The Integral Model: Answering the Call for Whole Systems Health Care.
By Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, PhD

Integral Health Care--an emerging new model--acknowledges multiple dimensions of living, healing, and curing that go beyond reduction of symptoms. Tools include: a ten-minute mindfulness break; working together in teams to make shared decisions; expanding to meet your patient’s needs and perspectives; and finding new ways to stay open to new ideas.
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Caring for the Whole Person with HIV: Mind, Body, and Spirit.
By The Very Reverend Father Drew A Kovach, MD, MDiv, ABFM

“When we care for our patients, we care for whole people to make people whole, and meet people on the road where they are, not where we think they should be.” Experienced approaches are offered for issues of finance, job, partners, depression, and relationship.
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A Conversation with David Bates, MD, MSc, Chairman of the American Medical Informatics Association.
By Brian Raymond, MPH

In an interview, Harvard Professor of Medicine, David Bates, MD, speaks on recent progress towards widespread health information technology adoption; why decision-support tools are now more important than ever; and the necessity to develop the next generation of health informatics professionals.
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