Frequently Asked Questions

Most practitioners can perform SBIRT screens using WellScreen, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, health or substance abuse counselors, case workers, prevention specialists, and other behavioral or health staff.

Wherever there are clients seeking help, WellScreen can be your universal screening tool. Hospitals, urgent care facilities, primary care physician offices, pharmacies, health clinics on college campuses, justice programs, schools and child welfare systems are suitable venues for WellScreen.

There is robust evidence supporting the effectiveness of SBIRT across substances and implementation settings. A recently published cross-site evaluation of a national SBIRT demonstration program, which included over 1 million patients, found SBIRT associated with improvements in treatment system equity, efficiency and economy. The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended the use of electronic alcohol Screening Brief Intervention (eSBI).

• Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) developed for the World Health Organization by an international group of substance abuse researchers, the ASSIST not only screens for problem or risky use of alcohol but also screens for problem or risky use of tobacco, cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, and opiates.
• CRAFFT 2.0 (Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble) developed by Boston Children’s Hospital in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics is used to screen adolescents (ages 12-18).
• Brief Opioid Overdose Knowledge (BOOK) developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University is a twelve-question screen to assess opioid knowledge, opioid overdose knowledge, and opioid overdose response knowledge.
• The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9) is a 9-question instrument given to patients to screen for the presence and severity of depression.
• The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) is a screening tool to measure anxiety.

We can customize the system to add additional screening tools to meet your organization's needs. Contact us today to learn more.

Yes. Customization options include: the screeners you choose, the practice workflow, EHR integration, and reporting capabilities.

Clients can complete a screen on a tablet in less than 10 minutes. If indicated, providers can conduct a brief intervention or referral to treatment in 15 minutes.

WellScreen has many advantages for clients including:

• Opens the dialog with clients about substance use and depression,
• Reduces stigma related to behavioral health conditions,
• Uncovers clients’ risk of developing a substance use disorder,
• Gives clients the opportunity for a brief intervention,
• Motivates clients to make changes,
• Matches clients to the most compatible, licensed and accredited treatment providers and
• Keeps clients on providers’ radar with 60-day follow-up feature.

That depends. The price for an annual license starts at $2,500.

The factors that increase cost include the number of users, number of screeners included, EHR system integration, and amount of customization needed. EHR system integration and customization is usually charged as a one-time fee.

Our mission is to develop technology to promote well-being and improve lives. We do not want costs to prevent individuals from getting the help they need.