The Biscayne HealthCare Community ™ Model

Treating the Whole Person Whole Person HealthCare: Humanizing Healthcare Praeger Press, 2007

The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

EARLY MODELS OF HEALING: Emphasized both the medicine & art of healing Occurred in the context of family & community Embraced both physical & spiritual aspects

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ACCREDITED BY: CARF CORF STATE OF FLORIDA BRAIN & SPINAL CORD INJURY PROGRAM

THE BISCAYNE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY  MODEL

FOUNDED IN 1988 ROOTED IN COMMUNITY SYSTEM EMPHASIZING HEALTH OF BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

I HOSPITALS & MEDICAL SPECIALISTS T HE H EALTH C ARE C OMMUNITY  PROVIDES A BRIDGE TO THE MEDICAL SYSTEM

Appendix: Short Titles for Healthy People 2010 Objectives 1.Access to Quality Health Services Goal: Improve access to comprehensive, high-quality health care services. CLINICAL PREVENTIVE CARE 1-1 Persons with health insurance 1-2 Health insurance coverage for clinical preventive services 1-3 Counseling about health behaviors EMERGENCY SERVICES 1-10 Delay or difficulty in getting emergency care 1-11 Rapid prehospital emergency care 1-12 Single toll-free number for poison control centers 1-13 Trauma care systems 1-14 Special needs of children U.S. Department of Health and Human Services November 2000

“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.” Sir William Osler

J “PEOPLE WHO FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED HAVE THREE TO FIVE TIMES THE RATE OF PREMATURE DEATH AND DISEASE COMPARED TO THOSE WHO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.” - Dean Ornish, M.D.

INTEGRATIVE HEALTHCARE: EAST MEETS WEST

Neither rejects conventional medicine nor uncritically accepts alternative practices Integrative Medicine

Benefits of Non-Traditional Medicine in Healthcare Setting  Cost effectiveness  Expanded treatment protocols  Quicker recovery rates

MEDICAL / REHABILITATION CARE PSYCHOTHERAPY / WELLNESS PROGRAMS ACUPUNCTURE & HERBALS YOGA / TAI CHI MASSAGE / BODYWORK IMAGERY / MEDITATION ARTS MEDICINE / PET THERAPY FLORIDA COUNCIL OF SPIRITUALITY, MEDICINE & HEALING TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON INCLUDES:

Team Approach: Patient & Patient Groups Physicians and Psychologists Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapists Social Workers, Teachers, Art Therapists Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners

Transdisciplinary Protocols Examples  Physical Therapy & Biofeedback  Relaxation Therapy & Acupuncture  Combined Medical & Psychological Evaluations

Physical Therapy & Acunpuncture

Biscayne Academy integrates education and specialty care for children

Analysis of WRAT III

Analysis of WRAT III SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS WRAT 3GRADE LEVELSSTANDARD SCORES READING ARITHMETIC

Analysis of Individual Goals Met

BISCAYNE TREATS THE “UNTREATABLE” COST-EFFECTIVELY SERVING PATIENTS FACED WITH: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SPINAL CORD INJURY CHRONIC DISEASE

MILIEU THERAPY

Community Events Examples  Gold Coast Theatre  Miami Opera  Florida Council on Spirituality, Medicine & Healing

To Treat the Whole Person: Collaborate with traditional & complementary practitioners Engage Imagery & the Arts Employ Meditation

“Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.” Leonard & Murphy, 1995

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