Chiropractic 2025:

Chiropractic 2025: Divergent Futures
PCMH and other integrated care teams and become critical partners in addressing back pain and spinal health. “Big
data” on patient care provides additional compelling evidence from chiropractic outcomes. Other chiropractors find
that growing public acceptance means that they can sustain their independent or group practice and in many cases
thrive. Ten states pass legislation broadening practice rights for chiropractors.
Scenario 4: Vitalism & Value
Research supporting chiropractic and integrative health care grows, including the exploration and development
of contemporary vitalism. Popular awareness of self-healing and interest in modalities that support it grow as
well. Many chiropractors succeed as the leading providers for spine health in integrated systems. Many other
chiropractors do well among patients enrolled in high-deductible catastrophic care health plans, who rely primarily
on out-of-pocket expenses and self-care approaches with the help of sophisticated digital health coaches and
local market transparency. Chiropractors also join efforts to shape community conditions that promote health
and wellbeing. However, outcomes research, the movement to capitated care, and transparency in prices that
chiropractors and others charge, keep the chiropractic profession from growing faster.
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