Chiropractors Named to National Quality Forum
Three DCs (all members of the ACA) have been appointed to three separate advisory councils of the nonprofit National Quality Forum (NQF) for 2024: Michael Braccio, DC, DACRB, to the Healthcare Professional Stakeholder Advisory Council; Morgan Price, DC, to the Healthcare Provider Organization Stakeholder Advisory Council; and Zacariah Shannon, DC, MS, PhD, to the Research, Development and Solutions Stakeholder Advisory Council. The NQF is an affiliate of the Joint Commission.
Women Chiropractors Board Member
Alexis Lignos, F4CP marketing director, is now also a member of the Women Chiropractors board of directors. “I look forward to collaborating with my colleagues to further elevate and empower female doctors of chiropractic,” she said.
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When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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