Setup
Before discharge from residential
care, patients assigned to ACHESS
are equipped with a smartphone
(EVO) containing ACHESS content.
The counselor enters setup
information to tailor ACHESS
operation. This information includes
the following:
• Patient demographics;
• The patient’s level of selfefficacy
and coping style (Steptoe 1989);
• Healthy events of interest to the
patient;
• Therapeutic goals and care plan;
• Highrisk locations that have
been problematic to the patient;
• Benefits the patient gets from
using alcohol, reasons they fear
relapse, and poignant memories
from previous use; and
• Key triggers and interventions
likely to help deal with those
triggers