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Written by John Weeks
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Friday, 14 August 2009 |
All Integrator Round-ups: May 2008-August 2012
Summary: In May 2008, the Integrator began publishing a "newsletter-inside-the-newsletter" to subscribers and
others as a means of providing a quick scan of action related to
integrative practice. Significant organizations in the field now
routinely send these out to their members, recognizing their value. Assembling them all here will give anyone a
decent overview of what's what since we began publishing these. Here's hoping these prove useful to you. It's fascinating to take a quick scan, particularly recalling that when I began writing a newsletter on the "CAM" field in 1997, the publisher asked me if there was enough going on to fill 8 pages each month. Please join me
in thanking Integrator sponsors NCMIC Group, Alternative
Medicine Integration Group, Inner Harmony Group, Institute
for Health and Productivity Management, Integrative
Practitioner/Integrative Healthcare Symposium and Lucy Gonda for making this service
possible. -- John Weeks, Publisher-Editor.
Policy
-American College for Preventive
Medicine wins $774,000 HRSA grant to create National Coordinating Center for
Integrative Medicine
-U Minnesota receives $4-million from
HRSA as the first National Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education
and Collaboration
Costs,
Coverage and Employers
-Key data for policy leaders published
in Herman-Eisenberg systematic review of cost-effectiveness in CIM
-Washington Post
touches on state decisions relative to chiropractic
and acupuncture in essential benefits
-IHPC's Wisneski speaks on integrative medicine to over 400 employers on CFO
Magazine webinar
-Employer group IHPM takes over global wellness initiative from World Economic
Forum
Integrative Centers
-October 2012 Integrator Google
Alerts extracts from academic and health system action in integrative medicine
-Chiropractic
House of Delegates passes resolutions on a chiropractor's role in integrative
centers
Businesses
-Data collected by Jill's List
available free for academic research; firm moves into employer market
-Canadian business launches national
directory of integrative health clinics
-Massage
Envy, with now 800 locations, (re)sold to Roark Capital Partners
Organizations
-Samueli Institute's "Patients at
the Crossroads" to explore intersection of integrative, evidence-based and
patient--centered health
-Pathways to Wellness begins drive to
support move to new location for serving the under-served in Boston
-Detailed plans for November 2-4 IN-CAM
Symposium in Toronto include massage summit, exploration of optimal benefits
-Consortium of Academic Health Centers
for Integrative Medicine begins forum for residents interested in -integrative
medicine
-Portrait of growth in an AOM school:
Five Branches University
-Historic International Congress for Educators in Complementary and Integrative
Medicine close to selling out
Professions
-Battle in New Mexico over advanced
practice certification program for chiropractors deepens division between two
forces in chiropractic
-Washington state massage organization
pushes inclusion in essential benefits package
Media
-Meta-analysis of individual patient
data on acupuncture for chronic pain drives significant positive media
-Escape
Fire
opens
across country, highlights Weil, Berwick, integrative medicine
-Taylor Walsh seminars for Integrative
Practitioner on social media in integrative practice
-Report says NFL great Larry Fitzgerald uses Peter D'Adamo, ND's genotype diet
to extend career
-Research
on naturopathic approach to diabetes gives that field significant positive
attention in key diabetes publication
People
-Esther Sternberg, PhD to lead research at University of Arizona Center for
Integrative Medicine
-Acupuncture and ACCAHC leader Elizabeth Goldblatt, PhD featured in Institute
of Medicine Spotlight
Policy
- IOM "horizontal" workshop on interprofessional education and care (IPE/C) urges "holistic perspective" and "widening the circle"
- Functional medicine physician and author Mark Hyman, MD offers exceptional holistic prescription for health creation
- Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium (IHPC) posts 2012 Report and future plans
- Data points in the A.C.A. on the uses of key terms
Business
- ASH, dominant provider of licensed CAM benefits, opens South Carolina Technology Center
- Cheesecake Factory Medicine: Atul Gawande's New Yorker piece goes
inside corporatized, Big Brother medicine
- American Botanical Council reports that herbal dietary supplement retail sales jumped 4.5% in 2011
Integrative Centers
- Briefly noted developments on health system integrative medicine programs
Education
- Milestone: Ornish program credited for allowing first CME-approved conference to teach MDs to do yoga
Research
- NCCAM's Briggs
wonders about surprising practices that enter the mainstream
- Canadian research organization adds new measures to Outcomes Database
- Peering in on "CAM" in pediatrics in Germany
- Integrator
"did
not get it right" about new NCCAM pain leader Catherine Bushnell
Professions
-
Organizations at DNC's Presidential Experience Marketplace support acupuncture access
Media
-
Alschuler-Gazella team link for Five to Thrive, daily internet radio show on integrative cancer care
- Doctored (formerly Medical, Inc.) to premier in New York City, features Wilk case, integration
- Medical Coding & Billing site publishes perspective on top 10 cities for "alternative medicine"
- Modern Heathcare Professional stakes out new business model in integrative publishing arena
- Joseph Pizzorno, ND's publications update: new editions of influential texts, plus Clinical Pathophysiology
People
-
Integrative health philanthropist Ruth Westreich joins Bastyr University and Samueli Institute boards
- AANP 2012 Awards Announced: Rodriguez Malave, Stargrove, Breed, Morstein, Pure Encapsulations and Weeks
Policy
- Do state-by-state Essential Health Benefits decisions violate the non-discrimination clause in the Affordable Care Act?
- Oregon publishes useful report on navigators, wellness coaches and health workers in Coordinated Care Organizations
- New Hampshire mandates coverage of services of naturopathic doctors
Employers, Economics and Business
- Fortune 500 firm Parker-Hannifin CEO pumps "alternative medicine" as a solution to the health crisis
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Glenn Sabin: Self-insured employers and integrative medicine are a "perfect marriage"
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"Trillionaire Wellness Industry" highlighted with alternative medicine projected to reach $115-billion in 2015
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Samueli Institute and Herman partner for book on Evaluating the Economics of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
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Jill's List employer initiative promotes partnership with Huddleston's Prepare for Surgery as big money saver
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Health promotion leader Michael O'Donnell chosen to head Michigan center
- National Business Coalition on Health: chiropractic presents on the addition of DCs, LAcs and PTs to medical home
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California Institute for Integral Studies promotes employee wellness certification
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"To Cure Health Care, We Must Think Bigger, Much Bigger" - another CFO promotion of CAM corporate exploration
Integrative Centers
- A profitable integrative mental health venue: A look at Scott Shannon's Wholeness Center (and a forthcoming book)
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Mayo Clinic offers module to train massage therapists for work in hospitals
- From Google Alerts: links to integrative medicine in hospitals and health systems in November 2012
Academics
- NCCAM to announce new grant that "encourages partnerships" between CAM schools and medical schools for training purposes
Natural Products
- American Botanical Council enters its 25th year, Herbalgram approaches its 100th issue
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American Herbal Products Association KeepSupplementsClean.org efforts endorsed by consumer group
Professions
-
American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM) posts eligibility requirements for MDs/DOs in integrative medicine
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Holistic nurses in "Joining Forces" initiative for Veterans
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Chiropractic group rescinds recognition of pediatrics certification program
Miscellaneous
- Consumer Reports jumps on bandwagon supporting acupuncture for chronic pain
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Goldman interviews Escape Fire director for Holistic Primary Care
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Readers invited to participate in poll regarding shaping healthcare system from "a vitalistic frame"
- Society for Integrative Oncology begins monthly webinar series
People
- Adi Haramati, PhD, awarded the first Bravewell Distinguished Service Award by the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
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Naturopathic physician Suzanna Zick, ND, MPH takes second key integrative medicine position
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Stanford Integrative Medicine director David Spiegel, MD, elected to the Institute of Medicine More
Policy
- Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine declares support for Affordable Care Act's non-discrimination section urged by licensed CAM professionals
- American Herbal Products Association and Senator Durbin engage dialogue on good manufacturing practices (cGMPs)
- Certified professional midwives celebrate three new sponsors in Medicaid inclusion bill
Corporate Health
and Integrative Health
- Integration from the demand side: U Maryland Integrative Center moves into corporate wellness
- Book from Tai-Sophia co-founder Robert Duggan focuses on "Reducing Health-Care Costs in Corporate America"
Academic Medicine
- Translating research: Haramati/Harazduk mindbody train-the-trainer program influences health professional education on both sides of the Atlantic
- UCLA Center for East-West Medicine (CEWM) offers new
fellowship in East-West Primary Care
Integrative Centers
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Integrative medicine team at Columbia publishes Integrative Cancer Strategies for Cancer Patients
- Briefly noted developments on health system integrative medicine programs
Research
- Neuroscientist Bushnell appointed scientific director for NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research
- Group Health researcher Dan Cherkin, PhD in joint appointment as Bastyr research director
- Naturopathic and chiropractic researchers top 2012 awards from Canadian CAM Research Fund (CCRF)
Professions and Organizations
- Over 50 chiropractors working as clinicians in London's Olympic village
- Discussion items for AANP House of Delegates Stakeholder and State Leadership Summit August 14, 2012
- 9th International Conference for the Society for Integrative
Oncology: October 8 -10,
2012, in Albuquerque
- 2nd Annual Integrative Medicine for the Underserved, September 6-8, Santa Clara
Practice Building
- Comment on Clements/Gignac
The Practitioner's Journey: The Path to Success for Holistic, Alternative and Integrative Health Professionals
Media
- Brief review of various media from Google Alerts
People
- Helen Erickson selected as AHNA Holistic Nurse of the Year for 2012
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NUHS student Dana Madigan the first chiropractic student to win the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
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Robert Bonakdar, MD elected to presidency of the American Academy of Pain Management
Policy
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HRSA offers $3.3-million in grants related to new National Coordinating Center for Integrative Medicine
- Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act, maintains key footholds and opportunities for CAM and integrative health
Integrative Care & Health Systems
- Mayo Clinic encourages MDs with integrative medicine training to apply for new internist positions
- Acupuncturist Christian Nix explores optimal skills for acupuncturists in hospital practices
- Briefly noted developments on health system integrative medicine programs
Patients and Employers
- Bastyr Center for Natural Health ranks highest among 46
primary care practices in major survey of patient experience by the
Puget Sound Health Alliance
- Afraid to speak up: study suggests medicine's "patient-centered" efforts are more thought than action
Education
- International Congress for Educators in Complementary and
Integrative Medicine (ICECIM) draws outpouring of 244 proposals for
October 24-26, 2012 meeting
- NYCC partnership with University of Rochester brings chiropractors and acupuncturists into NIH-funded pain center
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Institute of Medicine Global forums offer huge opportunity for
