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Advanced Metrics for Assessing Holistic Care: The "Epidaurus 2" Project.

Frederick O Foote1, Herbert Benson2, Ann Berger3

  • 1The Institute for Integrative Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Global Advances in Health and Medicine
|March 3, 2018
PubMed
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The US military developed holistic care for brain injuries and PTSD, creating advanced whole-body metrics like genomics and machine learning to guide personalized patient treatment and improve public health.

Area of Science:

  • Integrative medicine and military health research.
  • Development of novel therapeutic monitoring tools.

Background:

  • Military traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) necessitate innovative care.
  • The US military established holistic care modalities at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2001-2017).
  • Civilian expertise guided these initiatives through the Epidaurus Project.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop advanced, whole-body metrics for guiding holistic therapies in clinical settings.
  • To integrate novel measurement techniques into patient care protocols.
  • To explore the potential of these metrics for personalized medicine and public health improvement.

Main Methods:

  • A national search identified five advanced metrics under the "Epidaurus 2" Project.
Keywords:
Epidaurus Projectart therapyholistic careintegrative medicinemetricsmilitary medicine

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  • Metrics include genomics, integrated stress biomarkers, language analysis, machine learning, and "Star Glyphs."
  • These metrics measure comprehensive therapeutic effects across the entire body.

    • Main Results:

    • Five advanced metrics were identified and developed for measuring whole-body therapeutic effects.
    • These metrics are currently used to guide holistic care at Walter Reed.
    • The potential for operationalizing personalized care, patient self-management, and public health is demonstrated.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed metrics enable the scientific integration of holistic therapies with conventional organ-system-based medicine.
    • These advancements expand the capabilities of medical practice.
    • The metrics hold significant potential for advancing personalized patient care and public health outcomes.