Integrative Medicine @ policy

Today was the conference from early morning. (I do not gather only before the start of their work, it is a conference, such as the Council of the Society has been held from time to time in that.) The main agenda was shown at the meeting with yesterday of Health, Labor and Welfare Minister, it is a review of the recommendations related to promoting integrative medicine research. At the time of the interview, in addition to the Minister, many bureaucratic staff than expected was that of to have attended. So far, with respect to IM / CAM / TM, excuse of bureaucratic mechanisms, traditional medicine to have distributed the research costs, was that. However, Western in developed countries and Asia other than Japan major countries, has a research institute of the National, we are promoting the research and clinical practice as a national policy. In Japan, there is no institution which is a counterpart, has continued to situation. (In the administrative reform, the National agency in Germany method, because it is a flow that, realistic and established the national research institutions to, Although you think that it is not easy for that.) Efficacy, safety, in any of the terms of economic efficiency (cost-effectiveness), that from the multidisciplinary treatment with modern Western medicine, which besides better of integrative medicine approach, including the CAM / TM by EBM, are excellent There it is being recognized. Of course, since the field of medical care there are many stakeholders, but the overnight realization is difficult, philosophy of integrative medicine, we believe that everyone involved is a model that can become happy. Current medical business model, it is possible to leave a condition improvement can be expected in preventable illness and early intervention, patient increases → expensive drugs and medical devices are developed → industry revitalization, and become not You. (For example, diabetes is the typical example.) Patient is a medical consumers, is a model that should not be happy.