DocumentCode
1826799
Title
Integrative medicine - a practical application
Author
Bagga, Sudhir
fYear
2003
fDate
6-7 June 2003
Firstpage
137
Lastpage
142
Abstract
Problems in present healthcare system are: (1) very poor chronic disease management at present in US and many other countries, (2) increasing dissatisfaction of consumers with their healthcare experience, (3) increasing dissatisfaction of health providers with the practice of medicine, (4) multiple medical errors in disease management, (5) significant deviations from known best care practices, outcome based health assessment and disease management rating system needed. The solution for the above mentioned problems are: (1) best integrated healthcare model criteria, (2) based on sound outcome based scientific principles, (3) compatible with the conventional medical system, (4) recognizes the uniqueness of each individual, (5) provides cost-effective and disease preventing treatments, (6) acknowledges the holistic nature of health: physician, patient, and intervention as equal partners in the healing process. The Life Science Medical Center has developed a unique interactive personalized health/disease assessment and management tool that integrates the best aspects of conventional and alternative medicine (e.g. Ayurveda, oriental/Chinese).
Keywords
Internet; health care; interactive systems; medical computing; medical information systems; medicine; patient care; Internet; disease management; healthcare system; information management system; integrative medicine; interactive integrated health assessment; medical error; Disaster management; Diseases; Electronic mail; Health information management; Industrial training; Medical services; Medical treatment; Quality management; Uniform resource locators; Waste management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Enterprise Networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, 2003. Healthcom 2003. Proceedings. 5th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7960-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HEALTH.2003.1218730
Filename
1218730
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