interprofessional mixing plus innovations in health professional
education
Research
-
International Research Congress follow-up - next iteration 2014 in Miami
- Naturopathic doctors report positive outcomes from review of whole person, multi-modality treatments
- NCCAM deputy director Jack Killen, MD to step down
- Briggs' NCCAM blog on the meaning of "integrative" pulls significant, polarized dialogue
Professions
- Dumoff: Community integrative MDs
concerned that inclusion criterion of the new American Board of
Integrative Medicine will favor fellowship graduates
- AMA considers additional resolution in favor of discrimination against non-MD health professions
- American Medical Student Association (AMSA) joins the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium (IHPC)
- Interview provides insight into perspectives of new AANP CEO Jud Richland
- Jim Winterstein, DC to step down from NUHS presidency in 2013
Media
-
Grey's Anatomy takes swipe at naturopathic doctors
- Glenn Sabin on the use of social media in growing an integrative medicine practice
People
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Mimi Guarneri, MD receives Lifetime Achievement from the Institute of Functional Medicine
- Michael Murray, ND receives Presidents' Award from Natural Products Association
Policy
- IHPC Congressional Briefing-Where Health Care is Headed: Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Integrated Healthcare
- The Need to Change the Nation's Therapeutic Order: Senate Committee
Examines Close Relationships Between Pain Groups and Pharma
- Rand Corporation holds policy forum' on integrative medicine
- W.H.O. Invites ACCAHC Executive Director as Outside Adviser for 2014-2023
TM/CAM Strategic Plan
- Videos of CAM/IM Policy Presentations Posted by Life
University's Octagon Institut
Philanthropy
- Hugely influential Bravewell Collaborative announces plans to sunset operations in 2013
- Foundation consortium in $8.6-million boost for new National Center for Interprofessional Education and
Collaborative Practice
Employers
- WebMD pumps health coaching to employer community
Integrative Clinics
- Briefly noted developments in health system integrative medicine programs
Education
- Consortia of medical schools
(CAHCIM) and CAM educators (ACCAHC) jointly sponsor International
Congress for Educators in Complementary and Integrative Medicine,
Georgetown, October 24-26
- University of Calgary medical acupuncture program for MDs enters 22nd year
- Organization called "the official voice of CAM in the United States" featured in Redwood's Healthy Insights Today
- Input invited on core competencies in integrative pain management for primary care physicians
Natural Products
- Council
of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine endorses American Herbal Products Association's Botanical
Authentication Program
Research
- NCCAM begins research blog: Briggs' early offering explores meaning of "integrative"
- IN-CAM Research Conference November 2-4, 2012: Abstract submissions close June 29, 2012
- Massage Therapy Research Conference
Professions
- IAYT board of directors approves education standards for Yoga therapy
- Massage group engages Entry Level Analysis Project (ELAP) to clarify appropriate length of massage education
- NY Beth Israel Integrative Medicine Leader Kligler Offers Strong Support for Naturopathic Licensing
Media
- Economist poll 2-1 in favor of "alternative medicine" being taught in medical schools
- New York Times writer excoriates the annual physical and routine testing as sources of over-performance of waste and harm
- Nominations open for IMCJ's new "Award of Excellence" in Integrative Medicine
- Taylor Walsh makes case for integrative medicine
People
- David Mercier's A Beautiful Medicine a finalist in the International Book Awards
- Prevention leader Jud Richland named CEO of American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
- Patricia Herman, MS, ND, PhD takes research position at RAND Health division
- Moira Fitzpatrick, PhD, ND selected to head of Bastyr Sand Diego campus
- Dana Ullman's Homeopathic Family Medicine
Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #55: May 2012
Policy
- PCORI Changes Language to Include Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers
- Kahn: Prevention Fund under 6th attack by Republicans
- Integrative oncologist Donald Abrams, MD takes public position for legalization of marijuana
Education
- CAM educator consortium ACCAHC to represent integrative health in
the 3 year IOM Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional
Education
- Surveyed acupuncturists back
educational requirements for experience in integrated
environments and team-care
Employers
- National Business Coalition on Health CEO offers 10 suggestions for integrative care players approaching the employer market
Professions
- What the naturopathic doctors sought on their Washington, D.C. Lobby Day
- Transition in leadership at the American Holistic Nurses Association
- CAM/Integrative Medicine Panel At The Yale Healthcare 2012
Conference
Organizations
- Massage Therapy Foundation develops useful evidence tool-bar
- Multidisciplinary coaching group announces websites, next steps toward educational standards, credentialing
Integrative Centers
- Philanthropist-backed Casey Health Institute to feature integrative medicine in a PCMH model; medical director sought
- Group acupuncture at Cleveland Clinic's integrative center highlighted
- Briefly noted developments related to health system integrative medicine clinics
People
- Charlie DuBois, Standard Process' president, granted honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
- Robert Downey, Jr received award from YoSan University for advocacy of acupuncture
E-Letter in response to a past articles
- Tai Sophia Institute vice president Judy Broida, PhD on the institution's move toward university status
Policy
- Washington State pushes to double Medicaid home births: disruptive innovation of the first order
- New SAMHSA addictions guidelines includes CAM
- Holistic Primary Care convenes e-forum of holistic practitioners on the ACA's individual mandate
- Alyssa Wostrel named executive director of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium
Insurance
- Duke integrative medicine moves to insurance model
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Portland, Oregon's managed CAM business announces high patient satisfaction, suggestions of cost savings
Academics
- Anne Nedrow, MD to leave Oregon Health Sciences to launch primary care program at Duke Integrative Medicine
- Team care, interprofessional education and the move to give medical schools ownership of collaboration
- National College of Natural Medicine reports the institution's $56-million contribution to Portland, Oregon economy
- Frank Vitale's frank explanation of Tai Sophia's transition from the "academic wellness institute" toward university
- Horse needling: LSU veterinarian school goes integrative
- New York Chiropractic Colleges announces the Veteran's Administration's first chiropractic clinical residency
Natural Products
- Proctor & Gamble buys herb company New Chapter
Integrative Care
- Article suggests "integrative oncology" is often non-integrated, parallel practice
- The (intense) home birth midwifery model of integration with other CAM fields
- Mayo Clinic takes alternative medicine to Mall of America
- Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine opens oncology research center
- Bravewell Collaborative makes November 2011 symposium talks available
- University of Toronto awards spine professorship to chiropractor
- Acupuncture association reaches out to secure more submissions to their professional journal
- Short Notes on integrative care in the nation's hospital and health systems
Media
- Can community hospitals learn integration from the military?
- Wallstreet Journal boosts massage as medicine and as stress reduction More
Policy
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute draft plan comment period ends March 15: No CAM-IM presently included
International
- Dana Ullman, MPH: Swiss government finds homeopathy cost-effective, covers in national health plan
- Update: Marilyn Allen and the advancing effort to place TCM in World Health Organization's ICD11 codes
Integrative Centers
- Bravewell publishes landmark Integrative Medicine in America (but does the subject matter reflect the title?)
- University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Health sets sights on "whole systems healing"
Academic Health
- Six profession organization enters the team care/interprofessional education space: from dictatorship to oligarchy?
- Consortium of academics in licensed fields of chiropractic, AOM, naturopathic medicine, massage and midwifery receive a breakthrough $100,000 grant from the Westreich Foundation
Costs & Coverage
- Aetna's mind-body programs developed in partnership with Duke, Viniyoga and e-Mindful
- Swiss analysis finds those with CAM services cost the same or less than conventional care, with higher patient satisfaction
- Insurance coverage of alternative therapies on the rise ... for pets!
Professions
- NCQA to "score" Vermont's naturopathic doctors in medical homes, according to report from Vermont's Lorilee Schoenbeck, ND
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American Chiropractic Association House of Delegates chastise some chiropractors in effort to position the profession for primary care role
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Notes from the 2010 annual report from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
- Effort underway to revitalize National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists
- Foot Levelers, major donor to chiropractic PR effort, pledges additional million dollars
Business
- Global Advances in Health and Medicine, launched by veteran team, to focus on case reports
- The Joint ... a chiropractic place: Massage Envy franchise model developed to offer low-cost adjustments
- An early peer-reviewed publication in this space, Alternative Medicine Review, faces challenges
People
- Kara Kelly, MD elected to presidency of Society for Integrative Oncology
- Christine Goertz, DC, PhD honored as Chiropractor of the Year
- Botanical resource from Roy Upton and the American Herbalist Pharmacopoeia honored by the American Botanical Council
- Daniel Redwood, DC begins new health policy blog
Policy
- In which the integrative
medicine/health community, as Puer Aeternis, enters the Year of the
Dragon
- Indian Health
Service includes naturopaths, acupuncturists and chiropractors in loan
repayment programs
- AAAOM leads campaign to get acupuncture
listed as Essential Health Benefit
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IHPC mounts
Congressional briefing on policy discrimination against CAM institutions
- Alliance for
Natural Health leads campaign to protect CAM-friendly Health Savings Accounts
- Institute of
Medicine's "Living with Chronic Pain" report minimizes values of
complementary and integrative approaches
- Kazarian
Foundation's $36-million Health Corps proposal for integrative medicine
homecare approved via CMS Innovations program
- Lessons on making a Beltway impact:
American Chiropractic Association's Congressional line-up on their grassroots
legislative day
- Life University's Octagon Institute to
Sponsor Follow-up Policy Conference on the Affordable Care Act, April 12-14,
2012
Research
- Report finds NIH invests over $120-million in CAM-related cancer research
- Institute for Integrative Health offers
workshop on research methods, March 29-April 4, Baltimore, Maryland
- Huge outpouring
of proposals for the International Research Congress on Complementary and
Integrative Medicine, May 15-18, 2012, Portland, Oregon
Integrative Centers
- Jefferson-Myrna Brind begins integrative
pediatrics program
- Pathways to Wellness reports
remarkable pattern of community and public health participation
- True North
celebrates 10th year with "Empower Me" initiative
Professions
- Update from holistic nursing leaders
Susan Luck and Barbara Dossey on the nurse coach certification process
- Report finds
homebirth is making a comeback
- Acupuncture
accrediting body calls for public comment on standards for new "First
Professional Doctorate"
- Super Bowl: Chiropractors Help Patriots,
Giants (and 30 other teams) "Prepare for Battle"
Academic Medicine
- Author-clinician Peter D'Adamo, ND and
University of Bridgeport establish Center for Generative Medicine
- Brian Berman, MD
joins Tai Sophia Institute Board of
Trustees
- Data points on a
decade of growth in naturopathic medical education
- International
effort? Organized attacks on CAM programs in UK universities surface in
Australia
Media
- Article by Sita Ananth in Hospitals
and Health Networks synopsizes latest hospital-CAM study
- Niemtzow leads special issue of Medical
Acupuncture on acupuncture in the military
- Kreisberg-edited
special issue of the Journal of Integral Therapy and Practice on
integral medicine
Business
- Jill's List marks deal with
Massachusetts Chiropractic Society
People
- AHPA's McGuffin
receives Nutrition Business Journal's
industry award
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Haramati and
Harazduk: Is mindfulness positioned as bridge-builder in Middle East?
