scholarly journals 100-Year Anniversary of Anthroposophic Medicine as an Integrative Medical System

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 375-378
Author(s):  
David Martin
Keyword(s):  
Medical System ◽  
Anthroposophic Medicine

scholarly journals Contributing to Global Health: Development of a Consensus-Based Whole Systems Research Strategy for Anthroposophic Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Kienle ◽  
E. Ben-Arye ◽  
B. Berger ◽  
C. Cuadrado Nahum ◽  
T. Falkenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Anthroposophic Medicine ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Wide Range

Background. Whole medicine and health systems like traditional and complementary medicine systems (T&CM) are part of healthcare around the world. One key feature of T&CM is its focus on patient-centered and multimodal care and the integration of intercultural perspectives in a wide range of settings. It may contribute to good health and well being for people as part of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The authentic, rigorous, and fair evaluation of such a medical system, with its inherent complexity and individualization, imposes methodological challenges. Hence, we propose a broad research strategy to test and characterize its possible contribution to health. Methods. To develop a research strategy for a specific T&CM system, Anthroposophic Medicine (AM), applying multimodal integrative healthcare based on a four-level concept of man, we used a three-phase consensus process with experts and key stakeholders, consisting of (1) premeeting methodological literature and AM research review and interviews to supplement or revise items of the research strategy and tailor them to AM research, (2) face-to-face consensus meetings further developing and tailoring the strategy, and (3) postmeeting feedback and review, followed by finalization. Results. Currently, AM covers many fields of medical specialties in varied levels of healthcare settings, such as outpatient and inpatient; primary, secondary, and tertiary care; and health education and pedagogy. It is by definition integrated with conventional medicine in the public healthcare system. It applies specific medicines, nursing techniques, arts therapies, eurythmy therapy, rhythmical massage, counseling, and psychotherapy, and it is provided by medical doctors, nurses, therapists, midwives, and nutritionists. A research strategy authentic to this level of complexity should comprise items with a focus on (I) efficacy and effectiveness, divided into (a) evaluation of the multimodal and multidisciplinary medical system as a whole, or of complex multimodal therapy concept, (b) a reasonable amount of methodologically rigorous, confirmatory randomized controlled trials on exemplary pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies and indications, (c) a wide range of interventions and patient-centered care strategies with less extensive formats like well-conducted small trails, observational studies, and high-quality case reports and series, or subgroup analyses from whole-system studies, or health service research; (II) safety; (III) economics; (IV) evidence synthesis; (V) methodologic issues; (VI) biomedical, physiological, pharmacological, pharmaceutical, psychological, anthropological, and nosological issues as well as innovation and development; (VI) patient perspective and involvement, public needs, and ethics; (VII) educational matters and professionalism; and (IX) disease prevention, health promotion, and public health. Conclusion. The research strategy extends to and complements the prevailing hierarchical system by introducing a broad “evidence house” approach to evaluation, something many health technology assessment boards today support. It may provide transparent and comprehensive insight into potential benefits or risks of AM. It can serve as a framework for an evidence-informed approach to AM for a variety of stakeholders and collaborating networks with the aim of improving global health.

scholarly journals Anthroposophic Medicine: An Integrative Medical System Originating in Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunver S. Kienle ◽  
Hans-Ulrich Albonico ◽  
Erik Baars ◽  
Harald J. Hamre ◽  
Peter Zimmermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical System ◽  
Anthroposophic Medicine

Medical Data Handling Using Cloud Computing And A Proposal for Countrywide Medical System

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Samayita Bhattacharya ◽  
◽  
Kalyani Mali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Medical Data ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Data Handling

E-Health as a Service Software of Medical System in Prototype Modeling

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Agus Nursikuwagus
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Community Health Center ◽  
Community Health Service ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Medical Prescription ◽  
Uml Diagrams

