Health committee  That's correct.

Health committee  I must say that I rarely have any of my patients go to hospital, except for surgery. The Institute for Functional Medicine was invited last year by the Cleveland Clinic to set up an institute for functional medicine there as part of the institutes in the Cleveland Clinic, and s

Health committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, I am part of the provincial system.

Health committee  Well, it's a blend of conventional and what we would call alternative. It's blending the two together.

Health committee  I know him.

Health committee  Yes, I have undergone three investigations by the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and just last Friday, I found out that I'm having my practice audited again. One of the barriers to branching out into integrative functional or alternative practice is that you become a target.

Health committee  I think the main reason this woman wasn't able to find treatment is that the underlying disease process was missed. There were many treatments tried, but they didn't work because the underlying process was missed.

Health committee  You're welcome.

Health committee  Thank you, Dr. Fry. I have a small clinic in Nanaimo. I'm the medical doctor. We have two integrated dentists, and I have a nurse practitioner who joined me from Chicago two years ago. As far as payment goes, we do a blend of payments. We bill the medical services plan for what

Health committee  What is usually meant in integrative care is integrating pharmacists, nurses, physicians, social workers, and so on, but what it comes down to is integrating a standard model of care, whereas functional medicine is actually giving, I think, a better operating system for criticall

Health committee  Thank you for the question. This is absolutely true. Sir William Osler, the famous Canadian physician, said to his medical students a century ago that if you listen carefully enough to your patient they will tell you what the problem is. For the case I presented, it took me one

Health committee  Good afternoon. Thank you to the chair of the committee and to my MP, Dr. James Lunney, for inviting me to present. As you know, there's an urgent need for health care reform in Canada. I believe the solution is to introduce and implement functional medicine in health care pro