jueves, 19 de febrero de 2009

Medicina Integral y la crisis de los sistemas de salud

NUTRITION BUSSINESS JOURNAL NOV 2008
Integrative Medicine Stakeholders Organize to Address Healthcare Crisis
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Dietary supplements stand to benefit as consumers, practitioners focus on preventing disease before it takes hold
Organizing the many stakeholders in the integrative medicine world has been likened to herding cats — a difficult proposition due to the diverse nature and strong spirit of individualism prevalent within the industry. But 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 complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) 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.

Comentarios del autor: Hay evidencia que los suplementos alimenticios benefician en la salud y mejoran las enfermedades.
El pùblico los acepta y cada vez mas médicos y hospitales también.
Se vislumbra bancarrota en los sistemas de salud por los altos costos de los tratamientos de enf. crónicas.
Paradojicamente estas enfermedades se pueden prevenir.
Hay una coalición nacional en EUA entre Médicos e Investigadores, empleadores, instituciones académicas, aseguradoras, legisladores y grupos de intérés público.
Su objetivo va mas allá de promover la práctica de la Medicina Complementaria y Alternativa, como la acupuntura o uso de suplementos alimenticios, sino reformar el sistema de salud por enfocarse en prevenir la enfermedad a través de la medicina tradicional alopática y formas alternativas de cuidado.
Obviamente, una vez reformado el sistema de salud en EUA, lo mismo harán otras naciones.



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