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08/02/2023

References for non-pharmacological interventions (NMI): So that health care can finally stand on its own two legs




On October 16, the care of people at risk of illness or sick officially changes era. During the NPIS Summit 2024, the international scholarly society Non-Pharmacological Intervention Society (NPIS), based in Paris, presents the Framework for non-pharmacological interventions (INM) and the first protocols.

This reference, developed in coordination with health authorities and the support of academic and complementary health stakeholders, will make personalized prevention and care solutions accessible to European citizens and health professionals. and support labeled according to a scientific framework adapted to these practices and rigorous. It will facilitate access to relevant solutions and research on good practices. It will improve their safety, traceability and their care.

The absence of a consensual definition and scientific framework on these practices does not allow non-drug interventions (INM) to be given their full place, although they are essential for the prevention and care of numerous pathologies, with this reference, which has been supported for a long time by patients and health and care professionals alike, care will finally stand on its own two legs: that of drug treatments and that of INMs, complementary and sources. balance for pa(ents.


On the occasion of the NPIS Summit 2024, come and discover the entire system:

 

  • the international scholarly society Non-Pharmacological Intervention Society (NPIS), created in France but already solicited at European and global level;
     
  • the definition of non-pharmacological interventions (INM) co-constructed by the NPIS, with the support of INSERM, on the basis of 10 years of preliminary work within a collaborative university platform;
     
  • the NPIS Model, the evaluation framework designed in two years according to an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and transparent scientific approach with more than 1,000 participants, which is based on international scientific recommendations (onals in health and on the patient-centered approach.



“The international learned society NPIS works towards equitable access to non-drug interventions (NMI) for active and sustainable human health. It considers INMs as a universal heritage of intangible prevention and care protocols based on evidence. It contributes to making these bodily, nutritional and psychosocial methods suitable health treatments for problems known to medicine” writes Prof. Grégory Ninot, Professor at the University of Montpellier, Member of the University Institute of France in the NPIS white paper published in October 2024 by Édi(ons Ovadia, Non-Medicinal Interven/ons (INM): Universal and effective prevention and care protocols for personalized medicine and sustainable health.