Effectiveness of a digital platform for sharing knowledge on headache management: a two-year experience

The Utility of a Digital Platform to Help Specialists Training in The Management of Headaches: An Italian Experience

“…These studies have also shown that there is no difference in its use between headache specialists and other specialists. We observed a paradoxical contrast between the increasing interest on this instrument (exponential increase of subscription to platform for headaches) and its consequent poor use by the registered specialists [7][8]. Here we want to understand if this behavior depends on the topics offered in the platform and we want to compare this behavior to that of similar platforms dedicated to other health topics.…”

“…The increasing development of digital instruments (digital platforms, web sites, social networks, and similar) seems to be a great help, but is it really true? Our recent studies [7][8] have pointed out that, after 2-4 years of experience, a digital platform dedicated to headaches, even though free and easy to use, stimulates the passive, but not active use of the platform. These studies have also shown that there is no difference in its use between headache specialists and other specialists.…”