More and more hospitals are adding in alternative therapies for their patients
Due to patients overwhelming desires towards alternative medicine, many hospitals now in the United States are blending in alternative therapies to their line of patient services according to a national survey.
The survey is based upon responses from 714 hospitals nationwide who had received the mailed surveys last year.
Currently, 42% of the hospitals surveyed they offer one or more alternative therapies such as chiropractic and meditation. This is a 37% increase compared to 2007.
According to Nancy Foster, vice president for quality and patient safety with the American Hospital Association, hospitals for a long time have known that how they treat and heal consists of more than just medications and procedures. It consists of using all the art and science of medicine.
Sita Ananth, M.H.A., one of the study’s author and director of knowledge services at Samueli Institute in Virginia, remarked patients today have better avenues to obtain health information and are requesting more personalized care.
The results from the survey strengthen the fact that patients request the best of both conventional and alternative medicine which can be offered.
Since the late 1990’s most hospital systems in Southeast Michigan have incorporated alternative medicine therapies.
In Detroit:
2799 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit
313-916-2600
Henry Ford Center for Integrative Medicine
40000 West Eight Mile Road
Novi
248-380-6201
4100 John Drive
Detroit
800-527-6266
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