Advantages of iCaduceus--Key Features and Benefits

Gain confidence in evaluating alternative treatments

Gain confidence in evaluating your patients and determining valid alternative treatments by tapping the expertise of well-established naturopathic (ND) physicians.

The iCaduceus web-based diagnostic and treatment support system can help both conventional, integrative and naturopathic physicians learn more about the best practices in alternative medicine. This knowledge can help you manage patient care by:

• Expanding treatment options for patients
• Reducing the time to diagnosis
• Increasing the accuracy of diagnoses
• Facilitating the most effective treatments
• Keeping the practitioner up-to-date with current treatment practices

iCaduceus is easy to understand because it uses conventional medical definitions of symptoms and diagnoses. Conditions are presented in a format that is comprehensive, yet brief enough to consult within an office visit.
iCaduceus membership also includes access to PDA version, which can be used on a Palm Pilot or Pocket PC. Use iCaduceus on your PDA within busy clinical settings, as well as on your computer for more in-depth research.

iCaduceus makes it simple: start with symptoms

iCaduceus lets you build a diagnosis starting with the chief complaint(s). Once symptoms are entered, the highly searchable database helps confirm the diagnosis, then describes specific non-pharmacological treatment options, from clinical nutrition and botanical medicine to homeopathy and hydrotherapy. Treatments can also be accessed directly, as they accompany the diagnosis information for each condition. iCaduceus supports all aspects of patient care, from the pre-visit review of symptoms to diagnosis, laboratory confirmation, treatment, and physician education, acting as a guide to creating healthier and more satisfied patients.

Diagnosis features:

• Hundreds of conventional medical diagnoses are outlined in a format designed for quick, in-appointment consultation - including etiology, presentation, and more.
• Differential diagnoses can be built by entering one or multiple symptoms
• Unique Symptom Library helps you prepare history questions prior to patient visits, or to verify thoroughness within the visit
• Side-by-side Comparison of two diagnoses assists in narrowing down a working diagnosis

Lab Value Features:

• Preventative laboratory feature calculates differentials based on entered lab values. The preventative values included in this feature were honed by physicians with years of experience in reducing the incidence of chronic disease in patient populations though proactive and stringent interpretation of laboratory information.

Treatment Modalities: Diagnoses and treatments will be continually updated and revised as new data and practice history becomes available.

• Clinical nutrition
• Botanical medicine
• Homeopathy (including indications)
• Vitamin and mineral supplementation
• Hydrotherapy
• Basic Treatment Guidelines

Trust us!

iCaduceus' diagnostic support and treatments are established practices honed by experienced physicians who have been treating patients successfully with natural therapies for their entire careers. As such, iCaduceus represents a collection of clinical research.

If you are a physician with a more conventional, pharmaceutically-based approach, use iCaduceus as a way to become familiar with and provide validation for treatment strategies that your patients may be utilizing from integrative or holistic health care providers. The physician-based information in iCaduceus can also guide you in attempting new treatment strategies that result in fewer side effects than pharmaceutically-based treatments. So, whether you are merely curious, or ready to add a new dimension to your practice, iCaduceus can benefit you. If you are an experienced holistic or integrative physician, iCaduceus will facilitate the expansion of your knowledge of and available options for nature-based treatments.