The Bad News About How Quickly Patients Relapse After Treatment Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jan 5, 2024 Addiction is a devastating disease. A patient can leave treatment completely confident in their ability to remain abstinent and find themselves so overwhelmed by the intensity of their cravings that they start using again the very same day. Continue Reading...
Introducing State-of-the-Art Outcomes Research for OBOTs and OTPs Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Aug 25, 2023 As payers move inexorably towards value-based reimbursement, many OBOTs, OTPs, and telehealth-based medication-assisted treatment providers are being asked for something new -- outcomes research that proves how effective their treatment is. Continue Reading...
Why Proving Your Treatment Is Effective Requires High Response Rates Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Oct 28, 2022 If you want to show that your treatment center’s outcomes are better than average, you must use an outcomes research methodology that entices a high percentage of your patients to respond. Continue Reading...
How YOU Can Help Dramatically More Patients Recover from Addiction Report Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Aug 12, 2021 The results are in. Among 17 treatment centers that have been systematically monitoring patients during and after treatment for more than a year, more patients reported being in recovery six months post-treatment during the second year the center was doing outcomes research at 14 of the centers (82%!). Continue Reading...
Why Were Patients Dissatisfied with Telehealth-Only Addiction Treatment? Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 21, 2021 Patient satisfaction dropped measurably during the first months of the pandemic, but rebounded quickly for patients receiving at least some in-patient treatment. Continue Reading...
How the Pandemic Affected People at Risk of Alcohol or Drug Abuse (Infographic) Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 2, 2021 We've seen how isolation, job losses and loss of recovery supports have affected friends and loved ones at risk of drug or alcohol abuse; here's the hard data in one easy-to-understand infographic (click to download): Continue Reading...
Addiction Treatment Outcomes +20% in Second Year of Research Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Mar 12, 2021 Among 17 respected addiction treatment centers, 20% more patients were abstinent six months after discharge in their second year of using outcomes research vs. their first year! Continue Reading...
The Reopening Paradox: Getting From Here To There Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Aug 7, 2020 We couldn’t wait for lockdowns to end. But now, the challenge of reopening seems almost insurmountable. Continue Reading...
Why It's Inaccurate to Extrapolate Success Rates from a Small Base of Patients Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate Jul 9, 2020 Vista Research Group often gets asked why we don’t report a treatment center’s abstinence success rate based solely upon the responses of the patients we reach post-treatment. Continue Reading...
Promoting Treatment Center Success Article Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 Rate May 31, 2020 Treatment outcomes matter. More than simply for the purpose of promoting your program, they matter because great treatment has a high potential for saving lives. Continue Reading...