The American Chiropractic Association Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics (CCP) recently announced a new diplomate education program focused on pediatric care. The program will include 300 hours of education covering topics such as pediatric development from birth to age 16, adjusting...
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Offering a Choice: A Double Benefit? Paternalism vs. Person Centered Care
Modern healthcare grew from a paternalistic model, which simply put, means providers make healthcare decisions for patients. Paternalism is based on an underlying assumption that providers are the most capable of making decisions that generate the best clinical outcomes. An...
Chiropractic Faculty Members Convene at FACA Symposium
The American Chiropractic Association held its third annual Faculty Symposium last month, hosted by Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Fla. The gathering was the first in-person event that the Faculty American Chiropractic Association (FACA) has hosted, and it provided...
3 Lessons Learned From 2022 HIPAA Fines
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a subject you’ve likely encountered often. As a chiropractic practice, you know it’s important to follow HIPAA, but just how important is it? Well, the obvious answer is that it’s the...
Exploring the Ethics of Everyday Patient Interactions
In a two-part webinar on Learn ACA titled “Ethics and Evidence-based Medicine in Integrative Healthcare,” Charles Simpson, DC, DABCO discusses the intersection of ethics and evidence and explores the ethical considerations that exist in everyday healthcare practice, with an emphasis...
Chiropractic and Fall Prevention: What We Know
Wren Burton, DC, is completing a research fellowship at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, based at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She is concurrently pursuing a Master of Public Health degree at Harvard T.H....
New and Established Chiropractors Reap Rewards from ACA Mentorship Program
In the summer of 2021, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) started its first member-to-member mentorship program. The inaugural cohort of the program consisted of 20 mentor-mentee pairs made up of members from across the association. ACA staff worked with a...
Health Promotion Techniques and Resources: New On-Demand Program
Supporting patients who want to improve their overall health is an important role that doctors of chiropractic play. In a new six-module (with 6 CE) Learn ACA on-demand course, “Implementing Health Promotion and Motivational Interviewing in Your Chiropractic Practice,” presenters...
Search No Further: ACA’s Education Subscription Series Has Your CE Needs Covered
Finding the right continuing education source for doctors of chiropractic seeking cutting-edge, evidence-informed, and patient-centered programs that are also a good value is no more challenging than clicking “Learn ACA” on the homepage of ACA’s website. This will take you...
How to Build an SEO Strategy for Your Chiropractic Practice
Editor’s Note: Below is an excerpt from a new ACA member resource featuring expert advice from ChiroMatrix on improving your practice’s SEO combined with tips on how to use ACA’s consumer education resources to generate content to support your SEO...
