Migraine Management

Sanford Health Plan has implemented a quality improvement activity designed to help migraine and chronic headache sufferers. As part of this activity, Sanford Health Plan is providing educational information to help you and your patients better understand and manage their headache pain. Our goal is to improve diagnosis, minimize the impact of headache pain on headache sufferers, and to empower headache sufferers to enjoy happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.

All Sanford Health Plan members whose medical claims suggest that they may benefit from receiving migraine and headache information are sent a variety of resources including tools to assist in identifying triggers, symptom trackers, headache action plan, online resources and more.

Resources

International Headache Society - The International Classification of Headache Disorders 2nd Edition 1st revision (May, 2005). View these guidelines on the International Headache Society website at: http://www.i-h-s.org.

Migraine Diagnosis and Treatment Tool For Providers

Patient Education Tools

Raising your migraine I.Q. is an important step toward understanding and managing your headache pain. The Headache Management Tip sheet will help you quickly assess your own headaches and your success in managing them.

Headache Diary
The Headache Diary can be used as a tool to keep track of your headaches and also help your doctor better understand your headaches. The headache diary helps to monitor deterioration and improvement in headache frequency, severity, and disability. Patterns in headache frequency, identification of triggers, and the impact on life can be clearly captured by keeping a headache diary.

Headache Action Plan
Migraine headaches cannot be cured. But you can get greater relief and control of your headaches with a headache management plan. A good headache management plan has two parts: the treatment you get from your doctor and the steps you take for yourself.

1on1Health®
By learning all you can and working with your healthcare practitioner, you can find out which treatments fit your needs. 1on1health has lots of information to help you manage your headaches. The content on the 1on1health website was developed by GlaxoSmithKline.

National Headache Foundation
The National Headache Foundation exists to enhance the healthcare of headache sufferers. It is a source of help to sufferers' families, physicians who treat headache sufferers, allied healthcare professionals and to the public.

National Headache Foundation
820 North Orleans, Suite 217  -  Chicago, IL 60610-3132
PHONE: (888) NHF-5552 (643-5552)  »  FAX: (312) 640-9049
EMAIL: info@headaches.org  »  WEBSITE: www.headaches.org