Outline
Briefly “what”
The 2020 HHP team presentation topic, history of and current access, etc
May 2022 conference: Who, what, where: links, agenda, and more
Topic for Conference Co-Presentation: “Inpatient Complementary and Integrative Health Care: Advances, Barriers, and Opportunities”
The limitation for this conference session - time
The opportunity
HHP recruiting community stories—if you have an inpatient acupuncture program, please contact us.
You are also welcome to join the inpatient acupuncture discussion group we host.
More information about the Conference
announcements from NCCIH
Briefly
I will be presenting with a team of co-presenters at the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health this late May 2022. This will be the first time this Academic Consortium conference has been held in person since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Learn more about the background of HHP’s work as related to this conference in a new blog post (5.22.2022).
Follow my journey at the conference during the week on the HHP’s public Facebook page. And, I plan to share more about how the conference goes in a future email newsletter. So, if you have not yet subscribed, scroll to the footer at the bottom of the page and subscribe.
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May 2022 Co-Presenter Team
In May 2022, I will be co-presenting with several others on Thursday, May 26th, 2022, in the afternoon.
More about the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
website: https://www.consortiumcongress.org/
meeting agenda: https://www.consortiumcongress.org/agenda
conference logo for the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
The topic we will be Discussing
Inpatient Complementary and Integrative Health Care: Advances, Barriers, and Opportunities
Quote from the brochure (2.1.2022):
The expansion of Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) services across the U.S. in the last 20 years has been well-documented. Although some attempts to characterize the spectrum of these services have been made, we have a limited understanding of the variety of care models, interactions with primary and specialty care, and financing mechanisms, among other characteristics. The extent of CIHM inpatient services in U.S. hospitals is unknown. There is no readily available information on the number of member institutions of the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health offering such services. Available information suggests that inpatient CIH is less common than outpatient services. However, existing literature indicates that CIHM inpatient services, including acupuncture, acupressure, massage therapy, mind-body medicine, yoga therapy, holistic nursing, and music therapy, are feasible and amply utilized when available. They can improve patient outcomes, including pain management, anxiety, sleep, nausea, among others, and in some cases have been shown to reduce medication use and hospitalization costs. Inpatient CIH services are delivered by a variety of provider types, including trained nurses and physicians, acupuncturists, massage therapists, yoga therapists, etc. This panel of researchers and clinicians will address the current state of CIHM inpatient services in the U.S. Through four case studies, barriers, facilitators, and financing mechanisms will be explored. The panel will include experiences in both adult and pediatric populations and specialty services, such as integrative oncology and a non-profit community resource project supporting inpatient acupuncture services. Collaboration between outpatient and inpatient care will be explored, along with equity issues. The panel will also include a presentation highlighting recent studies aiming to characterize inpatient CIHM models. Participation from attendees with experience in inpatient CIH services will be encouraged. Potential next steps to enhance our understanding of inpatient CIHM services will be discussed.
My co-presenters
Francoise Adan, University Hospitals (UH) Connor Integrative Health Network, Cleveland, Ohio, United States (biography)
Ana Baldioli, PT, HMCT, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California, United States (biography)
Megan Kingsley Gale, MSAOM, Dipl. OM (NCCAOM®), LAc, LMT, The Hospital-practice Handbook Project, (biography)
The national inpatient acupuncture discussion group & community resources
Daniel Gallego-Perez, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Newbury, MA, United States (biography)
Jenifer Matthews, MD, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States (biography)
Andrew Shubov, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States (biography)
Ariana Thompson-Lastad, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, San Francisco, California, United States (biography)
Karen Villanueva, DAIM, LAc, Dipl. OM, RN, FAIHM, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States (biography)
The Limitation
As you may notice, that is eight professionals with only 60 minutes of time for the scheduled session. There is very little time to introduce each other, let alone fully tell our stories.
The Opportunity: Highlight Inpatient Acupuncture Programs through HHP community interviews
So, at the HHP, I am interviewing colleagues working or managing inpatient acupuncture programs so we can take the time to highlight their work. If you are working in a program in the United States, please contact me to schedule an interview. If you know a colleague who is working in an inpatient acupuncture program, please share with them our website contact page and encourage them to contact us.
Thank you.
Thank you for supporting this essential nonprofit community resource work!
The Hospital Handbook Project for Acupuncturists and Their Hospital Sponsors is a program of Free Range Health®, a 501(c)(3) public charity. All or part of your donation may be tax-deductible as a charitable contribution. Please consult with your tax advisor. Federal Tax ID #45-4395933/