concussionbaseline.com

What It Is

HQ Baseline is a digital concussion baseline testing product from Headquarters Health, built for schools, sports teams, and sports medicine clinics. It is not SCAT6, nor does it claim to be an FDA-cleared medical device. Instead, it is positioned as a clinical decision support tool: establish an individual baseline before an athlete is injured, then retest after injury to help clinicians assess return-to-play and rehabilitation direction.

Core Features

The core product is a 15-minute, 7-module test covering orientation, immediate memory, attention, mBESS balance, tandem gait, delayed recall, and simple reaction time. Cognitive modules are scored using on-device speech recognition, while balance and gait are scored using the phone’s accelerometer and gyroscope, without relying on a camera. Teams can have large numbers of athletes complete testing in parallel via a single link or QR code, with results flowing into an athletic trainer dashboard. Post-injury comparisons are based on the athlete’s own baseline rather than group averages, and PCSS symptoms are mapped into subtype radar charts such as cognitive, vestibular, ocular-motor, and cervicogenic/headache profiles.

Pricing and Integrations

Pricing is not public. All three plan types—schools, clubs/universities, and clinics—require contacting sales. The site emphasizes unlimited athletes, unlimited retesting, no per-test fees, and the option to set up a free pilot. Integration capabilities are fairly comprehensive, covering Epic, Cerner, Athena, HL7 v2, and FHIR R4. SSO supports Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra, and Okta. School roster integrations include Clever, ClassLink, and PowerSchool, and the product also offers Webhooks, a data export API, and Slack and Teams notifications.

Pros and Cons

The main advantage is low deployment friction: it runs in a browser, works on modern iPhone/Android devices, and does not require a computer lab or dedicated hardware. Automated scoring reduces manual proctoring and subjective error. On the compliance side, the product mentions HIPAA-ready, FERPA-aligned, COPPA compliant, BAA support, encryption, audit logs, and role-based permissions. The limitations are that pricing is opaque, and the scraped text provides limited detail on research validation. The product is primarily designed around U.S. compliance, school procurement, and the EMR ecosystem; China localization, payments, and regulatory adaptation are not addressed.

Who It’s For and Access from China

HQ Baseline is best suited to U.S. school districts, university/club sports programs, and sports medicine or rehabilitation clinics, especially organizations that need to complete high-volume baseline testing in a short period of time. Access from China is unknown; payments, contracting, and EMR integrations are clearly oriented toward the U.S. market. For deployment in China, key issues to evaluate would include network availability, cross-border data transfer, minors’ privacy, medical device compliance, and local alternatives.