Could Ignoring Alcohol Use Disorder Negatively Affect Development Outcomes?

In America, the opioid epidemic is galvanizing leaders across industries to challenge the standard of care given to people suffering from addiction because the fatality rates are so high. One of the states hit hardest by the addiction crisis is West Virginia, where over 1000 people died in 2017 due to a drug related causes. In 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded West Virginia $35 million to fund addiction care and treatment. In a recent article, Joe Manc

Value Based Care for Digital Therapeutics

The opportunity to feel better, more connected, and with less propensity to fall into risky behavior, is at the touch of your fingertips. If you are an addict in recovery, the digital revolution may finally be ready to support your growth towards living a healthy lifestyle. For years, the research community has known that even basic sms messaging campaigns can offer support to patients in early recovery, with increased success of abstinence, and that access and use of digital