Information system at community health center is an information system that has several activities, such as registration, medical record, health care, and reporting.  Day to day operation, community health service, is using process manually. It is cause the stack of service. Sometime, the patient has to wait within several times. For Further, the patient did not know that the queuing is full. In order to help the problem, this paper wants to show about E-Health as service software. The research is completed by conveying the model like UML diagram. The UML diagrams are consisting such as usecase, class, activity, and component. The sequence of system construct is using Prototype Paradigm. The result is the software which has ability to service patient start from registration, medical check, medical prescription, until reporting. As an impact for Community health service is the service more efficiency. The system is able to control the medicine and reporting on day to day operation.   REFERENCES[1] Susanto, Gunawan,” Sistem Informasi Rekam Medis PadaRumah Sakit Umum Daerah (RSUD) Pacitan Berbasis WebBase”. Pacitan. 2012.[2] B, Nugroho, S.H. Fitriasih, B. Widada, “Sistem InformasiRekam Medis Di Puskesmas Masaran I Sragen”. JournalTIKomSiN, vol.5, no.1, p.49-56, 2017.[3] G.G.S. Bagja,” Membangun Sistem Informasi KesehatanPuskesmas Cibaregbeg”, Univ. Komp. Indonesia, 2010.[4] A.M. Herdy, Aulia, M. Amran, D. Novita, “PerancanganSistem Informasi Pelayanan Medis Di Puskesmas SungaiDua”, STMIK MDP. 2014.[5] J. Sundari, “Sistem Informasi Pelayanan Puskesmas BerbasisWeb”, Int.Journal.on Soft.Eng, vol.2, no.1, p.57-62, 2016.[6] R.S. Pressman, Software Engineering A PractitionersApproach. Nineth Edition, Addsion Wesley, 2011.[7] G. Booch, J. Rumbaugh, I. Jacobson, Unified ModelingLanguage User Guide, Addison-Wesley, 1999.[8] I, Daqiqil. (2011, August 2). Framework CodeIgnite. [Online].Available: http://koder.web.id/buku-codeigniter-gratis/

Looking through the ‘Magnifying Glass’: Term Maps of Intelligent Medical System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kokol ◽  
M. Zorman ◽  
V. Podgorelec
Keyword(s):  
Medical System

scholarly journals Anthroposophic Medicine: A Short Monograph and Narrative Review—Foundations, Essential Characteristics, Scientific Basis, Safety, Effectiveness and Misconceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 216495612097363
Author(s):  
Ricardo R Bartelme
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Review ◽  
Anthroposophic Medicine ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Medline Search ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Scientific Status ◽  
Safety Effectiveness

Introduction Anthroposophic medicine is a form of integrative medicine that originated in Europe but is not well known in the US. It is comprehensive and heterogenous in scope and remains provocative and controversial in many academic circles. Assessment of the nature and potential contribution of anthroposophic medicine to whole person care and global health seems appropriate. Methods Because of the heterogenous and multifaceted character of anthroposophic medicine, a narrative review format was chosen. A Health Technology Assessment of anthroposophic medicine in 2006 was reviewed and used as a starting point. A Medline search from 2006 to July 2020 was performed using various search terms and restricted to English. Books, articles, reviews and websites were assessed for clinical relevance and interest to the general reader. Abstracts of German language articles were reviewed when available. Reference lists of articles and the author’s personal references were also consulted. Results The literature on anthroposophic medicine is vast, providing new ways of thinking, a holistic view of the world, and many integrating concepts useful in medicine. In the last ∼20 years there has been a growing research base and implementation of many anthroposophical concepts in the integrated care of patients. Books and articles relevant to describing the foundations, scientific status, safety, effectiveness and criticisms of anthroposophic medicine are discussed. Discussion An objective and comprehensive analysis of anthroposophic medicine finds it provocative, stimulating and potentially fruitful as an integrative system for whole person care, including under-recognized life processes and psychospiritual aspects of human beings. It has a legitimate, new type of scientific status as well as documented safety and effectiveness in some areas of its multimodal approach. Criticisms and controversies of anthroposophic medicine are often a result of lack of familiarity with its methods and approach and/or come from historically fixed ideas of what constitutes legitimate science.

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