OARS+CM

A Q2i Solution

Cloud-based enterprise-class solution with all the features of Q2i’s OARS technology but includes Q2i’s integrated Contingency Management Module (CMM).

Contingency Management (CM) is a reward-based intervention built on the principles of operant conditioning to promote behavior change and reinforce positive behaviors.

CM delivers tangible monetary-based rewards contingent upon targeted outcomes or behaviors.

CM has demonstrated efficacy for improving abstinence and other substance use disorder (SUD) treatment outcomes in a diverse range of treatment populations and settings.

  • OARS+CM fully automates the calculation and seamless delivery of in-app rewards for targeted behaviors with maximum fidelity.

Results Using OARS+CM Technology

Improve Patient Transition from Emergency Department to Outpatient Treatment

  • WITHOUT OARS+CM* 30% 30%
  • OARS+CM 90% 90%

Improves Patient Retention in Outpatient Treatment

  • WITHOUT OARS+CM** 49.3% 49.3%
  • OARS+CM 80% 80%

* Based on Urine Toxicology Results (Opioid Negative)

         

DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS

Real-Time Reporting and Analytics

Q2i’s OARS+CM technology overcomes the difficulties of traditional CM programs by superseding the requirement for intensive hands-on management and oversight needed to maintain program fidelity. This used to require highly trained staff to manage supervision and additional staff to manage the backend operation, such as purchasing of rewards and accounting.

  • Evidenced based gamification module for optimum economics and increased engagement

ACCESSIBLE PATIENT DATA

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Provides connection and communication between emergency department/acute care with community based SUD treatment to improve successful transition of patients from the ED to community outpatient, it also:

  • Improves treatment initiation and retention
  • Improves engagement and adherence to treatment plan
  • Reduces missed appointments
  • Reduces ED readmissions
DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Manage Your Digital Content

The OARS solution includes a digital content management system. Here you can store, manage and distribute all of your digital content. Easily add new educational and support materials and quickly publish specific information directly to the patient’s mobile app. This feature helps increase provider/patient connection and provides the patient with timely, relevant and updated support.

PATIENT MOBILE ACCESS

Mobile Application Keeps OARS With Your Patients at All Times

Patients can:

  • Earn Reinforcements in the form of eGift Cards from attending appointments & remaining abstinent from Opioids
  • Plot their progress and successes, including input from their healthcare team
  • Receive educational support and content from the healthcare team
  • Keep a daily journal, log feelings (shared with the healthcare team or kept private)
  • Keep a calendar of appointments with reminders
  • Securely messaging with their health care team

100% Cloud, ready-to-go

Start using OARS to support your recovery program in minutes – easily setup and manage your clinic and patients.

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Modern User Interface

The OARS healthcare team portal and patient app interface is intuitive and easy to navigate for an unequalled user experience.

Customizable Branding

OARS customizable branding allows you to integrate OARS into your digital tool box and keeps your branding message consistent.

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Flexible and Scalable

OARS can be used as a stand alone program management solution or easily integrated with your existing EHR.

HIPAA Compliant

OARS is proud to be HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 compliant. All data policies are designed to meet or exceed requirements.

Contingency Management

Contingency Management (CM) is a reward-based intervention built on the principles of operant conditioning to promote behavior change and reinforce positive behaviors. CM delivers tangible monetary-based rewards contingent upon targeted outcomes or behaviors.

CM has demonstrated efficacy for improving abstinence and other substance use disorder (SUD) treatment outcomes in a diverse range of treatment populations and settings.

Q2i has partnered with Dr. Sheila M. Alessi, Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Alessi and her colleagues at UConn are experts in the field of contingency management. Their goal is to bring CM techniques from research to practice to improve outcomes for OUD/SUD patients.

Difficulties with traditional CM programs include the requirement for intensive hands-on management and oversight to maintain program fidelity. This requires highly trained staff to manage supervision and additional staff to manage the backend operation, such as purchasing of rewards and accounting.

Q2i’s solutions overcome these difficulties by digitizing and automating traditional contingency management and seamlessly integrating it into the cutting-edge Opioid Addiction Recovery Support (OARS) technology. OARS with CM addresses all long-term sustainability challenges while maintaining program fidelity.

OARS with CM, a mobile technology-enabled contingency management program, is a significant scientific and clinical advancement to improve treatment for OUD, SUD, and MAT programs.

Impact

“The coronavirus pandemic laid bare the truth that we are still facing an opioid crisis of epic proportions. We are seeing increasing overdoses both nationally and here in Massachusetts, and as the CDC recently reported, drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed during the pandemic. The technology being pursued by Q2i and UMass Medical Center is another much-needed tool in the toolbox to help us work with people suffering from addiction. We need to be able not just to treat folks during their initial overdose, but to connect them with services and help them successfully complete treatment. I applaud Q2i and UMass for the work they are doing to help save lives.”

Dr. Matilde Castiel, Commissioner of Health and Human Services for the City of Worcester

“As an independent and progressive healthcare system focusing on innovative ways to address the opioid crisis, OARS empowers our healthcare team to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive level of care that supports the recovery process for our patients fighting addiction.”

Win Brown – CEO and President of Heywood Medical Group

“The journal lets me share my feelings with the doctors and allows them to see how I am on any given day and reach out to me with positive support.”

Heywood Medical Patient

“OARS is proving to be effective in helping our patients feel more connected with their healthcare team and is enabling us to better support our patients with their recovery program.”

Dr. Katherine Fitzgerald – Suboxone/recovery clinic, Heywood Primary Care

“Connecting me to my doctor and therapist using OARS has made a huge difference and given me a level of strength in my recovery that I haven’t had before.”

Heywood Medical Patient

“We are thrilled to add CASA to our toolkit,” Felecia Pullen, President of Let’s Talk SAFETY, Inc., a not-for-profit which includes The PILLARS

“Not only will CASA let us strengthen our connection with the people in recovery who come through our doors every day – so these folks will feel more supported and be less vulnerable to relapse – but it will also let us better monitor how our members are doing week-to-week, and really close the treatment feedback loop.”

“Our hope is that the OARS app will provide our multidisciplinary healthcare team with actionable data that will result in increased levels of insight and improve communication with our patients.”

Peter Kelleher, CEO of the PSL agencies

“As the epidemic of opioid addiction continues to escalate the impact and public threat to our community increases, I’m encouraged to see that utilizing technology like OARS is successfully helping our city tackle this national crisis at a local level.”

Mark Hawke, Mayor of Gardner

“We invested in OARS because we think it will help us treat more patients more effectively throughout their recovery program, and ultimately reduce overdose incidences and relapses.”

Dr. Cathleen London of Door to Door Doctors

“With the Q2i OARS/MATRA solution, we’ll be able to help more patients achieve a full recovery from OUD.”

Dr. Katherine Fitzgerald, Primary Care Physician at a Suboxone/Recovery Clinic in Gardner, MA, who has been using OARS for over a year

“The CASA application will allow our Recovery Coaches and Recoverees to communicate in real time. They will be able to share resources, remind recoverees of scheduled appointments, locate self-help meetings, and connect individuals with others pursuing a sober lifestyle,”

Michelle L. Dunn, founder of the AED Foundation

*LeSaintKT, KlapthorB, Wang RC, Geier C. Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Chart Review.West J EmergMed. 2020;21(5):1175-1181. Published 2020 Aug 24. doi:10.5811/westjem.2020.6.46452

**KaucherKA, Caruso EH, Sungar G, GawenusL, Hurlbut K, Sanchez DC, Broderick K. Evaluation of an emergency department buprenorphine induction and medication-assisted treatment referral program. Am J EmergMed. 2020 Feb;38(2):300-304. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158373.

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