IHPC
publishes integrative care stakeholder report on Affordable Care Act
... Center for Practical Bioethics forms national group to promote
Institute of Medicine pain blueprint ... Huffington Post publishes
Top 10 lists for 2011 ... Grassroots efforts help protect National
Prevention Fund ... Certified Professional Midwives get backing from
Barney Frank ... Harkin and Hatch ask FDA to redraft guidance on New
Dietary Ingredients ... Lori Knutson steps down from Allina/Penny George
Institute position to lead The Marsh ... U Wisconsin free clinical
module for hypothyroidism ... Huge drop off in number of CAM educational
programs in Britain ... Chiropractors take battle over accreditation to
the Department of Education ... Article examines standards debate in
massage therapy ... University of Western States begins MS program in
functional medicine ... Ted Kaptchuk featured in New Yorker article on
placebo ... Chicago Tribune reporter goers after NCCAM ... Military
turns to integrative medicine ... Dieticians in Functional Medicine
established, sets standards ... After 8 years, IN-CAM begins charging
dues ... Australian CAM-public health research organization reports
exceptional year of growth ... Chiropractors call for presentations for
public health conferences ... Carla Wilson, LAc, DAOM honored by SF
Mayor Edwin Lee ... Joseph Pizzorno honored by Natural Products
Association More
AMA's influence on payment
attacked in court and by McDermott in Congress ... Allina's accountable
care organization (ACO) CEO calls integrative medicine financial asset
... Trompeter and Zunin: new
economics of patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) favors integrative
teams ... Integrative medicine loses brother in the trenches as Berwick
steps down ... New York-based insurance program for unions offers integrative therapies in
patient-centered medical home ... Grand Rapids ER pilot for high-utilizers
projects $300-million in savings from "integrative medicine center" ...
Coors Foundation backs integrative medicine clinical pilot partnering
Maricopa County and Weil's Arizona Center ... Donna Karan's Urban Zen
integrative therapies goes bi-coastal to UCLA medical center ... Update
on consultant-author Roger Jahnke, OMD's work in integration ... Design Principles for Healthcare Renewal
given a 2nd look 10 years after submission to White House Commission on
CAM Policy ... Why integrative disciplines should get on the
interprofessional education/care (IPE/C) bandwagon ... Pacific College
of Oriental Medicine initiates holistic nursing bachelors program with
Carla Mariano, EdD, BC-HN ... First naturopathic medical student
accepted to Weil's Arizona Center month-long integrative medicine
elective ... Grandfathering
expectations of integrative MDs for the planned board certification in
integrative medicine ... Battle over "dry needling" sees key Medicare
and court decision in Vermont and Oregon ... Gaudet's CAM booklet
re-published by OBGyns ... Army job posting for licensed acupuncturists
at Madigan sets salary at $73,000-$95,000 ... Model naturopathic ethics
and standards of practice to be in Hawai'i law ... Industry groups ask FDA to withdraw new dietary ingredient standards; chiropractic organization weighs in ... Marc Micozzi, PhD, MD co-authors Your Emotional Type, a guide to personalizing appropriate integrative therapies ... In Memoriam: Roger Hayward Rogers, MD, of the Dr. Rogers' Prize and InspireHealth More
Integrative
community dialogue on board certified integrative MDs and the direction
of "integrative medicine" ... Congressional Wellness Caucus established
with bipartisan backing ... Obama names Kahn and Ornish to Advisory
Group for National Prevention Council ... IHPC's Parters for Health
group expands ... Integrative medicine not featured at TEDMED 2011, moves to the Beltway in 2012 ...
Knutson urges response to US Preventive Medicine Task Force ...
Dartmouth researcher Davis breaks down $$$ in CAM market ... Bastyr
reports $136-million of economic impact ... CHP Group offers case
statement for CAM integration ... Steiner Leisure purchases Cortiva
Group ... Sabin on role of philanthropy in integrative medicine ...
Chesney in line to chair conventional academic consortium ...
Acupuncturist Beau Anderson gains faculty appointment at Albert Einstein
... Taylor Walsh adds perspective on debate over whether alternative
medicine killed Steve Jobs ... IAYT's John Kepner addresses the Group
Health findings relative to "sham yoga" ... Report on naturopathic
profession's Science & Policy Summit ... Chiropractors push
inclusion in loan repayment ... New Hampshire Republicans cross party
line to support mandate to cover naturopathic doctors ... Acupuncture
Without Borders in tough financial position ... American Medical Student
Association leader is a naturopathic medical student, SCNM's Rebecca
Snowden ... Zunin's Manakai
O Malama, Hawai'i's most significant integrative
center, seeks additional integrative MD/DO ... Christina Jackson named
the 2011 Holistic Nurse of the Year ... Rita Bettenburg takes position
at CHP Group. More
Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #48: October 2011
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) hears from complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM) group, pushes research culture change ...
IHPC's Kahn appointed to Advisory Group to National Prevention Council
... Canadian survey suggests cost effectiveness of naturopathic services
... Weil's Arizona Center announces move to formally develop
integrative medicine and medical specialty ... American Academic of
Family Physicians pass resolution against naturopathic physicians in
primary care ... Chiropractors pass resolutions against AMA activity
that fosters discrimination ... Family doctors fighting against doctors
of nursing ... Massage summit identifies needs in education and
licensing standards ... National acupuncture group announces strategic
planning ... National College of Natural Medicine begins naturopathic
medicine for chiropractors programs .. Tai Sophia Institute in new
medical herbalism offering ... New York Chiropractic adds sports
medicine certification ... PBS "Curious George" engages curiosity about
acupuncture and naturopathic medicine ... Growth in employment in
MD-academic medicine ... Columbia pediatric oncology group publishes
book ... Marja Verhoef wins $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize ... Mimi Guarneri,
MD to be honored with Bravewell's leadership award ... Berkley Bedell
and Gladys McGarey, MD highlighted at Samueli Institute 10th anniversary
event ... Tabatha Parker, ND with Natural Doctors International one of
25 leaders featured by Utne Reader ... In Memoriam: Lee
Lipsenthal, MD ... Pharmacognocist and medicinal plant researcher and
long-time American Botanical Council trustee Norman Farnsworth, PhD dies
at 81 ... Keith Overland, DC elected president of the American
Chiropractic Association ... Linda Bark, RN, PhD, MCC publishes whole
person coaching book More
American
Hospital Association/Samueli Institute find growth in hospital CAM use
... Allina group shows health workers use CAM more than typical
consumers ... Consumer Reports finds high use of CAM, high value for
chiropractic, massage, yoga ... Dr. Rogers' Prize symposium September 23
focuses on integrative centers ... Blog strategy for business
enhancement explored by Glenn Sabin via FON Therapeutics ... Significant
integrative center activity noted via Google Alerts ... Naparastek on
getting coverage for mind-body interventions ... Inc. 5000 fastest
growing includes Standard Process, American Specialty Health, GNC,
Massage Envy, others ... Alternative Medicine re-launched ...
"Distinction Track" in integrative medicine approved at U Arizona ...
Tai Sophia find quick uptake of Masters in Nutrition program ... Bastyr
University's California campus to be near Scripps in San Diego ...
Chiropractors produce white paper on their role in patient centered
medical homes (PCMH) ... Work to set standards for health coaches
advances ... International Association of Yoga Therapists completes "hat
trick" with $30,000 NCCAM grant ... Team led by Steven Stumph, Ed
collates report on acupuncturist income and debt ... International
Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health opens website,
online program applications ... Association of Chiropractic Colleges
announces March 2011 meeting ... Tracy Gaudet, MD's's view featured in
Modern Healthcare video ... Guru Sandesh Khalsa, ND selected as Boucher
Institute president ... Oldest university in the West to offer CAM course with Paolo Roberti Di Sarsina, MD ... Society for Integrative Oncology seeks first
executive director ... Palmer Colleges seeks 2 research faculty... MorIntegrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #46: August 2011
PCORI seeks input on
definition of patient-centered outcomes research ... Bill would allow
payment for supplements under Health Savings Accounts ... NCCAM-funded
team explores role of CAM practitioners in Accountable Care
Organizations ... Homebirth midwives in gains with CMS ... Glenn
Sabin/FON Therapeutics offer marketing white paper on integrative
center marketing ... Adam Perlman chosen to head Duke Integrative
Medicine ... Greenwich Hospital terminates integrative medicine program
... Cancer Treatment Centers of American approved for 4th integrative
cancer hospital in Atlanta ... Spa 4 the Pink charity links with
Colorado integrative medicine center ... Denver Nuggets coach George
Karl stumps for integrative
medicine ... American Holistic Medical Association renews focus on
healing the healer ... Yoga therapists present draft educational
standards ... Massage organization lists institutional relationships
with key health care relationships ... Integrated Healthcare Policy
Consortium gains new Partners in Health ... Chiropractors focus on
primary care in September conference ... Midwifery accreditation group
seeks executive director ... Medscape stimulates dialogue on whether
"CAM is a scam" ... Medical school consortium promotes October 2011
one-day research symposium and major May 2012 conference ... Holistic Primary Care offers 3rd Heal Thy Practice conference ... In Memoriam:
Konrad Kail, ND ... Edzard Ernst leaves Exeter post early ... Clem
Bezold, PhD honored with lifetime award by futurist group ... ACCAHC
adviser John Gilbert, PhD named to Order of Canada.
