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T E CHNOL OGY Integrative Medicine Marvel where the profession might soar to when integri- ty dominates and publicly and repeatedly valued and prioritized above all else – never compromised for personal fame or for personal / corporate profit. Imagine what it will feel like to awaken each day excited to start clinic and to witness miracles each day treating your patients and seeing them leave your office visibly better. Imagine what it will feel like to be excited about practicing medicine again! This is possible today. We see and hear this today. Do you see this in your practice? Peter F. Demitry, MD, MPH nearly 40% of the current health care bill would be saved while simultaneously obtaining better clinical outcomes through the practice of Integrative Medi- cine. NFIM searches for existing and new technologies and approaches that simply work better than what we are doing today and then work to create the data and training to transition and add it to our clinical arsenals. The tenets in our global search for best in class technologies and protocols include: About The National Foundation for Integrative Medicine • We are open to everything – AND vested in nothing The National Foundation of Integrative Medicine (NFIM) is committed to making this future a reality for all of us. We agree with the Bravewell Collaborative and Institute of Medicine studies where they concluded that • Health always supersedes health-care • We look for technology and modalities that work to create a superior safe & clinical outcome • We do not pick winners or losers – we study and report on everything – you will decide • In God we Trust – Everyone else needs to bring DATA • Follow the Money – (From all the President’s Men) • We play ‘Money Ball for Medicine’ – Follow the Data ( Lt Gen Chip Roadman, USAF Surgeon General) “The tenets in our global search for best in class technologies and protocols include: In God we Trust- Everyone else needs to bring DATA.” 10 TODAY ’ S P R A C T I C E : C H A N G I N G T H E B U S I NES S OF M EDI C I NE