{"id":14895,"date":"2020-01-03T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:17:10","slug":"a-look-at-how-the-va-employs-sweat-ceremonies-in-holistic-health-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14895","title":{"rendered":"A look at how the VA employs sweat ceremonies in holistic health program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Veterans Whole Health program represents a new approach to providing health care to veterans encompassing more than traditional Western medicine practices.\u00a0 The VA is looking at providing a holistic approach to care that puts the patient at the center of their healthcare and makes them the caption of their healthcare team.\u00a0 The program was introduced three years ago \u00a0in 18 facilities designated VA Whole Health Flagship Sites, which are spread around the country within the VA health-care system and are focused on empowering and equipping Veterans to take charge of their health and well-being. \u00a0The attached article describes how Sheridan VA in Wyoming employs sweat ceremonies in holistic health program. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/thesheridanpress.com\/117753\/sheridan-va-employs-sweat-ceremonies-in-holistic-health-program\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7914\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/file0001317899408veterans-military-soldiers-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Veterans Whole Health program represents a new approach to providing health care to veterans encompassing more than traditional Western<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14896,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions\/14896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}