Table 2.

Interview Questions Asked Providers and Administrators

Questions
1. When you think of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, what comes to mind?
2. Are you aware of any complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapies currently being used at the VAAAMC? If so, please describe.
3. Here is a list of some of the more common CAM therapies. Would you like to have CAM therapies available to patients at the VAAAMC? If so, which therapies and why would you choose them? If not, why not?
4. What facilitators would promote the expansion of CAM therapies at the VAAAMC?
5. What barriers would make it difficult to offer CAM therapies at the VAAAMC?
6. Have you or has anyone you know used a CAM therapy? If so, what was the experience like?
7. Is there anything else you would like to share with me about CAM therapy? If yes, please feel free to do so.

At the time the study was conducted, “CAM” was the accepted term rather than “CIH” (complementary and integrative health).

VAAAMC, VA Ann Arbor Medical Center.