Hospital and Public Health Integration
Dr. Deborah Kopansky-Giles, DC, FCCS(C) the principal investigator for a large demonstration project at St. Michael’s Hospital, Integrating Chiropractic Health Care in a Primary Care, Hospital-Based Setting, received a $600,000 grant from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care in Ontario. The two-year project evaluated a new model of health service delivery where chiropractors are integrated as staff practitioners into a teaching hospital. The project was deemed a success and as of June 2007 Dr. Kopansky-Giles and Dr. Igor Steinman, DC, FCCS(C) have both been given permanent funding and have been integrated into the primary care staff at the hospital.
Furthermore, chiropractic doctors are now working on Family Health Teams and Community Health Centres as interdisciplinary models of care and an increased focus on wellness and preventative health evolve as the new paradigm.
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