There can be many different therapies to treat chronic problems, all achieving some degree of success. Outcome is very important to NIHA, both cost and effectiveness of treatment. Out ultimate goal is to return the patient to a productive, healthy life as quickly as possible, strengthening the weakened systems to minimize the chances of reoccurrence. Our protocol is developed and sequenced to measure the effectiveness of what we do. NIHA relies heavily on patient involvement.
Patient education is an important ongoing process.
Understanding the issues and the reason for the life style changes is a critical first step on the road to recovery. Ultimately, home care and life style modification is the most cost effective, augmenting rather than sabotaging our professional treatment. NIHA sponsors and participates in many research projects to document treatment effectiveness. Most of these projects are patient funded, which means the normal tests and protocols in which we treat your problem is organized in our computer to give us outcome data. In this way, our results can be evaluated, published and shared with our health care professional colleagues.