Use and Effectiveness of a Model Integrative Care Clinic in an Academic Hospital: Study 1-Survey

Despite widespread and growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the US, there currently exist significant gaps in our knowledge regarding CAM use, clinical effectiveness, safety and cost- effectiveness. With previous funding support from NCCAM, the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Osher Research Center established and trained a multidisciplinary integrative team of CAM and conventional providers to work collaboratively to provide state-of-the-art "integrative care" in a coordinated and individualized fashion. The Osher Integrative Care Center (OCC) was opened in fall 2007, physically located within the Ambulatory Care Center of the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) at 850 Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill, MA. The focus of this survey study is to characterize the decision-making process of both patients and conventional providers with respect to communication about and referral to an integrative care team in an academic hospital outpatient setting.

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Key information

Conditions

Medical Care Behavior Communication

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Osher Clinical Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

New patient coming into Osher Clinical Center for any medical reason.
Physician affiliated with any of included division/department (see above).

Exclusion criteria

Patient has been seen at Osher Clinical Center within past 3 months for any reason.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Characterization of decision-making process for patients of CAM therapies and conventional providers

Time frame: 3.5 years

Surveys will be sent to: 1) 1500 consecutive new patients seen at the OCC over 3.5 years, to characterize the chief complaints; their medical history; referral sources; communication with their physicians; barriers to use of CAM; views regarding and previous use of CAM; and expectations for CAM therapy as adjuncts to their conventional care; 2) 300 BWH physicians from five divisions (Women's Health, Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Medicine, and Rheumatology) most likely to refer to the OCC, to assess their use of, feelings about, and knowledge of CAM.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Other

Collaborators

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2014
Study completion: 2014
First posted: May 13, 2011
Registry last updated: Jun 14, 2017

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