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.

    App use leads to more treatment, better outcomes

    March 21, 2018

    Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, this research demonstrated a higher level of abstinence from alcohol use for app users.

    A Pilot Test of a Mobile App for Drug Court Participants

    October 21, 2016

    This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded pilot tested the use the social supports offered by CHESS Health’s mobile recovery app with post-adjudication offenders in a drug

    A Smartphone Application for Alcoholism Recovery

    May 1, 2014

    Published in JAMA Psychiatry, this research showed the impact of smartphone app to help reduce heavy drinking days for patients with alcoholism.

    How Patients Recovering From Alcoholism Use a Smartphone Intervention

    September 13, 2013

    Funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and published in the Journal of Dual Diagnosis, this study shows that four months after finishing treatment for alcohol dependence,

    Tech-Based Interventions Offer Promise for Alcohol Use Disorder

    March 21, 2011

    Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this research summarizes multiple studies on the effectiveness of technology solutions to increase and