Whole Health/Integrative Health in the VHA: Focusing on What Matters to the Veteran Rather Than What is the Matter With Them

For the past year, I have had the privilege to direct the Integrative Health Coordinating Center (IHCC) at the Veteran ’s Health Administration. The IHCC is a small office within the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, led by Dr. Tracy Gaudet. Our work is to help develop clinical policies, educational initiatives, and research strategies to support the wider dissemination of complementary and integrative health approaches at the VHA, within the context of the Whole Health approach to care which VHA is adopting as a staple of its philosophy.

Source: Explore - May 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Benjamin Kligler, Ann Cotter, Henri Roca, Michael Saenger Tags: Reflections Source Type: research