Articles that focus on the evolution of whole-person, patient-centered integrative health, prevention and wellness in healthcare, research, consumer and business markets and policy.
Integrative Health Care: The Implementation of ACA Section 2706
For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. May 27, 2014.
Upstream Interventions, or Staying Out of the Current Entirely
For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. March 4, 2014.
When is a Health Customer Really Just a Customer? The Hotelier Explains For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. Aug. 1, 2013.
The Disruptive, Productive Paths of Patient Choice
For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. May 9, 2013.
Health Care Transformation: A Work in Progress
For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. May 10, 2012. How do we know when we get there? Where pockets already exist.
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reaches Out With First Funding Imminent
For The Integrator Blog, March 12, 2012. A report of meetings of PCORI national councils.
Edging into the Center: Prevention, Improving the Research Process, and the Placebo Effect
For The Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum. March 8, 2012. Unexpected elements may comprise the new center of US health.
The Evolving Role of CAM & Integrative Medicine in American Medical Education
For Jackson-Coker, May 2011, a primary physician staffing and medical information publishing firm.
The National Prevention Strategy: Catching up with the Nation (PDF)
For Altarum Institute Healthcare Policy Forum, March 17, 2011. |
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Integrative Practices in Worksite Wellness (RWJF Report)
For The Integrator Blog. Review of a Dec. 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded rerport describing the evolution of work site wellness programs.
“Real World” use of Integrative therapies and NIH strategies
For The Integrator Blog. A report from the National Advisory Council of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the NIH center charged with research of CAM and integrative therapies.
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