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The '''Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine''' is a U.S.-based organization that promotes holistic [[integrative medicine]]. Its goal is to incorporate traditional, complementary, and integrative medical approaches into the health care system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aihm.org/vision/ |title=vision |website=website AIHM |access-date=2021-06-17 |language=en}}</ref>

The '''Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine''' is a U.S.-based organization that promotes holistic [[integrative medicine]]. Its goal is to incorporate traditional, complementary, and integrative medical approaches into the health care system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aihm.org/vision/ |title=vision |website=website AIHM |access-date=2021-06-17 |language=en}}</ref>

It went through various renamings and changes from the American Holistic Medical Association organization founded in 1978. Those involved at that time included C.Norman Shealy, Gladys Taylor McGarey, Bill McGarey, Gerald Looney, and Evarts Loomis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aihm.org/vision/ |title=History |website=Website AIHM |access-date=2021-06-17 |language=en}}</ref>

It went through some renamings and changes from the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) organization founded in 1978. Those involved at that time included C.Norman Shealy, Gladys Taylor McGarey, Bill McGarey, Gerald Looney, and Evarts Loomis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://aihm.org/vision/ |title=History |website=Website AIHM |access-date=2021-11-25 |language=en|date=|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980 founding of the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) took place inspired by AHMA.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, leaders from AHMA and American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM) came together with other leaders in integrative health to form the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM).<ref name=":0" /> The Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM), “the Academy” and the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH), “the Collaborative” merged in January of 2021 to advance holistic and integrative health globally.<ref>{{Cite web| language = en-US| title = ACIH/AIHM Merger| work = Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health| accessdate = 2022-02-23| url = https://integrativehealth.org/acihaihm-merger}}</ref>

==Congresses==

==Congresses==

*[[International Congress for Integrative Health & Medicine (ICIHM) 2016|ICIHM 2016]]

*[[International Congress for Integrative Health & Medicine (ICIHM) 2016|ICIHM 2016]]

==References==

==References==