the Closure of the Influential Samueli Institute - Next Steps
  
• Integrator #169: IMCJ/Letters to Trump, Casey Health/Surgeon General/Savings, Consortium/Joint Commission, Duke Leadership/Embedded IHM Programs, plus ...March 12, 2017
  
• Integrator Special: Can Integrative Medicine Help a State Become the Healthiest?
  
• Integrator #168: IHM/Race & Inequities, Reasons for Center Closures, Employers/IHM Sweet Spot, Prov-Swedish/Volume-Value, plus ... February 28, 2017
  
• Integrator Alert; Respond by February 20, 2017 on Joint Commission Pain Standard
  
• Integrator Special: Mt. Sinai Merger Shuts Down Integrative Medicine "Crown Jewel"
  
• Integrator #167: Monti/Jefferson IHI Institute, Chiros/National Press Club, Ping Ho/Arts Healing Conference, Crinnion/NAM Allergies Report, plus ... February 12, 2017
  
• Integrator #166: Cleveland Clinic Model, Chesney/Research Priorities, Crinnion/Top Toxins, ABLM/Certification, Penny George changes, plus ... January 29, 2017

• Integrator Special: Big Changes at the Penny George Institute/Allina, Nation's Leading Integrative Health Model
  
• Integrator #165: Trump-Cleveland Clinic/Vaccinations, Chiros Opioids/Therapeutic Order, Dr. Rogers' Prize, plus ... January 15, 2017
  
• Integrator #164: Practitioners Orgs/FDA-NDI, NCH-Ullman.FDA-FTC, ASH/Acu Benefits, NDs/CDC Immunizations, Top 10 .. January 1, 2017
  
• Coming of the Light: 2016 Integrator Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine
  
• Integrator Special: AMA, Other Leading Medical Organizations Urge Insurance Coverage for Non-Pharma/Integrative Pain
  
• Integrator #163: OCIM/Oregon Opioids, JAMA's Lundberg/Acupuncture, CHI/Infographic, NCCAOM-ACIH/Credentialing, plus - December 11, 2016
  
• Integrator #162: AIHM/Big Tent, ABC/Kratom, Penn/NDs, plus, November 27, 2016
  
• Integrator Special: Free E-Book "Rise" with 125 Milestones and 5 Eras for the History of Integrative Health and Medicine

• Integrator Special: Creativity Unzipped and Notes on Activism from Integrative Health Connector Ruth Westreich and Jan Phillips
  
• Integrator Special: Trumpism and the Bigotry of the Antagonists to Integrative
  
• Integrator #161: Spar/Integrative Access; Maizes/Integrative Clinic Shits; Katz/True Health; Maskell/Book; Pain Update, plus - November 8, 2016
• Integrator #160: Beeson/IM in Montana; Remembering Bob Duggan; U Cinn/Farm to Medicine, plus - October 16, 2016
• Integrator Congrats: FDA Extends Comment Period 60 Days on New Dietary Ingredients
• Integrator #159: Duke Leadership, AIPM/Integrative Pain Update, Traub-Briggs/Integrative Derm; IAYT Certification, plus ... October 2, 2016
• Integrator Alert: Demand Time and Changes in FDA's Move Limiting Access and Increasing Costs of Dietary Supplements
• Integrator #158: Nature Heals/IIH-Military; NADA/Scope; Cannabis/Education; Change Strategies; Chopra Program, plus ... September 18, 2016

• Integrator Special: 3 Forces in the Perfect Storm Making Regular Medicine the 3rd Leading Cause of Death
• Integrator #157: Traub/NCCIH Derm; Goertz/Spine IQ; OBs/Midwives; ATHM/Nick Gonzalez, plus .. September 2, 2016
• Integrator #156: Perlman-Duke/AHA; AANP-IMC/FDA Compounding; NCCAOM/LAc Recognition; People on the Move; Pizzorno/Toxins, plus ... August14, 2016
• Integrator Special: Integrative Scientist Pizzorno "Toxicity is the Primary Driver of Disease"
• Integrator #155: IHPC/New Exec Opportunity; Resilience/Academic Medicine; Mind-Body/Primary Care; Insurers/80-20 Rule, plus ... July 31, 2016
  

• Integrator #154: Acupuncture/VT Medicaid, "Integrative Wisdom"; FM/IM/Swedish; Chiros/VA; Evidence-Informed Competence - July 20, 2016
  
• Integrator #153: GWU/Alzheimers; Westreichy/GMO Strategy; Stuttgart IHM Declaration; Chiropractors/CMS, plus - July 3, 2016
  
• Integrator #152: Orlando/CCAOM; ICIMH350 Abstracts; Samueli/The Fe; BCNS/Dieticians, plus - June 19, 2016
  
• Integrator Special: Harvard Group Says Mind-Body Should Be Promoted Like Vaccines and Drivers Education

• Integrator #151: Davidson/Dalai Lama; Bravewell Story, Loan Repayment; GWU Fellowship/ABOIM, plus- May 29, 2016
  
• Integrator #150 - May 15, 2016
  
• Integrator #149 - April 30, 2016
  
• Integrator #148 - April 17, 2016
  

All prior posts in the Archive in the right column. Meantime, you can also find most of my recent posts through the links above, or here:

• Integrative Practitioner Online

• The Huffington Post/John Weeks
• The Altarum Institute/John Weeks
  

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John Weeks, Publisher-Editor, The Integrator Blog News & Reports ( )