Recovery Engagement

Recovery engagement is the sustained human connection that keeps people anchored between and beyond clinical touchpoints, addressing the isolation, disconnection, and unmet social need that result in return to use.

CHESS Health makes recovery engagement scalable, sustainable and cost-effective. Our suite of evidence-based digital tools includes 24/7 peer-powered patient support, family support, automated contingency management, and sustained patient communication, giving organizations a cost-effective infrastructure for delivering the consistent human connection that improves retention, drives program completion, and supports lasting recovery.

    The Loneliness Epidemic: Why Human Connection Can’t Be Automated Away

    March 3, 2026

    Loneliness has become one of the defining public health crises of our time. According to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Connection, approximately 1 in 6 people worldwide experienced

    CHESS Health Supports Hancock County’s Expansion of Digital Recovery Tools with Addition of Family-Focused Companion App

    October 9, 2025

    CHESS Health and Hancock County launch Companion app to support families navigating loved ones’ substance use disorder recovery journey.

    CHESS Health Launches TouchPoint to Enable Multi-Channel Patient Engagement

    October 7, 2025

    TouchPoint eliminates communication barriers and engagement gaps while driving improved treatment adherence, patient satisfaction, and program retention across your entire patient population.
    Learn how Valley Hope has increased access to care, reduced relapse, and improved patient-provider engagement and business outcomes with the CHESS Health recovery solution including Connections.

    Enhanced Recovery Support to Enrich Treatment Outcomes and Boost Business Success

    September 25, 2025

    Valley Hope integrates eRecovery to improve patient communication, progress tracking, and provide 24/7 peer support, leading to better treatment outcomes.

    CHESS Health Partners with Arkansas to Deliver Statewide 24/7 Digital Recovery Support

    September 23, 2025

    CHESS Health launches digital recovery platform statewide in Arkansas, providing 24/7 peer support through Connections and Companion apps to address critical SUD treatment gaps.
    Learn how digital screening tools, automated referral systems, and recovery support apps help treatment centers build and retain census.

    Leveraging Digital Tools to Build & Retain Census

    September 4, 2025

    Healthcare providers face an unprecedented crisis. In 2024, 122 million Americans lived in Health Professional Shortage Areas, while HRSA projects a shortage of more than 113,000 addiction counselors in the
    Enabling Staff to Address Triggers for High Drug Use and Overdose in Rural West Virginia

    Bridging the Gap: How SRDRC Transformed Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Rural West Virginia

    July 23, 2025

    Providers in rural West Virginia confront high rates of drug overdose mortality by leveraging digital solutions to support individuals with substance use disorder.
    Rethinking Addiction: Why Digital Technology is Essential to Solving America's $740 Billion Crisis

    Rethinking Addiction: Why Digital Technology is Essential to Solving America’s $740 Billion Crisis

    July 14, 2025

    Addictions of all types affect millions of people across the United States. No demographic is spared, leaving a devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities. Addiction is extremely common, but
    Digital interventions demonstrated reductions in heavy drinking days and stronger outcomes in published study.

    Mobile App Boosts Effectiveness of Continuing Recovery Care, Study Shows

    July 9, 2025

    A 2022 research study reveals that smartphone apps designed to provide continuing care to people recovering from alcohol use disorder (AUD), used independently or alongside telephone monitoring and counseling, can

    Efficacy and comparative effectiveness of telephone and smartphone remote continuing care interventions for alcohol use disorder: a randomized controlled trial

    July 9, 2025

    Study demonstrates that remote continuing care delivery can effectively extend and enhance traditional intensive outpatient treatment.
    Providers in rural Chaves County, NM are delivering prevention and recovery support to a community grappling with poverty and substance use.

    Rural Realities: Tackling Mental Health and Substance Use in Chaves County

    June 27, 2025

    Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico addresses high poverty levels and elevated rates of mental health issues and substance use disorder through community initiatives.
    Explore West Virginia substance use recovery with digital support. Over 12,000 individuals connected for a transformative journey.

    Digital Tools Improving Recovery from SUD in West Virginia

    June 10, 2025

    West Virginia is using digital tools to fight the SUD crisis, reducing overdose deaths and boosting recovery support across vulnerable groups.