Yosi Health Partners with InteraSolutions to Help Launch OARS™ A Streamlined, Web-based, Opioid Abuse Risk Screening Tool

Yosi Health, a provider of digital patient scheduling, registration, payment, and communication cloud-based software solutions, announced today that they have partnered with InteraSolutions, a state-of-the art, evidence-based, clinical assessment tool solution provider, to power their newly launched Opioid Abuse Risk Screening Tool (OARS™).

Leveraging the power of Yosi Health’s algorithms and the simplicity of its user-friendly interface, patients can complete their screening assessments prior to their initial interview. A confidential comprehensive report is generated online in real-time and shared with physicians. OARS™ will allow physicians to readily assess patient mental health and opioid abuse risks using a screening tool that’s wholly compliant with legislative and CDC guidelines.

“Yosi is all about modernizing and creating safe, virtual patient experiences while streamlining administrative and compliance paperwork for practitioners,” said Hari Prasad, Founder and CEO of Yosi Health. “We were able to use our patient intake platform to offer InteraSolutions’ incredibly robust risk-stratification tool that’s going to make a critical difference in curbing opioid abuse by identifying at-risk patients and modifying their treatment plans accordingly. We are pleased to offer this valuable tool exclusively through our platform, especially during Covid when we have seen a big surge in opioid use”

InteraSolutions’ OARS assists physicians in making appropriate referrals for mental health counseling, cut their interviewing time in half and communicate to the patient that the physician is concerned about their experience and well-being throughout all stages of care. The OARS provides savings in time screening patients, savings in risk management processes, liability protection, and help the physician deliver quality and thoughtful care to patients.

40% of over 100-million individuals in the US who suffer from chronic pain will seek medical help for that pain. However, research shows 14-million of those individuals are high risk for abuse or misuse of controlled substances. Identifying that at-risk segment of patients will greatly reduce the chance of inadvertent abuse.

OARS™ helps healthcare providers easily identify and address mental health issues with their patients, heading off those likely to form an addiction problem before abuse can occur,” said Dr. Trish Barrus, developer and President of the Orem, Utah-based Interasolutions. “Yosi Health provided us with a customizable, best-in-class platform that makes administering the patient risk-assessment simple and accurate for all involved.”

Research indicates 91% of patients who overdose receive subsequent prescriptions and 70% come from the same prescriber as before the overdose. Compounding the issue is the fact that depressed patients are three times more likely to be non-adherent to medical recommendations.

OARS™ is a fast and easy assessment tool that’s specially designed to be sensitive to population differences. It’s HIPAA/HITECH compliant, and most importantly, evaluates the psychological variables that the FDA, CDC and ASIPP consider critical to a complete and effective assessment.

To find out more about how OARS™ is helping stem the opioid crisis in America, visit:

https://intera.solutions/opioid-abuse-risk-screener-oars/

About InteraSolutions:

Founded in 2003, InteraSolutions provides physicians and practices an online, state-of-the-art psychological Risk Assessment screening instruments for Opioid abuse (and misuse) called Opioid Abuse Risk Screener (OARS™). OARS provides savings in time screening patients, savings in risk management processes, liability protection, and help the physician deliver quality and thoughtful care to patients.
For more information visit: https://www.interasolutions.com

About Yosi Health

Yosi creates customizable, cloud-based solutions that modernize care center administration and improve the patient experience. Their premier product, Yosi Health, is a pre-arrival focused patient intake and registration system that is eliminating wait times, improving patient experience and increasing financial results for large health systems and busy care centers by engaging patients through the entire care journey.

For more information, visit Yosi Health at www.yosi.health.