Using Technology to Battle the Opioid Epidemic - Health Tech Company, Q2i, Launches its Innovative behavioral healthcare management software, OARS

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Jul 18, 2017, 13:29 ET

BOSTON, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Q2i has developed an Opioid Addiction Recovery Support (OARS) software application. This innovative solution is designed to help addiction clinics better manage their patient populations and support patients with their recovery plans.

On an average day 78 people die in the US from an opioid-related overdose, "Drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of motor vehicle deaths and firearms (deaths)," the Drug Enforcement Agency announced last year. The epidemic continues to worsen, highlighting the need to find effective solutions.

Using OARS, recovery patients are better connected to, and supported by, their healthcare team throughout their recovery program. OARS is designed to result in fewer relapses, reduced inpatient admissions/ readmissions, reduced overdose incidents and ER visits.

OARS consists of a healthcare team portal and a patient mobile application. The user-friendly software empowers healthcare teams to make quicker data-driven decisions by providing real-time reporting, analytics and trend analysis. For patients, OARS provides connection to their healthcare team for ongoing support.

OARS software was showcased this year at the Summit for Clinical Excellence: The Opioid Crisis. It is now being piloted in Massachusetts prior to a national rollout in Fall of 2017.

To learn more about OARS, visit https://q2i.com/oars/

About Q2i

Q2i collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, providers and payers to understand and then realize unmet technology needs. We facilitate improvements in patient care by supporting patients with their treatment plans through better connection and information exchange with their healthcare teams.

Q2i develops technology that assists health care providers in achieving the IHI quadruple aim of improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations, reducing the per capita cost of health care and improved clinician experience.

SOURCE Q2i