James Yansick
Yansick, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, USA
Title: Treatment of COPD with oriental medicine
Biography
Biography: James Yansick
Abstract
600,000 million people worldwide suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The current method of treatment for those who are diagnosed has held a standard of ‘one size fits all’ by allopathic medicine. Potentially harmful pharmaceuticals, which include stress induced side effects, and costly hospitals visits. This generation of treatment has become an accepted norm & standard of care by most Western medicine primary care practitioners. Recent legislation, such as the Affordability Care Act (ACA) is providing a clear opportunity for Eastern Medicine to be fully integrated with a new paradigm for the treatment of the COPD patient. With the shift from “Fee for Service” to “Pay for Performance”, there has been significant interest from the allopathic community to include effective complimentary options such as Acupuncture for COPD. The benefits that have attracted the attention of the Western practitioners has been the efficacy in patients that receive acupuncture and Chinese herbs vs. those that have followed the traditional treatment plan that has not included alternatives using prevention & wellness to help maintain and control exacerbations of patients coping with COPD. The treatment plan that uses Oriental Medicine has not only shown to be safe, in a low risk setting but has also demonstrated a cost saving to the overwhelmed and burdened system to CMS & 3rd party payers. With the goal of providing individualized treatments and improving patient outcomes, Oriental Medicine integration has the potential to drastically improve the quality of life for those diagnosed at a fraction of the current cost under the ACA. This session will provide you with examples of how to treat COPD in the clinic setting yielding high efficacy using acupuncture and herbs. Treatment for acute exacerbations as well as the chronic states of COPD will be reviewed. Follow ups for health and wellness in maintenance and prevention of future exacerbations will be presented.