Integrator Special Report shares 15 key areas where complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and related terms
are explicitly included in IOM's major report on pain care, education
and research ... Segments identified where 125 page National Prevention Strategy references
"complementary and alternative medicine" ... Dietary supplement industry worried by S 1310, Durban's plan
for additional regulation ... ACCAHC
report finds CAM schools received just 4.6% of NCCAM's $1.29-billion
(1999-2010) ... 4 new members added to National Advisory Council for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine ... Canadian government in
major, multidisciplinary look at safety of spinal manipulation ...
Bravewell meets the military around comprehensive pain program ... The
Institute for Functional Medicine's formal certification of functional
medicine practitioners ... Cancer Treatment Centers of America and
Parker University team for chiropractic internship ... What parts tuition, grants and donations?
Inside the budget of a leading university of natural medicine ...
Alliance for Massage Therapy Education continues to stake claim toward
education leadership for massage's 1440 programs ... Roberti di Sarsina
announces unique Italian master course in CAM in business, policy and
and practice ... Physical therapists in push for embrace
of psych factors realted to physical maladies ... Freedman's Atlantic feature, Triumph of
New Age Medicine, raises storm of debate, possible re-frame of science-CAM issues ...
Jackson-Coker physician employment group sends 2 CAM/IM reports to
200,000 MDs ... Reports document dietary supplement use by various
specialists and by diabetics ... Notes on the meetings of the
International Association for Yoga Therapists (September 2011),
Society for Integrative Oncology (November 2011) and Integrative
Healthcare Symposium (February 2012).
British Columbia government
partners with InspireHealth to expand integrated cancer care to 5 new
clinics ... U.S. panel seeks to implant complementary and integrative
services in US prevention and health promotion strategy ... HRSA-backed
push for team care announces collaboratively-developed competencies;
opportunity for integration ... Jill's List invites massage therapists,
acupuncturists, chiropractors into integrative pilot with Boston Medical
Center, others ... "CAM" academics publish Competencies for Optimal Practice in Integrated Environments
... New NCCAM site for conventional providers includes 25
practice-guidelines with CAM; Briggs notes value of CAM use in promoting
health-focused dialogue between MDs, patients ... Major
oncology group includes integrative care track ... Penny George
Institute offers focused integrative practitioner programs for AOM,
massage professionals and administrators ... Myrna Brind Center for
Integrative Medicine a marketing jewel for Jefferson Health System ...
Bermans' U Maryland program celebrates 20th year with $20-million
campaign, $7.5-million committed ... Alliance for Massage Therapy
Education promotes significant changes in mechanisms for massage
certification ... Haramati's Georgetown program and Winterstein's
National University of Health Sciences in collaborative agreement ...
Tai Sophia celebrates growth and commitment to a wellness paradigm at 30
year mark ... Naturopathic leader reports on AMA meeting with Coalition
for Patient Rights ... NCCAM focuses on real world research at Advisory
Council meeting ... Deloitte study finds CAM expenses a key portion of
"hidden costs" of health care ... New Yorker writer names
provider income as major cause of cost growth ... Anthony Hamm, DC named
to leadership of key AMA cost panel ... Natural Products Foundation
turns in 13 companies to FTC/FDA for false advertising ... American
Botanical Council reports 3.3% growth in botanical sales in 2010 ...
Wayne Jonas, MD and InspireHealth to be featured at September 2011 Dr.
Rogers' Prize event ... Jeff Bland, PhD honored by Institute for
Functional Medicine's with Linus Pauling award ... University of Arizona
Center's integrative medicine residency honored by Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine.
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
Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care Round-up #42: April 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
\Nutrition Business Journal
estimates size of integrative practitioner market by discipline ...
Patients of general practitioners who use CAM cost less and live longer
than those of conventional doctors in Netherlands study ... Clinicians
note: NCCAM's 3rd strategic plan begins to honor "real world" mandate
... CAHCIM changes name of 2012 research conference ...
Palmer-Rand-Samueli group receives $7.4 million for study of
chiropractic in the military readiness ... Sebelius in strong
endorsement of chiropractors ... New York Times articles describes how Colorado medical society and mail-order NDs combine to oppose naturopathic licensing ... Hospitals and Health Networks
column proposes value of integrative health care in Accountable Care
Organizations (ACOs) ... ESPN viewers give thumbs up to yoga for
professional sports teams ... Consortium of Academic Health Centers for
Integrative Medicine sets up integrative mental health group ... Medical
dean and past dean at U Minnesota offer articulate defense of
integrative medicine program at the Center for Spirituality and Healing
... Samueli Institute launches nurse training at VA medical centers ...
Urban Zen continues promoting new "integrative practitioner" training
... Seattle's Swedish Hospital educates to foster MD-ND relationships in
chronic disease management ... Data on total number of Board Certified
Holistic Nurses ... Bravewell to host 5th leadership award dinner in
November 2011 ... AAAOM takes steps to right its course ... MD and DO
groups push back against IOM-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report
promoting independent practice by nurses ... Homeopathic accreditation
agency changes name to Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America
... Herbal organization appoints integrative media leader Frank Lampe
to communications post ... Data on growth of the National Acupuncture
Detoxification Association ... More
The Institute for Functional Medicine begins state of Florida-backed $1.2-million pilot with Tallahassee residency program ... Holistic Primary Care survey
finds holistic and conventional practices converging ... Graduates of
University of Arizona IM Fellowship struggling to establish IM
practices, survey finds ... Integrative practice organizations urge
additional integrative health expertise before finalizing National
Prevention (and Health Promotion) Strategy ... Obama appoints
acupuncturist-nurse Charlotte Rose Kerr to "integrative practitioner"
slot for National Prevention Council Advisory Group ... No integrative
health researchers named to PCORI Methodology Committee, despite
Congressional intent ... Former Duke IM leader Tracy Gaudet, MD
appointed to head up new national VA office ... Integrated Healthcare
Policy Consortium offers policy-makers a statement relative to
integrative practitioners in workforce planning ...
InteractionsGuide.com
developer Mitch Stargrove, ND, LAc
named to leadership group for HRSA pharmacy initiative ... Council of
Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine publishes strategic
priorities ... "Integration" used as a draw for prospective students at
New York Chiropractic College ... Boucher Institute of Naturopathic
Medicine seeks new president ... Philanthropic organizations invited by
team Samueli-Kellogg-Ripple team to explore an integrative medicine
interest group at upcoming Grantmakers in Health conference ... National
College of Natural Medicine receives $1.35 million from from owners of
Bob's Red Mill organic foods ... Integrated Chiropractic Outcomes
Network created to capture real world outcomes, including health and
wellness ... New Yorker article by Atul Gawande highlights role
of health coaches ... Swiss government reverses, will test 5 key "CAM"
practices' NCCAM may be arbiter ... James Wheedon, DC examines possible
data biasing in Medicare chiropractic demonstration project ... Peter
D'Adamo to offer May 2011 Generative Medicine seminar ... Minnesota Medicine runs Bill Manahan, MD's health reform suggestions, originally published in early 2009 in the Integrator ... More
Change in CPT codes
relative to payment for time could be major opening for integrative,
life-changing practices ... Acupuncturists credentialed for embryo
transfer unit at Colorado hospital ... 25 news items on cost,
cost-savings, and economics of integrative care in 2010 ... Draft
National Prevention Strategy needs community response to maintain law's
inclusion of integrative care, integrative practices ... Chiropractors
mount strong response on need for more inclusion in accountable care
organizations (ACOs) ... Weil Foundation support IM program for medical
students ... Bastyr's Simkin Center furthers work of doulas, other
natural childbirth support practitioners ... UCSF Osher Center for
integrative medicine moves into large new facility, receives
$2.5-million challenge grant ... Naturopathic accrediting agency gains 5
year approval ... ALLEGRA certificate programs recognized by holistic
nurses, others ... Results from Ping Ho's UCLArts & Healing drumming
program for at risk students featured in Time ... Council for
Responsible Nutrition and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in
significant partnership on supplements, promotion of role of nurses ...
Controversy on IOM recommendations on Vitamin D ... Donna Karan reviews
Urban Zen partnerships for 2011 ... Homeopaths ring bell at NASDAQ.
That's right ... Some integrative health Top 10 lists for 2010 ... Ernst
gets bottom-feeder award .. Molly Roberts, MD is AHMA president-elect
.. Kathi Kemper, MD publishes ADD Naturally ... In Memoriam: Elizabeth "Lisa" Kimbrough Pradhan, MPH, PhD
IOM Committee on
Advancing Pain Research, Care and Education includes Rick Marinelli, ND,
LAc and integrative MD Lonnie Zeltzer ... Did integrative practice
organizations step up to participate in federal policy comment periods
on prevention, benefits plans and ACOs? ... Comparative cost analysis of
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee low back pain data finds 20%-40% savings via using chiropractors first ... Spine
comparative effectiveness analysis also thumbs up for chiropractors ...
Primer on strategies for cost analysis of "CAM" published ... World
Health Organization publishes benchmarks for training TCM, NDs, DOs,
others ... Certified Professional Midwives push for Medicaid inclusion
... Mark McKenzie, LAc offers "progress report" for AOM field ... George
Lundberg column shows battle over independent practice by non-MDs ...
Samueli Institute in major wellness role at Big Task Weekend ...
Alliance for Massage Therapy Educators publishes results of survey on
standards ... AANP exec Karen Howard lays out federal priorities for
naturopathic doctors ... AHRQ-publishes report that finds only modest
value for CAM in back/neck pain ... Little headway in battle against
medical errors, medical deaths ... Massage researcher Tracy Walton
offers candid comment when major integrative pediatrics trials comes up
negative ... Fox Business pumps integrative medicine ... AMA board chair
Ardis Hoven, MD promotes interprofessional collaboration, with MDs in
the center ... Walgreens seeks to "own 'well'" ... Barrie Cassileth's
International Integrative Medicine conference ... Integrative Healthcare
Symposium likely to draw over 1500 in New York ... Peter D'Adamo's
Institute for Human Individuality to focus on "Generative Medicine" at
May 2011 meeting ... Vanessa Esteves takes position with Elements
Wellness.
Flurry of opposition to AMA
ownership of CPT codes amidst report of AMA's $70-million of annual
royalties ... Center for Public Integrity reports "secretive" AMA
committee that guides Medicare priorities on billions of dollars ...
AAAOM, CRN, ACCAHC, NPRI and AHMA in follow-up statements on NIH NCCAM
strategic plan ... Update on Integrated
Healthcare Policy Consortium federal action for integrated health care: PCORI and workforce issues
... "Mother of holistic medicine" Gladys McGarey, MD takes on changing
federal policy, at age 90 ... True North Center turns SmartMoney
lemons into lemonade ... Guarneri-led Bravewell team publishes pamphlet
on cost-effectiveness of integrative medicine ... Multidisciplinary
effort led by Harvard's Marilyn Moore and U Minnesota's Karen Lawson, MD
moves to set national health coaching standards ... Massage
certification group NCBTMB sets stage to offer advance practice
certification program ... ACA part of Sharecare internet play that
includes Mehmet Oz, MD, Dean Ornish, MD and nursing groups ... A call
to "put integrity into integration" from Daniel Redwood, DC ... Report
leads to reconsideration of whether some placebos were placebos ... Huffington Post
expands its integrative medicine-focused health portal ... Michael
Cohen in new law firm ... Charles DuBois honored ... Lori Knutson, RN in
expanded role ... Shelly Johnson
new interim director role at American Massage Therapy Association.
IHPC, others convene stakeholders for policy action plan on integrative
practices in reform law ... Goertz named to influential Board of
Governors of PCORI, significant new, national comparative effectiveness
research institute ... AANP urges members to weigh in on endocrine
disruption
bill ... Australian study reports cost savings from acupuncture and 3
natural products ... Disturbing national data on incomes of licensed
AOM
practitioners stimulates soul-searching ... Two-thirds of massage
therapists note downturn in practices in lagging economy ... Supplement
sales hold steady
... Managed CAM and wellness firm American Specialty Health hits
$147-million in revenues ... Penny
George Institute/Allina publish 2010 outcomes report ... Donna Karan's
Urban Zen expands nationally with Kent State partnership in program for
nurses ... Georgetown and Bastyr initiate novel agreement between
naturopathic
and conventional academic programs ... Marino Center links with Mass
Medical Society for integrative medicine training ... True North Healing
Center's Dahlborg brings
integrative business model to Dartmouth Medical School ... Alliance for
Natural Health examines Wikipedia biases against natural health and
medical alternatives ... Foundation for Chiropractic Progress a useful
model for fund-raising a discipline's national initiative ... AAAOM
breaks pattern in naming medical doctor Niemtzow to board ... Riley and
editorial team resign from Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
citing differences with new owners ... Publication opportunities in new peer-reviewed
Topics in Integrative Health Care/Hawk and in special integrative health issue of Patient Education
Counseling/Rakel ... 2011 Integrative Health Care Symposium to be held
in New York, March 4-6 ... Horace Elliott, Ad Haramati and Sherman Cohn
honored
NCCAM issues DRAFT 2011-2015 strategic plan, includes "real world" and health-promoting outcomes; Briggs on
researching complex approaches; Canada Post outcomes show effectiveness
and cost-savings from whole practice of integrative naturopathic
medicine; Medicare to reimburse Pritikin for onsite services; Medicare to investigate chiropractic billing; doulas lay
infrastructure for reimbursement; NYU integrative urology program led by
naturopathic doctor Geovanni Epinosa; Mayo Clinic embraces Alexander
Technique; 4 integrative medicine organizations link for April 2011
iMosaic conference; holistic nurses endorse new coaching program;
American Chiropractic Association and National Wellness Institute
partner for wellness certification for chiropractors; Helbig's Institute
for Therapeutic Massage pioneers oncology massage certification and
services for the under-served in collaboration with Perlman's UMDNJ; U
Minnesota offers first nursing doctoral program specialty
in integrative practice; National University of Health Sciences'
innovative integrated DC/ND/AOM programs featured; George Family
Foundation grants $556,000 for nurse leadership in integrative practice;
former HHS secretary Thompson visits, lauds Standard Process; Alternative Therapies offers all nursing issue; and a note on Rustom Roy, 1924-2010.
The AMA's resolution in favor
of discrimination against other providers as amended ... Licensed
midwives take one from OB-GYNs in New York ... Legislation introduced to
get DCs into US Public Health Service ... Samueli Institute links with
Joint Chiefs of Staff for magazine supplement on "Total Force Fitness"
... True North shares paradigm with MGMA group ... Cavallo Point
hotel-spa and integrative center opens with Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH in
key role ... Massage therapists beat back nasty allegations from local
police to protect new law in California ... New integrative dietetics
practice group in the American Dietetics Association ...
Author-clinician Ilene Serlin, PhD makes headway in introducing whole
health practices at APA ... University of Chicago becomes 45th member of
the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine ...
Bastyr now home to a leading midwifery school and Simkin Center doula
training ... Mail order Clayton College shuts doors, to delight of
naturopathic doctors ... 6th IN-CAM Research Symposium in November 2010
... Group Health Institute team identifies diverse positive outcomes
from CAM-IM not typically captured in studies ... Research finds health
in "forest bathing" ... PMG Data Services purchases Innovision ...
Holistic Primary Care marks 10th year of publication ... Consumer Reports blasts "dirty dozen" of dietary supplements; Blumenthal responds ... Natural Foods Merchandiser
reports modest growth in industry in 2009 ... Briggs and NCCAM in media
whipsaw ... Comments on Krakow's "alternative medicine as a free market
approach" ... Lewis Bazakos, DC given another significant award, this
from New York Chiropractic College
Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium calls
for input in next phase of national policy work for integrative care ...
AMA to urge repeal of Section 2706/non-discrimination; chiropractic
organization says "over our dead bodies" ... Holistic doctors offer
useful review of prevention language in federal healthcare reform law
... Yoga therapy in the Navy's new medical home in Bethesda ...
Naturopathic doctors as primary care boosted in publication ...
Bravewell opens applications for integrative medicine fellowships, takes
more control of selection ... Integrative Therapeutics-funded ND
residency update ... National University of Health Sciences receives
$500,000 from Standard Process ... New organization of massage educators
in hopeful start with first conference, election of new Board ...
Consortium of educators from licensed complementary healthcare disciplines
announces top-flight Council of Advisers to help with integration
strategies ... New NCCAM fact sheet on credentialing CAM practitioners
... Explore article on American Board of Integrative Holistic
Medicine describes new directions for this standard-setter for
integrative medical doctors ... AMA officially endorses "personalized
medicine" ... Homeopathic accreditation and certification organizations
organize summit to position field ... E-CAM now part of Hindawi
... NDNR reaches 5th year as key publication for NDs, other
natural medicine doctors ... Information Television Network initiates
new DVD series on natural health approaches ... Joyce Frye, DO reports
on LIGA, the international homeopathic conference ... Philanthropist-author Bill George and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to
co-lead conference on Mindful Leadership ... Conference on integrative pediatrics explores
environmental influences ... Knowles and Hall to lead Natural Products
Foundation ... Blumenthal honored by pharmacognosy group with Varro
Tyler Award ... Jean Watson selected as AHNA's Holistic Nurse of 2010.
AMA
specialists seek continued discrimination against integrative
practitioners in effort to repeal Section 2706 of healthcare overhaul
... Ornish program receives penultimate boost toward full coverage from
CMS/Medicare ... AANP proposes a definition of "integrative
practitioner" to shape federal policy post reform .. Integrator
publishes resource on the mentions of CAM/IM in the healthcare overhaul
law ... Notes on the overhaul's impact on health psychologists and
LAcs from Bastyr University ... Brief comment/update on the Integrative
Medicine Clinic of Santa Rosa ... Medical schools begin offering tenure
to integrative medicine leaders ... College links with integrative
medicine clinic to offer certificate course for "patient navigators"
...
Duke's Integrative Health Coach program booked solid, certification
program begins soon ... NCCAM begins publishing priorities for the
2011-2015 strategic plan, holds session on CAM and behavioral change
...
Botanical sales up in 2009 to over $5-billion .. Survey finds MD
knowledge of herbs remains low ... Standard Process honored for
commitment to advancing integrative medicine ... Bravewell publishes 50
page booklet on integrative medicine ... Helfgott's Tippens reports
socio-demographic data on clients of community acupuncture model ..
Fall
2010 American Public Health Association conference will include 16
segments on alternative healthcare practices and chiropractic ...
Integrative medicine featured in Minnesota Monthly and group
visits in the Denver Post ... Micozzi's pioneering Fundamentals
of
Complementary & Integrative Medicine textbook in 4th edition
with forward from former JAMA editor George Lundberg ... Mark
Hyman, MD takes role as chair of the Institute for Functional Medicine
... Integrative behavioral health leader Joseph DeNucci announces new
retreat center ... More
HHS Secretary Sebelius and former DNC chair Howard
Dean, MD comment on acupuncture,
homeopathy other natural healing methods ... US Congressman Tim Ryan
champions
mindfulness-based stress reduction programs in hearing; Sebelius
responds ... Josiah Macy Foundation urges lifting of obstacles
for nurse practitioners in primary care; roles of DCs, NDs, LAcs
commented upon ... Washington state data show
insurance costs for individuals using CAM for back pain, fibromyalgia,
menopause symptoms are less than those who don't use CAM ...
