Through the Chair, I thank you for your question.
I think that each encounter with an individual patient, as is the case in any medical encounter, actually rests with an assessment of what the individual's needs are and how best to meet them. I will be very upfront with the committee: I'm a public health physician, so I actually am not actively engaged in individual patient care, but from my training when I did do individual care, it is incredibly important to actually understand what the unique diagnosis is for the person in front of you. What are the circumstances in which they live? How, then, do you provide the best evidence-informed treatment intervention, recognizing what the best medical treatment is. How do you make that medical treatment as successful as possible, given the unique living circumstances of that person?
We know that, whether you're treating high blood pressure or diabetes, each person will require a slightly adjusted version of the treatment. There are general guidelines, but how to apply those guidelines depends on that individual and what actually makes sense.