Referrals to integrative medicine in a tertiary hospital: findings from electronic health record data and qualitative interviews.

Objective: To examine patterns of, and decision-making processes, informing referrals for inpatient access to integrative medicine (IM) services at a large, acute care hospital.

Design: Retrospective electronic health record review and structured qualitative interviews.

Setting: A 630-bed tertiary care hospital with an IM service available to inpatients.

Practitioner Perspectives on Delivering Integrative Medicine in a Large, Acute Care Hospital.

Background. We describe the process and challenges of delivering integrative medicine (IM) at a large, acute care hospital, from the perspectives of IM practitioners. To date, minimal literature that addresses the delivery of IM care in an inpatient setting from this perspective exists.