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Era of Naturopathic Medicine Renaissance
re-emerging profession: naturopathy to naturopathic medicine
regulatory body for drugs, foods, and medicines holds first Alternative Medicine Summit. XXX
Bastyr University & Community Health Centers of King County (CHCKK) win contract to establish King County Natural Medicine Clinic (KCNMC) as first US government-funded integrated community health clinic; co-directed by Jane Guiltinan, ND, and Marty Ross, MD. XX
Eileen Stretch, ND, becomes first ND to lead a CAM division as medical director for health care insurers Alternare Health Services; facilitates inclusion of NDs within insurance companies. XX
First Washington State HPLRSP student loan repayment award received by Cindy Breed, ND,
at Community Health Centers of King County Natural Medicine Clinic for primary care service to underserved populations. XX
Helen Healy, ND, unsuccessfully prosecuted for practicing medicine without a license, which galvanized momentum toward Minnesota State ND licensure legislation.
Historic meeting between Regence Blue Shield Medical Director Ze’ev Young, MD, and Drs. Esteban Ryciak and W. Bruce Milliman. Launching first state level full inclusion of NDs in third party reimbursement as primary care physicians in Washington State. XX
Joseph Pizzorno, ND, appointed to Seattle/King County Board of Health until 2002. First ND appointed to a public health board. XX
King County Council (Washington) passes resolution to fund first publicly-funded, integrated public health clinic in the US. Kent Pullen and Maggi Fimia, key Council figures; Bastyr University President Joseph Pizzorno, ND, leads effort. XX
Towards a Safer Choice. The Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Australia. Alan Bensoussan and Stephen P. Myers. Commissioned by Department of Health, Victoria, Australia; benchmark
research findings on Traditional Chinese Medicine
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1970 - 1997
(TCM) practice in Australia. Recommended
and led to national occupational regulation
in 2013. Comprehensive peer review process under professional review panel of 18 members established by the Victorian Department of Human Services who commissioned the work. Important workforce analysis demonstrates relationship between adverse events, application of clinical theory vs. pathology-based prescribing. Adverse events 2:1 when needling prescriptions applied without clinical theory. XX
US Dept. of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Service, Region X, and Bastyr University convene, “Building Bridges Between Provider Communities Group” to develop “CAM” and ND integration with public health in Pacific Northwest Region; Co-chaired by Pamela Snider, ND, (BU Associate Dean) and Richard Lyons, MD, MPH, (USPHS, DHHS, Regional Health Administrator); with S. Quinn, B. Milliman, and J. Weeks. A
Report by the Building Bridges Group: Activities, Accomplishments and Recommendations 1996-2000 (2001). XX
Washington State Insurers Regence, Uniform Medical Plan of WA, and Premera Blue Cross establish primary care status for ND’s in landmark breakthrough. Bruce Milliman (lead), Jennifer Booker, and Esteban Ryciack.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE BASE
Eat Right for Your Type. Peter J. D’Adamo, ND. Blood type-based dietary system focusing on lectins; becomes New York Times best-seller.
“Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn’t.” D.L. Sackett, W.M. Rosenberg, J.A. Gray, R.B. Haynes, W.S. Richardson. British Medical Journal. This team defines influential EBM components; “Evidence based medicine is not ‘cookbook’ medicine. Because it requires a bottom up approach that integrates the best external evidence with individual clinical expertise and patients’ choice... external clinical evidence can inform, but can never replace, individual clinical
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