NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, has partnered with Orion Healthcare Technology and OakTree Collaborative to offer a web-based professional development software system designed for addictions, mental health, substance use disorder and peer recovery professionals. This partnership will help build the foundation for a model that will positively impact workforce development and growth of professionals and agencies in these fields.
Marketed under the name of OakTree Supervision, the tool allows individuals or agencies to effectively use a single system to manage their credentials, supervision, competencies, individual development, wellness plans, and reporting for analytics and decision support.
“We are honored to contribute to the NAADAC mission of professional development and supervision,” said Sandra Jones, President and Owner of OakTree Collaborative. “I am excited to see how NAADAC members can benefit and how we can continue to provide innovative solutions to support their essential work as well as the rest of the profession.”
“It has been almost two decades that the vision to have a more efficient and effective method to track clinical supervision, clinician development and individual development plans has been in the making, and finally, with Oaktree, we have reached that goal!” said Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, Executive Director of NAADAC. “NAADAC is very pleased to partner with OakTree on this innovative method that will reduce paperwork, time and energy and give clear pathways for clinical growth and tracking of the same. If I were administrating a treatment facility, this would be a must in increasing efficiency and support!”
Orion and OakTree bring over 30 years of experience in healthcare technology, product development, and professional services, to combine with NAADAC’s unmatched representation of the entire addiction counseling, education and other healthcare professional field. All will be a major factor in the anticipated success of this solution.
About Orion Healthcare Technology: Orion Healthcare Technology was founded in 1992 to help addiction and mental health professionals succeed through a better understanding and implementation of quality technology resources and solutions. Those solutions include electronic health records systems, data warehousing, integrated telehealth, client portals, clinical and peer supervision, outsourced billing services, project management, professional consulting and custom system development. Orion is the sole distributor and provides customer support for the OakTree Supervision system.
About OakTree Collaborative: OakTree Collaborative was founded on the principal of developing the latest solutions that focus on workforce development for a largely underfunded and underappreciated fields of addictions, substance use disorder, peer specialists and mental health care. This led to building a comprehensive tool that addresses 3 core areas of workforce development: credential management, supervision and professional development.
About NAADAC: NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused healthcare professionals in the United States, Canada, and abroad. An important part of the healthcare continuum, NAADAC members, and its 47 state affiliates work to create healthier individuals, families, and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment and recovery support.
For more information, please visit www.orionhealthcare.com, www.oaktreecollaborative.com, or www.naadac.org.