title: Holistic Care in the US Military I-The Epidaurus Project: An Initiative in Holistic Medicine for the Military Health System, 2001-2012.
abstract: This article describes the history and findings of the Epidaurus Project, a Uniformed Services University-affiliated project to bring holistic care and evidence-based design into the Military Health System (MHS). A distinguished group of civilian thought leaders contributed. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process offered a chance to implement the Epidaurus agenda. A new integrated healthcare delivery system, centered around the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, was the result. These facilities will be templates for a new generation of MHS "healing environments" and a model for innovative systems of healthcare nationwide. The Epidaurus Project represents a significant collaboration between civilian medicine and the military in times of war.
authors.affiliation: Frederick O. Foote, MD (CAPT, MC, USN, retired) is project officer, The Epidaurus Project, and adjunct associate professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics (Health Services Administration), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Frederick O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Foote
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bulger
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Frampton
authors.forename: Edmund D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
keywords: Epidaurus Project; Military Health System; holistic; psychiatric syndromes; quality of life; traumatic brain injury; wellness