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Managing Integrated Health Systems-------You have been asked by your supervisor to perform a presentation for a group of physicians on the important factors and barriers that are important to consider when integrating CAM (complementary and alternative medicine)(integrative medicine) into healthcare systems.
Prepare a Power Point presentation with a minimum of 5 slides Please type out
Make sure that you provide a full explanation of all of the factors that these physicians must consider
SLIDE 1:
CAM
Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a group of medical practices that are considered as a part of Conventional medicine. In the U.S nearly 40% of adults are using CAM therapies.
SLIDE 2:
What a physician should know about CAM?
Physicians are the important personnel for health information and guidance. People also gain information from other sources such as friends and families, internet, media, advertsing, and alternative practitioners. It is the duty of the physician to understand the patient's health condition and helps in potential benefits and avoids harm in the use of CAM therapies.
SLIDE 3:
Complementary medicine used together with the conventional medicine.
Alternative medicine used as a substitute for conventional medicine.
SLIDE 4:
The Physician must
SLIDE 5:
Barriers of CAM