Lifestyle Medicine Research and Innovation

The Center for Lifestyle Medicine Innovation (CLMI), a special project of ACLM, will serve as a hub for lifestyle medicine research, innovation, thought-leadership and knowledge-sharing. Blue Zones® is recognized as the exclusive founding partner. The Center has emerged from the convergence of the Blue Zones Well-Being Institute and ACLM’s current activities in research, practice advancement, and innovation.

The Center’s work will advance evidence-based knowledge, quality care delivery, and innovative practice models. In doing so, the Center will propel the field toward our vision of a world wherein lifestyle medicine is the foundation of all health and healthcare.

Areas of focus include:

Primary lifestyle medicine research – conducting pilot projects that demonstrate the transformation of both health and healthcare through coordinated lifestyle medicine implementation, particularly in the context of disease treatment and reversal
Creation of clinical guidance documents to support medical practices and elevate the rigor and excellence in the field
Evidence reviews and consumer-facing resources to support translation and dissemination
Technology integration that fosters efficiency and reimbursement as practices evolve to deliver whole–person, patient-centered, high-value care
Advocacy on Capitol Hill to advance lifestyle medicine, which includes using food as medicine, with a focus on medical education, reimbursement strategies, and addressing lifestyle-related chronic disease health disparities
Integration of lifestyle medicine within health systems and worksites – navigating the multifaceted approaches to systematic adoption and implementation through shared learning and exchange of best practices.

Defining and Advancing the Field

ACLM’s research efforts translate innovations in the field into the evidence-base through original research that support the Quintuple Aim as well as guidance documents for clinical practice.

Priority Areas:

Disease Remission and Improved Health Outcomes
Economic Benefits and Cost Savings
Patient and/or Provider Satisfaction

View Original Research

ACLM is seeking health-system or practice level collaborators to pilot test the feasibility and financial sustainability of running the Lifestyle Empowerment Approach for Diabetes Remission (LEADR) program, a diabetes intervention curriculum developed by ACLM.

Call for Collaboration

Tools and Resources

Lifestyle medicine transcends the current fragmented healthcare framework. It can, therefore, be successfully integrated across different practice types, provider specialties, and reimbursement structures. ALCM offers tools and resources designed to advance and scale the implementation and proper payment for lifestyle medicine. This includes both health professional toolkits as well as patient-facing tools and resources.

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Transformative Partners

ACLM works with various organizations that share our goals, using proactive strategies aimed at achieving a transformation in healthcare.

In partnership with Blue Zones, ACLM is offering practice advancement consultative support to health systems in Blue Zones Communities. We will leverage our extensive library of resources, educational courses, and network of partners.

Strategic Partners

Health Systems Council