NBJ Integrative Medicine Report

Nutrition Business Journal
March 1, 2009
175 Pages - SKU: NUT2273739
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Countries covered: United States

With a new administration and political party in power, the time for true healthcare reform appears to be more than just a dream in the United States, where millions of people are uninsured and nutrition©\related chronic diseases are ravaging whole swaths of the population. Integrative therapies, including dietary supplement usage, are poised to benefit as a result of the growing push in the United States for a healthcare system that focuses on disease prevention rather than disease treatment.

Recently, a perfect storm of factors has created conditions that have given rise to a national coalescence around the need for the kind of care that integrative medicine delivers. Those factors include out©\of©\control healthcare costs; rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other preventable health problems; a new Democratic administration and Congress poised to change the nation¡¯s healthcare landscape; and increasing acceptance among consumers, doctors and hospitals that integrating the best of conventional and complementary therapies produces tangible benefits, ranging from preventive care to improved patient outcomes to savings on the bottom line.

These and others forces are pushing integrative medicine proponents to forge alliances, not only among practitioners and researchers, but also among large employers, academic institutions, insurers, legislators, healthcare reform advocates and public interest groups. Their goal has evolved far beyond merely promoting integrative medicine practices, such as acupuncture or dietary supplement usage. Instead, this national coalition seeks to reform the bedrock of America¡¯s healthcare system itself by focusing on disease prevention and bringing together allopathic and alternative forms of care.

As Ralph Snyderman, MD, chancellor emeritus for health affairs at Duke University and a physician advisor for the Bravewell Collaborative, stressed during a recent interview with Nutrition Business Journal, the need for such reform is dire. ¡°Despite spending more than any other country on healthcare¡ª$2.3 trillion a year¡ª47 million Americans are uninsured, and those who are insured often don¡¯t have access to any type of coherent, coordinated way to maintain their health,¡± Snyderman said. ¡°Even with individuals who are well insured, when an event occurs, they realize how uncoordinated and uncaring the system is. This is the American healthcare dilemma.¡±


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