OCIM’s focus is to establish how integrative health and medicine can help achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations and reducing costs.
Did you know that Portland, Oregon is the only city in the country to house a allopathic, naturopathic, chiropractic and oriental medicine schools? We are committed to enhancing health and health care by building upon this unique opportunity. Our members have been collaborating since 1989 and formalized the collaborative in 2003.
OCIM is known nationally and internationally for its unique achievements and its mission of providing leadership in advancing integrative health through collaborative education, research, patient care and advocacy. Our past, present and future programs educate a health care workforce that engages Oregon communities in health improvement and education, support access to care, continue to establish the evidence base for integrative health and develop and share tools to drive positive systems-level change.