by Georgianna Donadio DC, MSc, PhD
The reason for an absence of postings this month is due to my participating in one of the most intense, collaborative team efforts imaginable! Integrative Health and Medical experts from all over the country have been invited to Boston for a national Summit focused on facilitating the advancement of Health and Wellness Coaching.
The 12 team members, of whom NIWH is one, have thrashed around the topic discussing the hows, whys and possibilities for over a year. Various points of view, experience, insights and concerned have been voiced and now all of our work is being brought to the best and the brightest in health care and medicine, for review and consensus.
We at NIWH are very pleased that after three decades of advocating for whole person health care, shared decision making between client and practitioner and evidence-based health information for consumers, this effort is being realized.
The first important change in this direction came in 2005, when the NIWH model became the mandate for the "practice of medicine in all settings". Both the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and hospitals and the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) identified these guidelines as their mandate:
> placing the patient at the center of their health care
> treating the patient as a whole person
> evidence-based health education for prevention and disease management
NIWH is pleased to be a part of what may become a pivotal and historical event in health care.
I will be blogging on this site on a weekly to bi-monthly basis moving forward. The daily Whole Health Living blog can be viewed at http://www.niwh.org/ . We invite you to visit.
After the Summit is concluded, I will be back with an update!
With all good wishes,
G
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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