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Naturopaths, if they wish to be included in an integrated-healthcare system, would be wise to take an active role and contribute to the framework of data that will be common in the near future. Initiatives are arising for naturopathic doctors to be included in health information exchanges. Again, the voices of naturopaths can be significant in influencing policy, as they have been in contributing to the new strategic plan of the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in its renewed focus on discipline-specific research. This is an essential development for the study of naturopathic medicine per se, rather than its components. The primary-care provider (PCP) shortage also favors the potential of naturopaths, as they are the licensed complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) professionals who may be the readiest for integration as PCPs. Technological change—with practice and patient-specific data collection abilities in office with electronic health records (EHR) and via the Internet—is stimulating these initiatives. Adoption of EHRs among naturopaths is nearly keeping pace with that in independent conventional practice, and the academic clinics are making good progress on implementation.

The collaborations resulting in the Naturopathic Medical Research Agenda 2002–2005 and the Naturopathic Physicians Research Network were solid steps forward for joint naturopathic research action. From about 1985, the profession began to do its own research; in the 1990s, we gained experience and academic research departments grew. In the last decade, we clarified the right research questions and the general methodologies, while a growing number of naturopathic physicians have been trained at research universities across the country. Now it is time to build upon these gains and produce the studies and data that can help transform the profession.
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The Naturopathic Physicians Research Institute (NPRI) is a nonprofit organization established in 2010 and led by naturopathic scientists and clinicians. Its mission is to “stimulate, organize, fund, conduct and disseminate research on the clinical practice and outcomes of naturopathic physicians in order to improve practice and the health of our patients and communities.” The NPRI is the home of the Naturopathic Physicians Research Network, now with more than 100 members in the United States and Canada and registered as a primary-care research network with the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. For more information about the NPRI, visit their website. To become a member of the Naturopathic Physicians Research Network, simply complete this registration form.
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