NCCAM references only "products" research in key message on 2011-2015
strategic plan; Briggs responds ... 1993 Seattle Post
Intelligencer letter from by Integrator publisher-editor
submitted as defense for impatience with reductive research on
integrative
practices ... White paper on research for holistic nurses articulates
critical importance of complex modeling ... Bastyr's Boutin on 8
reasons why healthcare
overhaul is good for nutritionists ... Chiropractic educator/researcher
conference draws record turnout; college presidents
group shares top 6 strategic initiatives ... Update on Georgetown Masters Degree that
links basic sciences and CAM ... Stamford Hospital begins 2-year
integrative medicine fellowship ... Bastyr to award honorary doctorates
to Mehmet Oz, MD and to Lisa OZ ... Correction on the first
regionally accredited "stand-alone" AOM school ... White paper on
regulatory issues for Yoga, Ayurvedic fields ... Naturopathic doctors
push Congress for inclusion in
loan repayment programs ... Real Simple features integrative
medicine; distinguishes this category from DOs and NDs ... Mathews to
head Yoga Alliance ... Hangee-Bauer the new AANP president ... More
What
integrative practice associations are saying about healthcare overhaul
... CMS/Medicare nominee Berwick and his principles for integrative
medicine ... Patient outcomes from Penny George Institute inpatient
integrative care ... Ground-breaking Healthpoint expands integrative
model in community health; Breed comments ... NCH's Gahles reports on
meeting of top homeopathic researchers with NCCAM team ... Anti-NCCAM
bloggers take invite from NCCAM's Briggs ... Outcomes of Medicare
chiropractic demonstration project confusing, under examination by ACA
... Ford pilot shows lowered use of drugs by acupuncture and mind-body
group ... Merrell and integrative medicine featured as cost-saving in NYT
... Update on action at Wake Forest integrative medicine ... First
inpatient acupuncture fellowship at New York's Beth Israel ... Maizes
clip highlights decade plus of changes at Arizona Center for Integrative
Medicine ... Western States Chiropractic College becomes University of
Western States ... Tri-State Acupuncture College publishes white paper
on inter-professional education ... Ornish challenges thinking in New
York Times piece ... Bravewell leaders in Vanity Fair ...
Acupuncture positively portrayed in Wall Street Journal ...
Robust SPARC/OCIM gatherings in Portland, Oregon ... Massage Therapy
Foundation receives $30,000 NCCAM conference grant ... Educators
Schwartz and Lowe team for online education business ... Caldwell heads
AHMA ... O'Connell to exec post with ACA ... Naturopathic doctor Cronin
in the cover of Phoenix Magazine "Best Doctors" issue ... Marchiori
selected as new Palmer chancellor ... Huggins elected to AHPA
presidency, plus more ... More
McCain-Dorgan bill stirs battle over supplement
regulation McCain backs off ... Action urged to support "licensed
integrative practitioners" in federal legislation ... Senator Mikulski
salutes Integrative Healthcare Symposium attendees ... Bill George
pushes reform at personal and state levels .. Brent Bauer, MD reports on
Mayo's growing integrative medicine initiative ... True North patient survey featured in American College
of Physicians' publication ... Naparstek's Health Journeys CD sent by
DoD to help soldiers in war zone ... Acupuncture
accreditation
agency moves ahead with "first professional doctorate"
... A first: Chiropractic faculty members
credentialed to teach in VA facilities via NYCC relationships ...
Washington state legislature announces annual Bastyr Day ... Oregon
naturopathic doctors included in loan-forgiveness program for service to
the underserved and in rural areas ... Chiropractors
explore
role in public health ... NJ chiropractors add homeopathy,
nutrition to practice; Gahles comments ... Hawai'i medical association
seek to strip scope additions of state's naturopathic doctors ... AMI
seeks expansion of integrative Medicaid pilot into Arizona ... ABC
blasts peer-reviewed piece on drug-herb interactions ... Newsweek
rips anti-depressants as "Tic tacs" ... Stargrove and MedicineWorks
release electronic interactions guide ... Olympic athletes sponsored by
supplement lines ... Profootball chiropractic association in 4th
conference ... Integrative Healthcare Symposium up 40%, gains status as
community gathering ... Arizona Center's integrative mental health
conference sells out ... Ann Fonda reports on the Annie Appleseed
Project ... Pelletier takes vice president role at American Specialty
Health ... Miller-Read takes over as AMTA president ... More
Allina Hospitals
initiative finds $2000 savings per patient stay with integrative care
... JAMA column from Ralph Snyderman, MD reports that Duke Prospective
Health created $2200 per employee per year in savings associated with
personalized, integrative approach ... NIH workshop to explore cost
effectiveness of dietary supplement interventions ... MD academics urge
NCCAM to support non-MD CAM investigators in 2011-2015 strategic plan
... "Licensed integrative practitioners" included in Senate reform
language on comparative effectiveness research ... U.S. Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality recognizes naturopathic doctors as
primary care .... US Senator Mikulski pitches "integrative health care"
as key health reform principle in constituent letter ... AMA News
reports trends in AMA campaign to restrict the scopes of NDs, DCs, AOM
practitioners, midwives and others ... AANP and ACA send letters to
members relative to the AMA campaign to restrict their practices ...
Widely reported survey led by UCLA's Michael Goldstein, PhD shows
strong support for CAM among 75% of medical school student respondents
... New York Chiropractic College offers online nutrition Masters
degree ... Mayo Clinic integrative medicine educates team about
aromatherapy, Qi Gong and other certificate programs via local
community college ... Tai Sophia gains state approval for 5 new
certificate programs to help create a wellness workforce ... Update on
massage educator not-for-profit start-up ... Acupuncturists Without
Borders and Natural Doctors International respond to Haiti disaster ...
Standard Process sales hit $100-million mark; a look at its corporate
citizenship ... Yale integrative medicine conference to feature NCCAM's
Briggs plus CAM-basher Novella ... Conference notes ... plus
more
Two Integrator Top 10 lists for
integrative care from 2009 ... LA Times article on licensed CAM
practices and non-discrimination provision in Harkin's Senate health
legislation ...
George DeVries' transformation of American Specialty Health into a
health and wellness firm ... Academy of Oriental Medicine of Austin
becomes first AOM school to gain regional accreditation ... Adam
Perlman, MD, MPH and Ben Kligler, MD, MPH take over as chair, vice
chair for CAHCIM ... AOM accrediting agency still seeks comments on
"First Professional Doctorate" standard for the field ... Frank
Nicchi, DC, MS honored for strengthening chiropractic-public health
ties ... Bravewell, the IOM and the AARP join to found Healthy Nation
Partnership; inputs solicited ... American Association for Health
Freedom becomes Alliance for Natural Health-USA ... New York Beth
Israel creates no-cost, online Prepare for Surgery program ...
Seattle-based Alternative Health Access Campaign seeks to meet growing
demand among the homeless ... Oregon's largest natural health clinic
opened by National College of Natural Medicine ... Chiropractors in
campaign to regain recognition as providers by Boy Scouts of America
... Integrative Healthcare Symposium sponsors major conference in New
York, February 25-27, 2010 ... North American Research Conference on
Complementary and Integrative Medicine set for May 15-18, 2012 in
Portland, Oregon ... New American Holistic Medicine Research Institute
formed with led venerable Robert Anderson, MD in lead; sets sights on
first multicenter project ... Massage accrediting agency seeks public
member ... H1N1 lifts dietary supplement
sales ... Michael Cohen re-frames his legal services.
Examination
of Congress' mandate to NCCAM shows gross misalignment ... Synopses of
submissions on NCCAM strategic plan from 8 organizations: IHPC, AHMA,
AANP, MTF, IAFT, ACCAHC, AANMC and NCH ... New information (and rumors)
on inclusion of CAM and integrative practices in US Senate and House
versions of health reform legislation ... Nurses urge Harkin against
changing NCCAM to "National Center for Integrative Medicine" ... IOM's Summary
Report on the February Summit the perfect holiday gift for an
integrative practice wonk ... Family Medicine article
shows clarity emerging on integrative medicine in residencies ... Joint
meeting of two academic consortia celebrated as key moment ... Umbrella
specialty Board of Comprehensive Medicine under exploration jointly by
AHMA, ACAM, AANP, ICIM, ABIHM, AAEM and IFM ... National acupuncture
groups announce 5-year strategic plan ... Holistic medical group AHMA
back from the brink ... Rick Rosen, MA, LMT provides excellent overview
of the evolving massage "field" ... Nurses add 5-point acupuncture
detox to inpatient treatment at Longmont United Hospital ... IAF and
Samueli explore whole person "total fitness" for the military ...
Information on the $1-million real world
research project with Obama stimulus money
going to Marino Center and University of Arizona ... Samueli Institute
publishes white paper on cost-savings from a sampling of integrative,
wellness and public health interventions ... Kolata's New York Times integrative
cancer
article draws rejoinder from the Society for Integrative
Oncologists' Abrams ... Anti-CAM/IM crusader Novella co-founds new
institute dedicated to the same mission ... Gazella expands Community
Partners group of the Natural Medicine
Journal to 11
professional associations, 8 educational institutions and 3 industry
associations ... UCSF-Osher has opening for new fellow ... Info on
cost-effective integrative MD practices sought ...
Respond
now! NCCAM seeks stakeholder comments on 5 year plan ... IOM publishes
report on February 2009 Summit ... FTC/FDA cracks down on dietary
supplement sites, including DrWeil.com, for "fraudulent" H1N1 claims
such as are made in many kitchens every morning ... Update on action
relative to LAc, certified professional midwives, "non-discrimination"
and ABC Codes in federal health reform ... 2009 consumer use data on
massage (more each year for medical purposes) ... Council for
Responsible Nutrition survey info on use of dietary supplements ...
MSNBC stirs antagonism to integrative medicine programs in medical and
nursing schools ... School yoga champion creates new not-for-profit
organization to support advance of programs ... AMTA responds to Integrator
comments
the termination of its Council of Schools ... International CAM: Brief
reports on recent developments in Switzerland, Italy, England and South
Africa ... Harvard professor, key employer leader find chiropractic
cost effective for low back and neck pain in new review study ...
