Reiki in Hospitals

"More hospitals offer alternative therapies for mind, body, spirit," L. Gill, USA Today

An article published in the USA Today in 2008 reported that in 2007 15% of U.S. hospitals (over 800) offered Reiki as a regular part of patient services. These treatments are offered by Reiki trained physicians, therapists, and nurses who often are part of the hospital staff.

“Reiki is one of the leading safe energy medicine approaches.”  C. Norman Shealy, M.D. Ph.D.  Founder, American Holistic Medical Association

A research study at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut showed increased overall patient satisfaction with the treatments. The findings indicated that Reiki improved patient sleep by 86 percent, reduced pain by 78 percent, reduced nausea by 80 percent, and reduced anxiety during pregnancy by 94 percent.

In the same study 75% of the patients who participated said that they would “definitely want service again”.

Hartford Hospital, Integrative Medicine, Outcomes, http://www.harthosp.org/integrativemed/outcomes/default.aspx#outcome6. Measurements obtained during the initial pilot phase of the study, December 1999 - December 2000.

Over one million adults annually receive Reiki treatments

A survey conducted in 2007 indicates that in the previous year 1.2 million adults in the U.S. received one or more energy healing sessions such as Reiki. Barnes, B. Bloom, and R. Nahin, CDC National Health Statistics Report #12. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Adults and Children, United States, 2007 (December 2008). 

Reiki in Hospitals

Below are some of the hospitals in the USA that are offering Reiki treatments.

Yale-New Haven Hospital (America's Best Hospitals 2007), Connecticut
Harvard University, Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (America's Best Hospitals 2007), Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital (America's Best Hospitals 2007), Boston
University of California Medical Center, Davis, CA
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Marin General Hospital, Marin County, CA
Stanford Medical Center, CA
Johns Hopkins Hospital (America's Best Hospitals 2007), Baltimore
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC
Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
Bayonne Hospital, Bayonne, NJ
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ
Cooper University Hospital, Voorhees, New Jersey
Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital, New York, NY
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, NH
University of Maryland, MA
Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Windsor Hospital, VT
Mercy Hospital, Portland, ME
Foote Hospital, Jackson, MI
Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
Willcox Hospital, Maui, HI
Hawaii Pacific Health-Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Lihue, Hawaii
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Washington, CFS/FM Research Center, Seattle, WA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, RI
MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston, TX
Banner Health System Hospitals, Phoenix, AZ
University of Colorado Medical School, CO
University of Pennsylvania Medical School, PA
Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts 

More Studies on the Effectiveness of Reiki

Energy is everything and everywhere. It reacts with our bodies internally and externally. This is not a new concept. Most Eastern systems of medicine have always been based on these ideas.

To learn more about the effectiveness of Reiki and more studies please visit; Reiki Evidence

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