Researchers studied the outcomes of inpatient oncology patients before and after implementation of the Urban Zen Initiative at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. The Urban Zen Initiative integrated yoga therapy, holistic nursing techniques and a healing environment into traditional inpatient oncology care.
The researchers found a significant decrease in antiemetic, anxiolytic and hypnotic medication costs as well as a decrease in total medication costs in the group that received care under the Urban Zen Initiative compared with the group that received only traditional care.
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