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OUR MISSION: IHPC is Dedicated to Removing the Barriers to Health OUR VISION: A World Without Barriers to Health OUR VALUES: Health Creation • Collaboration • Patient-Centered Care • Inclusivity • Empowerment • Respect • Transparency • Integrity • Mindfulness • Fairness (Read more on our mission, vision and values.) |
Major Policy Issues
Pain & The Opioid Crisis
Our Integrative Approaches to Pain and Addiction Committee - IAPAC - working to bring proven effective options to care.The Water in Flint
Environmental catastrophes like the water in Flint, MI, also require the whole-person view of health.Ending Insurance Discrimination
Health insurers - both private and public - must begin to expand access to integrative care.
Accomplishments
- IHPC was created as a results of the NED conference of 2001 held at Georgetown U. The leaders of the emerging academic and professional organizations responded to the interest expressed by members of Congress to be kept informed of the advance of integrative health and medicine in America. (See our complete list of Accomplishments here.)
Health Policy Actions
Last Chance to Register! IHPC Connects Webinar
Oct 28, 2020
IHPC News
Last Chance to Register! IHPC Connects Webinar
Wednesday, October 28, 11:00 – 12:00 ET Dr. Helene Langevin, Director NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to speak on Research for Integrative and Whole Person Health Register Now Dr. Helene Langevin, Director of the NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), will talk about NCCIH’s mission, the research
October 28, 2020
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COVID-19 communications by providers may trigger regulatory penalties
Byline: Laura Culberson Farr, Executive Director, American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began in March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Federal Trade Commission have sent over 300 warning letters to physicians, clinics, individuals, pharmacists, and manufacturing and retail companies reprimanding th
October 23, 2020
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Margaret Erickson: Changing the healthcare paradigm—A holistic nurse’s perspective
Nursing may be one of the most trusted professions around, but Margaret Erickson believes it needs to be elevated and respected at a new level. Nurses and the care they provide are foundational to the healthcare system and play a prominent role in today’s pandemic crisis. Yet nursing care is usually included in hospital budgets, shockingly, as “lodging expenses.” Erickson is u
September 16, 2020
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Pain-demic” – Fallout from COVID-19 Congressional Briefing
“Pain-demic” – Fallout from COVID-19 Congressional Briefing The Opioid Epidemic and Recommendations for Non-Drug Approaches to Pain Management WASHINGTON, DC – July 30, 2020 – The “Pain-demic” bi-partisan virtual briefing hosted by the Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC) and the Congressional Caucus for Integrative Health and Wellness highlighted how COVID-1
August 03, 2020
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