The Integrator Blog News & Reports annually marks the winter solstice with a Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine. In the selection of the Top 10, “the accent is on the affirmative” as the jazzman sings. Thus the Coming of the Light from individuals and organizations in the field making positive contributions to shift the medical industry toward a system that focuses on creating health. Less positive things sometimes make the list. Integrator articles are now published at johnweeks-integrator.com/posts with content going back to 2006 at the original Integrator site, Prior Top 10 lists, a sort of Cliff Notes of the movement’s history, are linked at the bottom of this column. Below are the Top 10 for 2019. Happy Solstice! 1. Expansion of the Veterans Administration (Integrative) Whole Health Model at the Standard of Care Those inside the Veteran’s Administration (VA) will quickly point out that the movement to the “future state” of a whole health system is small and not visible everywhere. Yet according to longtime integrative medicine leader Ben Kligler, MD, MPH, acting director of the VA Center for Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, support for the Whole Health model is secure … Continue reading Coming of the Light: The 2019 Integrator Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine