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Enqbator Partner Receives NIDA Award for Opioid Craving App Prototype
Troy, Michigan – Longtime Enqbator partner, The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was recently honored with a financial award from the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA).
As part of the 2022 NIDA “Product Prototypes to Combat Drug Craving” Challenge, the team at UAMS was recognized for their work on the competition submission titled “OptiMAT: A smartphone application to decrease opioid cravings, and Optimize MAT, for opioid use disorders.” OptiMAT stands for Optimizing Medication Assisted Treatment.
The design, development and UX teams at Enqbator worked closely with the researchers at UAMS to create an effective, easy-to-use mobile application, with the user experience given the highest level of importance. This revolutionary mobile app also utilizes the power of the Progress Sitefinity DX platform to help manage and drive content and produce important metrics and reports.
Collaborating with UAMS team members Andrew James, Ph.D., Ronald G. Thompson, Ph.D., and Mary Bollinger, Ph.D., Enqbator was able to help create an app that not only provides a successful path to healing for its users, but also provides a wealth of data for its administrators.
OptiMAT’s features include self-monitoring of daily opioid use, opioid craving, and mood; personalized feedback on goal attainment; charts generated to depict self assessments over time; health information and abstinence-supporting resources; tips to manage craving and avoid opioid misuse; and a GPS-driven “just-in-time” intervention when entering predesignated geographical areas known to increase risk for opioid use.
According to NIDA, the Challenge goal was to solicit working prototypes of multifaceted products that will help with drug craving in people who experience substance use problems or with substance use disorder (SUD).
NIDA’s goal for the challenge was also to inspire many different product prototypes to help people address their drug cravings and prevent recurrence of drug use.
Enqbator is honored to be associated with the amazing work being done at UAMS and with the important purpose behind this life-changing technology.
About Enqbator
Enqbator is a digital solutions agency that provides exceptional customer service, highly technical and creative web, and mobile expertise, and complete, but cost-effective solutions. With a passionate and dedicated team of digital solutions professionals with advanced expertise in the Sitefinity DX platform, Enqbator leads the way in creating world-class enterprise results for top brands across multiple industries.
As an established certified Gold Partner of the Progress Sitefinity Digital Experience Platform, the team at Enqbator finds multiple ways to make the most out of a customer’s web content. Enqbator not only prides itself on its technical creativity, but also a strong passion for supporting its clients and creating long-lasting and trusted partnerships.
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About UAMS
UAMS is Arkansas’ only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute and Institute for Digital Health & Innovation.
UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS' clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state.
UAMS has 3,240 students, 913 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state's largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children's, the VA Medical Center, and Baptist Health.
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