OptiMAT

OptiMAT - Optimizing Medication Assisted Treatment, is an app from The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that received a financial award from the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA). OptiMAT is a smartphone application designed to decrease opioid cravings, and Optimize MAT, for opioid use disorders.

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.

The goal was to create an app that will help with drug craving in people who experience substance use problems or with substance use disorder (SUD).

Enqbator is honored to be associated with the amazing work being done at UAMS and with the important purpose behind this life-changing technology.