Congressional amendment stimulates debate over financial incentives for
healthy behaviors ... November is a time for giving of thanks to the Integrator
sponsors
... Kokolulu Farm and Cancer Retreat shifts to donations-based business
model ... Integrative Medicine Alliance announces new website ... JACM
in deal with Natural Standard.
Andrew Weil,
MD offers 7 point action plan on health reform, community responds ...
IOM report on Summit due out in November ... 47 members of Congress
send letter backing non-discrimination among provider categories ... Academic
Medicine
article blasts R-25 integrative medicine programs in medical schools, U
Minnesota responds ... Shifting landscape for massage educational
organizations ... Group to issue educational standards for Yoga
therapists ... NCCAM distributes portion of its Obama stimulus funds
... Beth Clay on controversy over trial of Gonzalez' integrative
pancreatic cancer treatment ... FCER, the former spearhead for
chiropractic research, ends 60 years of visionary action ... Women
legislators back anti-discrimination approach toward licensed
acupuncturists ... Blue Cross Blue Shield federal employees program
continues to list chiropractic doctors as physicians ... Holistic
nursing certification agency marks upbeat in interest ... Employer's
story shows how prejudice may restrict appropriate use of workplace
massage as cost-saver ... Review paper of cost-related studies of
acupuncture ... Economist Herman clarifies how she selected studies
used in her reported presentation on areas for cost-savings from CAM
... Philanthropist members in Bravewell Collaborative show some change
since 2007 ...
Ricki and Gunn big winners with $250,000 Dr. Rogers' Prize in
complementary medicine ... Taylor Walsh shares integrative medicine
tweeters ... Unique Hawaii Consortium for Integrative Health Care
selects Wong as exec ... Dana Ullman, MPH now blogging at influential HuffPo
... Pathways to Wellness expanding, seeks new executive director ...
John Scaringe, DC chosen as president of Southern California University
of Health Sciences ... Tim Birdsall, ND, FABNO honored as AANP
Physician of the Year.
Top NCCAM-funded
researcher Berman founds Institute for Integrative Health ... Walsh's
examination of inclusion (or not) of CAM/integrative practitioners in
US House healthcare reform bill ... Economist/researcher Herman reports
9 therapies/21 conditions where use of CAM is shown to be cost saving
... Response to Integrator from NCCAM director Briggs shares
reasons for 10th anniversary symposium theme, coming priorities ...
Janet Polli selected as first executive director of the Consortium of
Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine ... Key AOM researcher
Hammerschlag retires ... Guiltinan selected to chair naturopathic
medicine at Bastyr University ... Center for Integrative Medicine in
the Public Health forges relationships with network of 13 clinics to
provide integrative services to the underserved ... Chiropractic
professional forge links between the American Public Health Association
and US Bone and Joint Decade ... Inner Harmony Wellness Center selected
University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine fellow Phaythoune
Chothmounethinh, MD as medical director ... AMA's
Scope of Practice Partnership targets 30 ND, DC, LAc and certified
professional midwife scope expansion legislative initiatives in 2009
... Naturopathic physicians report legislative gains in HI, OR, WA, CT,
NH, VT and elsewhere ... MD starting salaries: Are they part of the
problem in the health of the nation? ... Chiropractic organization
raises $1-million for autumn ad campaign to promote the role of DCs in
health reform ... Huffington Post selects Dean Ornish, MD as its
medical editoror ... Author and integrative medicine policy enthusiast
Dana Ullman, MPH shares letter exchange with Washington Post writer
regarding coverage of anti-NCCAM story ...
Controversial NCCAM report suggests use of CAM practitioners may be down 50% between 1997 and 2007 ... IHPC
offers opportunity for integrative practice community to participate in
federal policy work, starting with thanking US Senator Sanders ...
Homebirth midwives make huge commitment to lobbying Congress for
inclusion under healthcare reform ... Boston Globe says Harkin, others are pushing for coverage of licensed CAM practitioners in reform package ... Invite
to September 25, 2009 Dr. Rogers' Price gala where $250,000 will be
awarded to a top integrative practice leader ... Health Journey's
Belleruth Naparstek shares significant advances of mind-body approaches
in the military ... James Gordon, MD to chair new College of Mind-Body
Medicine at Saybrook University ... Obama team convenes group of
employers to explore progressive health and productivity program for
federal employees ... Pelletier examines 2004-2008 employer studies of
cost-benefits of health promotion programs ... Holistic nurses name
Hines to national presidency ... Renaud steps down after 16 years
managing acu-detox association, new manager sought ... Abrams/Weil Integrative Cancer book becomes standard textbook for the field ... Example of integrative center inside a private medical group sought. More
Integrative services double at Providence Integrative Cancer Care ...
NCCAM clarifies position on homeopathy research following Zicam fury
... CAM gains mention in IOM and Obama Council's report on directions
for comparative effectiveness research (CER), plus Calabrese comments
... Licensed CAM, integrative practice and wellness in the US Senate
reform bills ... NCCAM clarifies position on homeopathic research
following Zicam study and National Center for Homeopathy request ... States
move to regulate yoga schools ... Israelson on FDA, dietary supplement
firms and adverse event reporting ... IAYT convenes effort to clarify
definition, scope of practice, guidelines for Yoga therapy ... ACA
announces formation of specialty Chiropractic Board of Clinical
Nutrition ... Huffington Post runs 2 articles relative to functional medicine as health reform model ... NCCAM announces portion of Obama stimulus funds ... International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine re-launched ... New York Times article
underscores how the NIH review process may keep the best research
unfunded ... New positions for Michael Wiles, DC, MEd and Patricia
Wolfe, ND ... New York Chiropractic College acknowledged in Chronicle of Higher Education ... Eric Goldman offers review of first Physician Heal Thy Practice conference. More
Poll
on health reform finds public favors investment in prevention over
treatment by 4 to one margin ... Obama on acupuncture and prevention
... U.S. Senator Murray goes to bat for expanding chiropractic to all
VA facilities ... Bravewell Collaborative announces "important evening"
in Washington, D.C. November 4, 2009 ... AAAOM renews push for
acupuncturists in medicare, federal employee benefits ... Chiropractors
challenge Office of Inspector General Report on over-payments ...
Massage accrediting agency names Henrioulle as executive director,
Schwartz as top volunteer ... Association of Chiropractic Colleges in
expanded role internationally, meet with Sebelius at WHO meeting ...
International organization of health services researchers in
complementary and integrative medicine meets in Brisbane, educator
meeting in England ... Society for Integrative Oncology focuses on
whole systems, interdisciplinary practices, at November 2009 meeting
... MSNBC series negative on CAM, 76% of in reader poll "skeptical"
about alternative medicine ... Oregon Public Broadcasting stimulates
online debate over prescriptive rights and primary care in naturopathic
practices ... Gawande's New Yorker article on money-making
corrupting medicine makes Obama's must-read list ... 2.5-year-old
community acupuncture clinic, Communi-chi, provides 5000th patient
visit ... Educators offered free access to online version of American
College of Physicians CAM book. More
Vicki and Ron
Simms back ambitious new integrative oncology center at UCLA ... U
Virginia adds acupuncture to employee benefits ... California budget
crunch sweeps acupuncture, chiropractic, other services out of Medicaid
... Sullivan column presents employer booklet as key guide to health
reform ... Cherkin acupuncture-toothpicks study generates significant
press ... Minnesota Medical Association dedicates entire monthly
magazine to integrative medicine in its state ... NARCCIM research
conference draws over 800 from 24 countries ... Massage Research
Foundation under Diana Thompson, LMP makes strides in stimulating
research in that field ... Tai Sophia Institute: snapshot of a growing
budget ... Holistic nurses expand certification offerings ... AANP, the
naturopathic professional association, announces new journal and
website ... Natural Products Foundation publishes data on the
$60-billion that the dietary supplement industry contributes to the
economy ... American Botanical Council reports growth of the botanical
industry in 2008 to $4.8-billion ... Frank Nicchi, MS, DC elected
president of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges ... Researcher Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD honored, plus
transitions for Crites, Schwartz and Corcoran. More
Holistic
nurses take on Catholic Bishops over Bishops' position against Reiki
... Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, nation's top
inter-institutional effort in integrated care, expands action ...
Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing strikes strategic
alliance with Alternative Medicine Clinic of Hennepin Faculty
Associates ... Community Acupuncture Network seeks NADA alliance in
opposing first professional doctorate for acupuncture and Oriental
medicine field ... Survey shows low uptake of key NCCAM research by
internists, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors and rheumatologists
... Significant CAM/IM chapter by Academic Consortium for Complementary
and Alternative Health Care in new textbook, Collaboration Across the Disciplines in Health Care
... AAAOM hires DC lobbying team, including former NIH and
Congressional staffer Beth Clay ... Chiropractors set up ChiroVoice.org
to foster patient communication with members of Congress during reform
era ... Pioneering work of Joe Chang, MAOM, LAc shows initial
penetration of licensed acupuncturists in military services ...
IHPM/Intel pilot of onsite manual therapies program show positive
outcomes. More
NCCAM challenged in Washington Post piece ... Consumer Reports
finds highest satisfaction with chiropractors for back pain ...
Economic downturn and consumer-directed healthcare appear to be good
for supplements sales ... American Health Journal and AANP team for
6-part PBS series on naturopathic medicine ... Massage licensing boards
under attack in 2 states ... InnoVision, publisher of ATHM and
other peer-reviewed journals in integrative practice purchased, exits
Chapter 11 ... Lobbyist Peter Reinecke and Jeanne Drisko, MD on
Obama's HHS nominee, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius ... Disease
management giant Healthways appoints Mark Nolting, ND, LAc to head up
integrative medicine ... Andrew Weil's foundation scores coup in
appointing former medical school dean James Dalen, MD, MPH to executive
director ... Two Integrator contributors, Stephen Bolles, DC and Erik Goldman organize conferences on key integrative practice themes, the Vis Medicatrix Naturae, and business success, respectively. More
Plan on the North American Research Conference, May 12-15, Minneapolis! ... New
Jersey med school and massage school for tie in accredited massage
program for service to the underserved ... Resource on school-based
yoga ... Northwestern Health Sciences University has unique
opportunity for new VP/provost ... Licensed acupuncturists beefing up
"action agenda" ... Educator Steiner Leisure in huge contract for massage,
acupuncture, spa, fitness services ... IM leader and Integrator adviser
Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH, re-emerges at Sausalito-based Carvallo Point
... More on policy: Does the Obama $634-billion for healthcare reform
include a real shift toward wellness? ... Congrats to TAI for an
investment in a relationship with U.S. Senator Mikulski, plus AP
article on IOM, Redwood on Jonas' WIN, and Peer Barry Chowka tearing
down the house. More ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
...
