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Integrative Medicine

Report
Including Complementary and Integrative Health Providers in the Public Health Pandemic Response
Complementary and integrative health providers, such as chiropractors and naturopathic doctors, have been an underutilized public health asset in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. How can they be better integrated into future responses to public health emergencies?
Feb 17, 2022
Report
Sleep Management in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Systematic Review
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involves several symptoms, including sleep disturbance. This review synthesizes the evidence from randomized controlled trials on the effects that interventions for adults with PTSD have on sleep outcomes.
Sep 30, 2021
Journal Article
Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 5: Selection, Protection, and Abstraction
Of the records abstracted, many revealed incomplete provider documentation regarding the details of and rationale for care. Better documentation and more standardized record keeping would facilitate future research using patient records.
Jun 11, 2020
Journal Article
Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part 4: Putting Practice Back Into Evidence-based Practice by Recruiting Clinics and Patients
This study found that clinics can be successfully recruited for practice-based studies, and patients can be recruited using iPads. Obtaining patient records presents considerable challenges, and clinics varied in whether they had electronic files, nonelectronic records, or a mixture.
Jun 10, 2020
Journal Article
Coping and Management Techniques Used by Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Receiving Treatment From Chiropractors
Persons with chronic back pain were proactive in their coping strategies and frequently used self-care coping strategies like those provided by chiropractors in patient education. In alignment with patients' beliefs that their condition was chronic and lifelong, many patients attempted a wide range of coping strategies to relieve their pain.
Jun 9, 2020
Journal Article
The Research Crisis in American Institutions of Complementary and Integrative Health: One Proposed Solution for Chiropractic Profession
The future success of CIH-directed research on CIH will require a pooling of talent and resources across institutions; something that the American chiropractic institutions have not yet been able to achieve. This article discusses one possible solution.
May 5, 2020
Journal Article
Group and Individual-level Change on Health-related Quality of Life in Chiropractic Patients With Chronic Low Back or Neck Pain
This study suggests some benefits of chiropractic on functioning and well-being of patients with low back pain or neck pain.
Mar 31, 2020
Announcement
RAND Establishes Center to Advance Complementary and Integrative Health Research
RAND has launched the Center for Collaborative Research in Complementary and Integrative Health, a first-of-its-kind effort intended to bolster research expertise and participation at colleges that train practitioners in complementary and integrative health.
Feb 12, 2020
Journal Article
The Problematic Economics of Integrative Oncology
The economics of integrative oncology are problematic because of the lack of good studies, the lack of historic incentives for efficiency, and the high cost of cancer care and its financial toxicity on patients. However, these problems can be overcome, with help from one good economic evaluation at a time.
Jun 11, 2019
Multimedia
Integrative Health: Moving from Marginal to Mainstream
In this Events @ RAND podcast, some of the nation's leading integrative health experts discuss the path forward for incorporating evidence-based complementary and alternative treatments into standard patient care, medical training, and policymaking.
Sep 20, 2018
Journal Article
Cognitive and Mind-Body Therapies for Chronic Low Back Pain and Neck Pain: Effectiveness and Value
A recent Institute for Clinical and Economic Review provides evidence that some cognitive and mind-body therapies are effective for chronic low back pain and also cost-effective.
Apr 18, 2018
Report
More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Provide Complementary and Alternative Medicine
In addition to conventional medicine, 83 percent of military health care facilities offer therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic, stress management, yoga, biofeedback, and massage for pain management and psychological disorders.
Aug 9, 2017
News Release
More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Now Offer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments
More than 80 percent of military health care facilities offer some form of complementary and alternative medicine—in addition to conventional medicine— mainly for pain management and psychological disorders.
Aug 9, 2017
Journal Article
Integrative Pain Management Centers in the Military: The Challenges
Integrative medicine might be the appropriate model for pain management in the military; however, the structural and process elements to bring it about are not yet in place or fully understood.
Oct 10, 2016
Essay
Science and the Healing Arts
Americans spend billions of dollars out of pocket seeking relief from chronic conditions in alternative schools of health, such as acupuncture or chiropractic. What would it take to more fully integrate such practices into the mainstream?
Apr 29, 2016
Report
Future evaluation of the Integrated Personal Commissioning programme: Mapping the logic and assessing evaluability
The Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme is a new programme that joins up health and social care funding for individuals with complex needs. This report sets out the support RAND Europe provided for the future evaluation of the programme.
Dec 31, 2015
Multimedia
On Human Flourishing: The Evolution of Complementary and Integrative Health Practices
In this video produced by the Samueli Institute, Ian D. Coulter discusses the evolution of complementary and integrative health practices over the last 40 years.
Feb 2, 2015
Journal Article
A Systematic Scoping Review of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mind and Body Practices to Improve the Health of Veterans and Military Personnel
We conducted a systematic scoping review of mind and body practices used with veterans or active duty military personnel to identify gaps in the literature and make recommendations for future primary research.
Dec 1, 2014
Journal Article
IMPACT - Integrative Medicine Primary Care Trial: Protocol for a Comparative Effectiveness Study of the Clinical and Cost Outcomes of an Integrative Primary Care Clinic Model
This study will use a combination of observational quantitative and qualitative methods to rigorously measure the health and healthcare utilization outcomes of the University of Arizona Integrative Health Center (UAIHC), an IM adult primary care clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
Evaluating the Economics of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
If CIM is to be considered in broader healthcare strategies, its economic impact must be determined.
Mar 1, 2013

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