The Department of Integrative Medicine and its outpatient site, the Continuum
Center for Health and Healing, represents one of the most comprehensive programs
undertaken by a teaching hospital in the United States to provide integrative
health care. Our vision is to create a center of excellence and leadership
that provides safe and effective integrative medicine, conducts cutting-edge
research on expanded healing options, and offers advanced training in integrative
medicine for health care professionals and educational programs for the public.
We are proud to be helping define the future of medicine.
Philanthropic support is essential to help further our work. Please
click on any of the following links to learn about specific programs you can
support. To make a gift to our general fund or to the program of your choice,
please click on Donate Now on the left and make your choice from the drop-down
list. Thank you!
| General Support | Education Fund |
| Hospital Program Fund | Research Fund |
General Support
Unrestricted gifts provide the most flexibility in helping to maintain our
current work and create new programs for patients, the community, and health
care professionals. Unrestricted donations will be devoted to programs and
services with the greatest need in order to best serve our mission.
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Hospital
Program Fund
Beginning in 2008, several programs and services have been introduced for
inpatients at Beth Israel which are made possible by philanthropic support.
Current programs include the availability of Acupuncture, Yoga Therapy, Energy
Therapies (Healing Touch and Reiki), and a Holistic Preparing for Surgery
Program, utilizing guided imagery, aromatherapy, relaxation techniques, and
energy therapies. Research shows these interventions to help reduce anxiety,
stress, discomfort, and pain and improve post-op recovery time by enhancing
the body’s natural ability to heal. Most of these services are currently
available only on select floors.
Donations made to the Hospital Program Fund will enable the sustainability
and expansion of our current programs as well as the development of new initiatives.
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Education
Fund
The Department of Integrative Medicine’s medical education program
at CCHH trains health care professionals across the country to offer their
patients high quality, integrative medicine. These include programs for physicians,
nurses, acupuncturists, other allied health professionals, and medical students.
Donations to the Education Fund will support the continuation of these professional
training programs, as well as the development of integrative medicine patient
education programs including online educational modules and classes and events
held at the Continuum Center for Health and Healing.
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Research Fund
Nearly 40 percent of Americans use an integrative approach to their health
care. We are committed to contributing to the knowledge base of integrative,
evidence-based practice in order to further the use of integrative medicine
in the mainstream medical community. Our research team actively conducts and
collaborates on research studies to determine the safety and effectiveness
of expanded healing approaches for a broad range of health conditions with
other health centers, nationally-recognized individual researchers, and other
programs and departments at Beth Israel Medical Center. This research is supported
by a combination of research grants and philanthropy. Donations to the Research
Fund will support the activities of the research team.
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