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Physician Overview of iHeadache

Would your life as a physician be easier, and your patients treatment better, if your patients had reports sorted by periods of time that include:

  • Frequency of their headaches
  • Type of headache
  • Medication usage (# of doses per # of headaches)
  • MIDAS™ scale
  • Time Disabled
  • Possible Triggers*

 

With the iHeadache app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and Blackberry you can easily get these reports from your patients.  You will have better data and better data leads to better treatment decisions and greater patient satisfaction.

iHeadache determines the headache type (migraine, probable migraine, tension headache, and unclassified headache) using the International Headahe Society (IHS) criteria by analyzing the patients symptoms, duration of the headache, and medications. A MIDAS™ disablility scale can be filled out at the time of the headache along with the length of time the patient is partially and completely disabled.  View a sample report to see all the information that is available. 

What will my patients have to spend to use iHeadache?

The iHeadache app for the iPhone and iPod Touch costs $4.99. The iHeadache app for the Blackberry costs $9.99. There is also a sponsored version of iHeadache for the iPhone and iPod touch that is free.  A free sponsored version for the BlackBerry will also be available soon.  Updates to future versions are free at this time.

Market research indicates that about 1/4th of your patients currently own an iPhone, iPod Touch, or Blackberry device.  For those that do not, they can purchase an iPod touch for about $200.  No internet connection is necessary to run iHeadache once it is installed on the device. Our market research finds that 20-25% of patients are willing to buy an iPod touch to assist you in their treatment. Therefore you can expect 1/2 your practice to be willing to use this electronic diary.

*Trigger tracking is available for the iPhone & iPod touch version of iHeadache. This feature will be coming to the BlackBerry version soon.