CAM And Integrative Health Care

As Michael Pollan details in his bestselling book, In Defense of Food, the science that attempts to understand and unlock the chemical secrets of food has resulted from the collective pursuit of many scientific minds since the early nineteenth century. The discoveries of chemists and experimentalists like Liebig and Prout have paved the way for modern sciences’ understanding of nutrition and serves as the foundation of knowledge for those who seek to enhance the health and longevity of all eaters. (Pollan, 2008). With these vast collections of nutrition knowledge available and growing in size every day, it is no wonder that many will seek advice on the optimal diet. However, science is just not there…yet. Scientists and RDs do not currently

Patients, as consumers have a say on the decisions a healthcare facility makes regarding integrating CAM practitioners in their clinical practices. As such, a specialty clinic’s Chief Medical Officer should pay attention to the consumer suggestions. The patient should know that they will be granted the right to make health care decisions that resonate with their preferences, wishes, and values. Additionally, a patient would want to know whether the practitioners would respect their autonomy, regarding treatment decisions and health care goals, and act in patients’ best interests, according to fiduciary duties.

What clinical findings are likely in R.S. as a consequence of his COPD? How would these differ from those of emphysematous COPD?

I guess the article in the link was more focused on the need to enable patient care coordination across different conditions or settings when it delved into clinical integration programs. Integrating clinical care is not as easy as it seems because it covers a variety of issues that are needed to be changed or improved upon to be considered a success like changes in provider culture, payment methods and incentives, and even federal laws (AHA.org, 2015). And I agree with the notion that combining data to produce a complete picture of what treatment and recovery looks like is essential to deliver research value for a patient and his care.

In conclusion, we will face facts that we need to have respect and understanding of the religious beliefs. Today, majority of people are using some sort of CAM’s. Health care providers may not approve of the alternative medicine, but this is reality. With the cost of health care and medicines rising, why would you not want to try alternative medicines? However, when you are talking to your patient about the use of

As a seventeen year old who is currently in between jobs (I’m only babysitting for a family two or three times a month), I do not have to travel very often or very far. It is because of this that I typically only travel to five different locations from my home. On the nights that I am babysitting, I travel 18 miles to the family’s home. I also travel to the local farmer’s market, which is only one mile away, the gym (6.5 miles away), church (18 miles), and to the movies (6 miles). In order to get to these places I drive the family car, which is a 2007 KIA Sportage and it is an efficient means of transportation.

Alternative medicine should not be funded because it is not as successful as conventional treatments. Holistic medicine is nothing more than the study of natural products in an effort to scrutinize what herbs help in a dietary way or revitalize health. When has the study of natural and dietary products become “alternative”? David Gorski an associate professor at Wayne State University argues that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) should not be funded because the agency promotes alternative and complementary therapies in the absence of rigorous scientific evidence that they are effective. Conventional treatments become conventional treatments due to rigorous testing. Rigorous testing is required because it

These obstacles often include patient lab requests that seem unnecessary to the allopathic physician, inappropriate ingestion of hormone supplements in endocrine management in the eyes of the allopathic physician, given current RCT data, and furthermore, contradictory dietary advice from the naturopathic physician that affects the allopathic physician-patient relationship. These obstacles make it difficult for the conventional care framework to overcome the problems generated from the CAM partnership and leave patients feeling

In the case of Anglia Television Ltd. V. Reed, the defendant Robert Reed contracted to star in a play that the plaintiff Anglia was producing. According to Law Nix, the defendant agreed to make himself available for the dates that they would be filming the play, in exchange for 1,050 pounds, a 100 pounds a week living expense, and first class air fare between England and the United States. The defendant repudiated the contract and informed the plaintiff that he was set to do another play and would not be able to commit to their production (Law Nix). Being that the defendant was already committed to doing the plaintiff’s play they sued him for wasted expenditures but not for lost profits.

This weeks documentary videos on The New Medicine were informative, interesting and highlighted several thought provoking topics. According to Dr. Brian Berman of the University of Maryland School of Medicine defines integrative medicine as the practice of medicine that emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between the caregiver and the patient, which takes into account of the whole person. (TheNewMedicine) It is not just about root-cause or evidence base medicine any longer, long gone are the days where patients were not as engaged with their care plans and clients were less interactive. In addition, due to the increase of technology patients have become more informed about the practices that benefit and thwart organizational success through

The Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine has been convened to help transform the way evidence on clinical effectiveness is generated and used to improve health and health care (Institute of Medicine, 2009). Hence, health care providers and teams pursue methods in which enriched education can provide purposeful and collaborative care to patients along with their providers; care which creates and enhances systems to naturally teach preventative interventions to maintain the utmost safety, quality and value in care that is offered. The goal set forth by the IOM is that by 2020 all tangible healthcare clinical decisions will be practiced in a manner of timeliness, accuracy and efficiency to

The mission of NCCAM is to investigate the “usefulness and safety” of alternative and complementary medicine and the roles they could possibly play in improving health of the nation and our healthcare system by advance research on mind and body interventions,

Though the need for integrated health care continues to rise not all doctors are willing to consider the change. Critics have proposed that integrative medicine is “driven largely by market forces, as well as public fascination and demand for alternative treatments.” (Kam, 2009, para. 9) Tom Delbanco, M.D., a Harvard Medical School professor and physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center advises that in a national survey conducted amongst hospitals “implementing integrative care shows the most common barriers include physician resistance to change accounting for up to 54% of those surveyed, budget constraints (65%) and lack of evidence based research (39%).” (Kam, 2009, para. 10)

A qualified physician is one that is open-minded and skilled in the practice of Integrative Health Care. Integrative Health-Care is a combination of practices using methods of alternative medicine with some evidence-based conventional medicine.

In fact, to stay relevant in the modern health care climate, “evidence-based clinical practice will become essential” (Sanderson 2003). Empirically supported treatments provide a higher standard of care for patients.