John WeeksThe idea of "comparative effectiveness research" (CER), the new $1.1 billion economic stimulus program, strikes a happy chord for many in the integrative practice community. Isn't this the appropriate research terrain for showing value of...
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...
On March 5, 2009, Barack Obama convened a White House Forum on Health Reform in which the administration underscored its commitment to take on the nation's crisis in its medical processes. A month later, on April 8, 2009, Obama acted again by...
In this response to the Bravewell Collaboration's listing of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and reimbursement reform as key factors in any healthcare transformation, David Cundiff, MD points out that "randomized controlled clinical trials and other...
The alpha and the omega of the IOM Summit is the Bravewell Collaborative. The organization of philanthropists laid down $445,000 to sponsor the gathering. Bravewell now plans significant additional investment to ensure that the outcomes have legs in...
When the Integrator's Daphne White, CHTP observed the February 26, 2009 US Senate hearing on integrative healthcare chaired by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), she chose to focus on Harkin's introductory comments in which he calls for an "end to...
Here is a treat. Beltway resident, reporter and Healing Touch practitioner Daphne White, CHTP reports for us on the historic February 23, 2009 U.S. Senate hearing on the "principles of integrative health care" chaired by Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)...
For many of us, this weeks' "integrative health policy week" in Washington, DC actually began with the robust Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS) in New York City last week where a multidisciplinary gathering of 1300 met to explore policy...
James Gordon, MD, past chair of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, held a Healthcare Community Discussion on December 30th. But anyone who knows Gordon's interests will guess that he assembled a wide-ranging...
Here are a dozen short articles on expansions of integrative centers, new directions for ear-acupuncture specialists, integrative medicine for the underserved, massage therapy practice guidelines, growth at two leading naturopathic and AOM schools...