New CDC report shows CAM use at 38%, but
over 50% among our indigenous ... AARP, US Chamber and Prince's
Foundation join Bravewell-led coalition to promote health-oriented
reform ... More on Dasche/Obama community discussions from
Jonas'/Samueli gathering, Hawaii Consortium, ND group in Connecticut, a
Reiki leader and the ACA ... URAC names first accredited wellness
programs ... Institute for Functional Medicine leader David Jones, MD
leads Integrative Practitioner discussion on the role of the randomized
controlled trial ... Naturopathic physician-run wellness program for
automobile dealers earns Vermont Gold Medal award for 3rd straight year
... Oprah opens a page to homeopathy ... Former American Whole Health
integrative medicine director and SCNM founder Michael Cronin, ND takes
board roles at National University of Health Sciences and the AANP ...
Samueli Center and Arizona Center offer CME programs ... Nursing site
lists top 100 herb-related blogs ... More ...
Cleveland-based
Manufacturer Parker Hannifin created a rich CAM benefit which has
stimulated the development of a national CAM PPO of America network
with affiliations with the AANP and Massage Envy ... Integrative
Practitioner tops 5000 members, earns Stevie nomination, names Jacobs,
Blumenthal to advisory roles ... Day-late, dollar-short: McCain weighs
in on chiropractic ... UCSF Osher seeks medical director: Obama-esque
leader needed ... Helfgott Research Institute update ... Tai Sophia and
Johns Hopkins nursing advance their relationship; AANP's Howard
benefits from program ... Naturopathic policy action in Washington
State: hard to imagine this in state's where NDs are not
licensed ... Georgia chiros get parity boost from insurance
commissioner ... AHPA's Dentali in appointment, $100,000 grant for
healthy aging to Bastyr, plus ... More ...
MGMA
says some MDs turning to alternative medicine, supplement sales, for
business reasons ... Naturopathic specialty board established to
promote aesthetic medicine ... American Acupuncture Council promotes
programs to get acupuncturists and chiropractors to explore anti-aging
medicine ... NCCAM names NIH veteran Jack Killen, MD as Deputy Director
... Institute of Medicine announces agenda for its February 2009
National Summit on Integrative Medicine, not yet much sign of
"integration" ... New American Hospital Association report finds 37% of
hospitals offering some CAM, a 40% increase in the percent since 2005
... Yale-Griffin integrative medicine center in new facility ... Donna
Karan's Urban Zen initiative brands "new category of integrative
practitioner" ... Thumbs up for natural childbirth in Milbank study,
and article by obstetrician Bethany Hays, MD ... USA Today features
Pentagon's exploration of alternatives ... Plus, Annie Appleseed,
patient-centered integrative cancer conference and Integrative medicine
Alliance practitioner-centered weekend ... Three of Calabrese's mentees
earn NIH awards ... More ...
New 18-practitioner integrative clinic and robust growth at Samaritan Health Services ... Inner
Harmony celebrates 10th year and moves to new space at Scranton's Mercy
Hospital ... HRSA in $310,000 grant to Palmer College of Chiropractic
and Jefferson's integrative medicine prorgam for multidisciplinary
practice-based CAM-IM research network ... National College of Natural
Medicine expands ... AHEC grant funds scholarship for fellowship at
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine to help serve underserved ...
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, a research-education-integration
leader for AOM marks 25th year ... Board of NADA, the acu-detox group,
affirms value of 5-point protocol for stress, pain management, not just
detox ... Report on national massage therapy clinical practice
guidelines funded and developed through Massage Therapy Foundation ...
American Chiropractic Association announces policy-related action of
its House of Delegates ... Signature Supplements gets high tech
business development loan from state of Maryland ... Update on
Minnesota-based Collaboration Health Care group started by form
American Chiropractic Network team, plus more. More ...
CCAOM
backs move in the acupuncture profession toward "First Professional
Doctorate" ... IAYT reports data on the emerging Yoga therapy field ...
ND students set quality standards for nutraceutical partners ...
Hopkins opens integrative clinic with GI focus ... Hawaii Consortium
for Integrative Healthcare begins monthly television program ... New ACOEM guidelines for chronic pain elevate role of acupuncture, yoga ...
Employer group IHPM begins worksite metabolic health initiative ...
American Specialty Health receives awards ... Standard Process'
president Charlie DuBois joins board of chiropractic research group ...
Council for Responsible Nutrition selects naturopathic physician
Douglas MacKay, ND as vice president for regulatory and scientific
affairs ... Changes at the top for American Association for Health
Freedom ... Primary care needs to be aggravated by disappearing interest among med school grads, plus more
Data
on total number of AOM students ... Hawaii med school opens
complementary medicine center ... Ralph Snyderman, MD, a top influencer
of medical school-based integrative medicine, tells academic medicine
to "lead, follow or get out of the way" of what he calls "prospective
health care" ... Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH leaves a Revolution on the
decline ... Physician staffing firm
reports survey on MD views of CAM ... Delaware gets medical
association's support in successful licensing campaign ... AHPA firms
look good in JAMA study ... Integrative Medical Consortium
formed of half-dozen other national professional associations ... Yoga
leader Terri Kennedy selected for American Heart Association role ...
Integrative program for the disabled seeks information on other models
... plus more More ...
A Medscape piece
on pharma and medical professional organizations has its natural
products parallels ... Integrative medicine programs at U
Kansas and New Mexico expand to new clinical facilities ... Quinn
assists U Kansas in establishing a unique fellowship program for an MD,
DO or ND ... Pelletier's CHIP program adds Pfizer, Pepsi and
GlaxoSmithKline as participating firms in exploring integrative
medicine in employee health ... Boston's Integrative Medical Alliance
teams with Tufts to give experience in complementary therapies to
conventional health professions students, clinicians ... Rafal's "mind
heals" program in Rhode Island ... Alexander technique expert Jean
Louis Rodriguez shares a widely reported BMJ trial which could launch
expanded interest in the little utilized but powerful patient-centered
approach ... Big kudos: population-based, group-oriented mind-body
program for adolescents led by James Gordon, MD shows positive outcomes
in Kosovo ... Team co-led by Moshe Frenkel, MD publishes a dozen
integrative oncology papers in Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America ... Bethany Hayes, MD is looking for
practitioners for True North Center ... More ...
Report shows
hundreds of million in savings to states from wellness model ... Center
for Disease Control director Gerberding calls for "changing the
conversation" in order to make the U.S. the "healthiest nation" via new
CDC
campaign ... Licensed complementary healthcare practitioners still not
included in healthcare
workforce dialogue ... Debate at the University of Bridgeport to focus on whether
chiropractors should follow the New Mexico model of primary care chiropractic with limited prescribing rights ... NCCAOM pushes to get acupuncture and Oriental medicine recognized as a profession by the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ... AMA and OB/Gyn opposition to homebirth
sparks debate on ABC news site ... Chiropractic lobbying may open a door for all "CAM"
colleges ... Wake Forest integrative medicine's Kathy Kemper, MD, MPH
shares new integrative clinical services ... True North's Bethany Hays,
MD honored by the Institute for Functional Medicine with the 2008 Linus Pauling Award ... More ...
Commonwealth
Fund reports double cost, horrible outcomes of US medicine ...
Expansion of low-cost community acupuncture models featured by AAAOM
and in Philadelphia weekly ... Alaska's Native-owned,
community-focused, team-oriented healthcare approach approach shows
huge cost savings, increased practitioner satisfaction through a
relationship-centered approach ... Ian Coulter, PhD offers insight into
strengths and shortcomings of health services research as the "holy
grail" for integrative practices ... Holistic board requires self-care
knowledge in re-certification ... AHMA celebrates 30th birthday ...
Chiropractic organization and NCMIC clarify manipulation/stroke
evidence for 16,600 neurologists ... Cohen and Dumoff combine for
webcast seminars on legal issues for integrative clinics and spas. More ...
Kaiser
Permanente models natural pharmacy in managed care ... American
Acupuncture Council offers acu-coding book ... Successful Massage Envy
franchise operation purchased by huge Indian conglomerate with strong
wellness interest ... URAC developing accreditation standards for
wellness programs - comment period now ... Details on the AMA's Scope
of Practice Partnership campaign against expanding scopes of other
disciplines: NDs and midwives taking heat ... Healthcare advisers for
presidential campaigns have loose links to integrative practice
movement .. IOM puts annual waste in US healthcare at over
$1,000,000,000,000 (that's one trillion wasted, or a lot of what might
have been fully-reimbursed integrative care) ... A few words about
Penny Simkin, a quiet hero of empowering healthcare, plus more. More ...
Among those
noted University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine designated
a Center of Excellence by Arizona Regents ... Council on Naturopathic
Medical Education gains 5 years from the USDE ... US/China accord on
traditional Chinese and integrative medicine ... Integrative MD/ND/LAc
Goshen Cancer Center awarded ... Trustee
features integrative medicine for Boomers ... Integrated community care
leader Community Health Centers of King County becomes HealthPoint ...
The debate over the JAMA St. John's wort for ADHD article ...
National advertising campaign for chiropractic and the IOM use the
Alternative Medicine Inc. study on cost savings ... AMI's state
partnerships grow ... Chiropractic associations in agreement on pediatrics specialty ... More ...
The
pace of action in integrative medicine and integrated healthcare picks
up monthly. This article begins a new, regular feature of the Integrator.
I scan the incoming and offer quick links on the business, academic,
research, professional, integrative, media and employer actions
relative to these fields. You click into the longer stories of interest
to you. 20 short notes here. I hope this new services is useful. More ...
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