The Center for Addiction Services and Treatment is partnering with Sonara Health to offer a hybrid care program designed to better meet the needs of its patients and improve their chances of overcoming their dependence on opioids.
Federal and state regulations require our patients to make five to six trips to the clinic each week to receive their methadone and to undergo two hours of group therapy and another hour of counseling each week. Thanks to Sonara Health’s new technology, people can record their take home methadone doses by scanning a QR code placed on their methadone bottles. They can then record a video of themselves taking a dose for their clinicians at CAST to review.
“Many of our patients live far from Little Rock and have jobs. Coming here every day for treatment can be a hardship and disruptive to their lives,” said Michael Mancino, M.D., CAST’s medical director. “With Sonara, they only have to come in one day a week or less as opposed to five or six days per week.”
People wanting to take part in this program or wanting more information about it can contact Peggy Healy, LCSW, at MMHealy@uams.edu.