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More info on the Hospital Practice Handbook Project (HHP). For all the blog articles, see our Blogger hosted blog at https://blog01.thehospitalhandbook.com/
As of April 1st, 2023, this is the new nonprofit home of The Hospital Handbook Project. Learn more about this big change in this article.
Read MoreUpdates on this past year’s progress with the HHP’s Safety in Practice Workgroup
The September - November 2022 HHP Safety-in-Practice Workgroup’s presentations and more.
How to attend the presentations and join in the community discussions.
Read MoreOn Saturday, June 25th, 2022, I hosted a live, virtual presentation, “How to Hire and Credential LAcs in Your Healthcare System: Focus on Revenue Capture and Clinician Retention,” for the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP), a nonprofit community resource.
This was the first public presentation from the HHP’s Employment Practices Workgroup.
The event materials (pdf of slides and recordings of the presentation and the Q&A session) are now available in our Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series online resource.
Read MoreThis weekend I am packing to travel to a conference for the week of May 23rd – 27th, 2022. I will be representing the HHP as its director at the 2022 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, a conference hosted by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.
Learn more about the HHP’s presentation at the conference, how to view presentation slides, and more in this post.
Read MoreIn 2022, the HHP is hosting a dedicated virtual discussion space with colleagues working in the inpatient setting. This is our Inpatient Acupuncture Discussion group.
Read this article to learn more about
how to support this dedicated and unique discussion space for our inpatient acupuncture community
how to join this discussion group
On Saturday, January 22nd, 2022, I signed an agreement with Free Range Health, to bring the Hospital Handbook Project under their nonprofit umbrella. Free Range Health is a full 501c3 nonprofit. The Hospital Handbook Project is now a program of this 501c3.
Read MoreAnswering Three Questions About the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP)
October 8th, 2021
Why did I start the HHP?
What is the vision and mission of the HHP?
What is the biggest project we are trying to solve with our work at the HHP?
Includes access to an audio version (8 minutes) as well as the original video in the article.
Read MoreRecordings, written synopsis, and discounted access to “Notes” pdf for the HHP Issues in Hospital-based Practice Webinar Series session on Medicare, the Social Security Act, and LAcs with federal integrative health legislative expert Dr. Kallie Byrd Guimond OM.D, MPH.
Links and references last updated October 8th, 2021.
Medicare coverage of acupuncture services by an acupuncturist requires inclusion legislation on the federal level.
More about why this matters and how inclusion would help overcome current care and accessibility barriers for hospital and healthcare system acupuncturists in this article.
Read MoreLaunching the new HHP community discussion platform!
Learn more about it, who can join, and how to join in this article.
Or, if you’ve already joined, just go to the website navigation tab above, and choose “join the discussion” to log in. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Read Moretopics: research literacy, community discussion, COVID-19 pandemic
This group is a dedicated space for posting, sharing, and constructive discussion of this rapidly evolving topic. In the group, members vet COVID-19 resources and make the information more digestible for the community. This HHP resource helps us practice research literacy while staying updated about workplace-related developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The group provides an expedient way to keep up on some of the latest research. The summaries of the articles are particularly useful.”
Read MoreMedicare coverage of acupuncture services by an acupuncturist requires inclusion legislation on the federal level.
Inclusion of acupuncturists as a recognized provider type in the Social Security Act starts with supporting federal bill HR 4803 Acupuncture for Seniors Act.
More about why this matters and how inclusion would help overcome current care and accessibility barriers for hospital and healthcare system acupuncturists in this article.
Read MoreAn update on the current subscription-based options for supporting the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP).
First Steps online resource and discussion space
The New Hospital Employee online resource and discussion space
Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series online resource and discussion space
and more
Thank you for supporting this community resource work!
Read MoreA list of recent HHP community email newsletters, with links to the web-hosted versions of these newsletters.
Great info if you need to catch up. Please subscribe to the newsletter email list and choose your group/identity preferences to receive the latest newsletters from the HHP community.
The HHP is a not-for-profit community resource project. We need your financial support, no matter how large or small to keep this work going. Please support today with a cup of virtual coffee/tea/cocoa or choose one of our subscription resources. Please see the 2021 presentation, “Introducing the HHP” for details on the subscription options available besides the Sapling Support or the Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series. This presentation also has our latest vision statement and goals for the year+.
Thank you for your support!
Read MoreA 20+ minute audiovisual (aka video recording) overview of how the HHP came to be, what it is, its vision and mission, how to connect to some resources, and how to support this nonprofit community resource work. :)
Notes with timestamps and hyperlinks are included in this post.
Read MoreVision statement for The Hospital Practice Handbook Project for Acupuncturists and their Hospital Sponsors
Read MoreThis Paths to Practice interview is with Dr. Annie Budhathoki, DAOM, LAc, doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and licensed acupuncturist at the Linda B. and Robert B. Wiggins Wellness and Integrative Health Center, Huntsman Cancer Hospital and Clinics, the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Wellness Center is an outpatient acupuncture practice inside the cancer hospital. The acupuncturists treat the side effects and symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment [such as] neuropathy, pain, nausea, insomnia, and hot flashes. Dr. Annie Budhathoki also does inpatient acupuncture for hospitalized oncology patients.
The Wellness Center is a Place Where Patients Regain Their Power
minute 22
Annie: You know, the Wellness Center [is amazing; ] we have all this programming. At Huntsman, we have a supportive oncology team. Dr. Anna Beck is the director of supportive oncology; when she came to Huntsman [she reshaped] the models for integrative medicine.
This wellness center is a place where people are empowered to take charge of their health while going through cancer treatment and beyond into survivorship.
As providers, we have the opportunity to support people affected by cancer to overcome various health and wellness obstacles. We ensure each person feels empowered to improve and maintain their individual health despite their cancer diagnosis or former health status. When championing the best care of each specific symptom, we work together as an integrative team supporting the goals and betterment of each patient. Often this includes referring them into various programs that also support their needs, knowing that this is how they can continue to regain their power.
In the Wellness Center, we are supporting the basic health needs and daily quality of life issues which affects a person’s ability to function. We manage symptoms like nausea, fatigue or sleep while their physicians are working on the cellular level to attack their cancer or on a surgical level to get things taken care of.
[In oncology the side effects of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery can be disempowering] for a patient because medicine takes over. And rightfully so in many cases so that those specific diseases can’t become chronic illnesses or can be cured if you will. But in wellness and integrative health and especially acupuncture and massage, fitness, nutrition—this is where patients really get a chance to shine on their own; to regain their power.
Read MoreFind Your Trail Guides: The Hospital-practice Learning Opportunities Directory
Read MoreAcupuncturists working in the Emergency Department of the Aurora Health System, Wisconsin: A Success Story
Read MoreRecruiting Volunteers to Share Short Summaries of Research in the Field
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