But the tradition is strong and is only yielding slowly. Most health care providers have been trained in the old model and learned to regard their opinion as the final authority. Patients therefore are expected to honor the tradition and obediently follow the doctors orders. In the new model the expert is replaced by the evidence and the student becomes an expert by learning the evidence and how to best interpret its meaning. The 'new' doctor uses evidence based skills to diagnose disease and present the patient with information about the disease and how it is treated.
Treatment then results from a collaboration of the patient and the doctor on a more equal footing.
IHC applications should have mechanisms to test their effectiveness and demonstrate it This web site is an example of an IHC application. Most of the content of this site is strictly informational. Much of the information has been written and compiled by Dr. Lundeen. Specific definitions of the various TMD and related diagnoses were developed by scientific and clinical bodies such as the International Headache Society or the Academy of Orofacial Pain. Users of this sight ought be better able to make good decisions about their health care.