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Priester was panel presenter at Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

LifeSpark's Executive Director, Sandy Priester was part of a panel of experts speaking at a University of Colorado Hospital symposium on integrative health on Thursday, March 4th in Denver. 

Ms Priester presented on the topic of community based CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) programs in Colorado using LifeSpark as the case study.  The workshop title is "Integrative Health in Conventional Settings: The Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities" and is part of the 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Multidisciplinary Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium provided by the University of Colorado Hospital.   The conference was designed to improve patient outcomes through evidence based practice and the integrative health workshop was March 4th.    Click here for the conference brochure.

This symposium was intended for professional healthcare providers and students who practice or study nursing, medicine, nutritional services, pharmacy, social work, rehabilitation services, respiratory, occupational and physical therapy, as well as other healthcare related fields.

This research forum has proven to be an extraordinary contribution to the professional growth of nurses and other health care professionals. The range of topics presented through workshops, podium, and poster sessions was broad and represented the diversity of research and evidence-based practice initiatives being conducted in a variety of clinical settings.

Other presenters at the Integrative Health in Conventional Settings workshop included Sita Ananth, MHA of the Samueli Institute, Colleen Hatton, RN, of Bridges Integrative Health & Wellness at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Jeannette Akhter, MD, M.Ac, of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington DC, Linnea Hemphill MS, APRN, BC, of the Veterans Affairs in Denver, and Lynne Bentley, RN, MSN, MBA, of the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus.