BERLIN, GERMANY - Media OutReach - 1 April2019 - Neck and back pain become an international health crisis. The WHO'sreport shows that low back pain is the chief cause of global disability.Managing these conditions is challenging and effective models must beintergraded. 

World leading professionals have met last week to discuss aboutthe solutions for those suffered from spinal disorders. The futurehealthcare, EPIC: evidence-based, people centric, inter-professional, andcollaborative.

Chiropractic Doctors Association of Hong Kong (CDAHK) havereceived World Spine Day Award in 2017. Drs Eric Chu, Vincent Chan, AlbertLeung, Valerie Chu, Jeffrey Ng, and Lucina Ng, have been been worked indifferent task forces and developed the chiropractic profession of Hong Kong.Dr Eric Chun-Pu Chu, Chairman of the CDAHK, had released a subluxation basedmodel. He demonstrated its superiority compared with the current mainstreammodels. New York Medical Group (NYMG) is his case study in EPIC.

E- Evidence Based: A subluxation model of healthcare focuseswith the prevention care. Doctors of NYMG serves a majority of patients(60%) in prevention of disorders; 30% was the pain-based; and 10% was abandonedby the traditional healthcare. They are difficult to diagnose. The subluxationmodel gives one successfully alternative route.

P- People Centric: Personal Health Manager (PHM) isintegrated to work at patient's best interest. The PHM can avoid thepractitioner's over-treatment and bias opinion. As most of the researches weredisciplinary rooted, people centric can sometimes not supported by the researchevidence. However, the PHM provides patient's freedom to choose, whichincreases the patients' satisfaction in healthcare.

I- Inter-professional: For non-surgical cases, chiropractor,psychiatrist, physiotherapist, and traditional Chinese medicine practitionersserve as the main treatments; and surgeons help to rule out the majorpathology. For surgical cases, orthopedic and neurosurgeons serve as the main,all the rest of the team assist to provide them care.

C- Collaborative: Collaboration apply to the others apartfrom the professionals. We collaborate with various industry standards, ensuringthe quality and cost.

The Hong Kong model has been praised by many. Chiropracticcolleges in UK, Spain, and Germany gave their compliments. "Our delightfuldemonstration of the model may be the best way to help concerned people. Weare honored to receive worldwide recognitions " said Eric Chu.