MobiHealth News May 2, 2025
Anthony Vecchione

A pilot study will collect data from smartphones and wearable technologies to predict opioid relapse.

The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced it is partnering with Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS), Duke University, Google Fitbit, Morse Clinics, North Carolina Central University, Ōura, ProofPilot, Triangle CERSI and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

The partnership aims to use data collected from consumer wearables to lower opioid use disorder (OUD) fatalities by creating interventions to help prevent relapse.

According to a 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), among people aged 12 or older in 2023, 2.0 percent (or 5.7 million people) had an opioid use disorder in...

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Topics: Digital Health, Partnerships, Provider, Technology, Trends, Wearables
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