NNews December 2023

16 December 2023 Discovery Institute With innovative technology, comprehensive substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and ongoing connection after graduation, it’s nowonder that Discovery Institute was named America’s Best Addiction Treatment Center by Newsweek in 2021 and 2022. In fact, Discovery Institute is “New Jersey’s first and only treatment center to use cutting-edge software and technology to transform conventional caremethods into a holistic and comprehensivemodel,” as stated on its website. For more than 50 years, Discovery Institute has been continuously developing and implementing “the best techniques to help people return to themselves, their families, and their communities”. “At Discovery Institute, we are not just leveraging technology, but revolutionizing the way patient care is delivered in the behavioral health sector,” said Nick Boatman, President and Chairman of Discovery Institute’s Board. “As patients enter our facility, they are equippedwith Food andDrug Administration-approved wearable watches, ensuring continuous, real- time health monitoring from day one. Our nurses’ stations have been transformed into state-of-the-art hubs for this real-time patient vital monitoring. This ensures that our medical team is always in the loop, with visual and audio alarms immediately alerting them if a patient’s healthmetrics deviate from the expected range.” Moreover, our geo-fencing capabilities provide an added layer of security, ensuring our clients’ safety at all times,” explained Boatman, featured below. “Our sophisticated vitals equipment and high-tech self-serve patient kiosks have been a game changer. By eliminating data entry and user errors and reducing vitals-taking times by an astonishing 100%, we’ve unlocked efficiencies that allow our medical professionals to dedicate their efforts where it’smost needed: direct patient care,” Boatman added. “But, our innovation doesn’t stop there. Our custom telehealth app is set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2023. It will equip each patient with a dedicated care teamupon discharge, ensuring they have access to essential resources and much needed health care to support them for life. This team will encompass alumni coordinators, peer recovery specialists, primary care physicians, and psychiatric services for medication-assisted treatment andmedicationmanagement,” added Barbara Rexer, DSW, LCSW, LCADC, CCS, DRCC, Chief Operating Officer. This new appwill also connect Institute alumni with recent graduates through real-time chats, video calls and virtual meetings. In addition, “tailored assessments can be dispatched at pivotal recovery moments, and push notifications will ensure that alumni stay abreast of events and essential resources,” noted Dr. Rexer, shown below. The app will be compatible with iPhone watches and other wearable devices to enable continuous health monitoring and empower individuals tomanage their own health. “By combining objective, real-time data with traditional self-reported subjective data, we aim to achieve enhanced patient outcomes and drive down per-capita healthcare costs,” Dr. Rexer explained. “In essence, while there are myriad technologies in the healthcare domain, what truly distinguishes the Discovery Institute is our holistic, patient-centric approach, where technology and care converge to transform lives.” (continued from page 15)