How DOs Can Transform Patient Care with Lifestyle Medicine

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the American Osteopathic Information Association (AOiA) have recently entered a partnership to help osteopathic physicians integrate lifestyle medicine into their practice of medicine. As part of the partnership, the organizations are offering two upcoming collaborative webinars. On Oct. 27, attendees can learn about transforming health through technology and osteopathic principles, and on Dec. 8, attendees can learn about exercise and movement as medicine.

 This partnership represents more than a collaborative agreement—it signals a pivotal moment for osteopathic physicians to become leaders in comprehensive, preventive and root-cause medicine.

As healthcare costs approach $4.9 trillion annually in the United States—exceeding Japan’s entire economy—while many Americans experience poor health outcomes, it’s clear that our current symptom-management paradigm is failing. Japan achieves seven years longer in life expectancy while spending 60% less per capita on healthcare. This, and many other stark comparisons with OECD nations, underscores the urgent need for a fundamental shift in how we approach patient care.

For osteopathic medicine, this shift isn’t revolutionary, it’s a return to our roots.