August 10, 2017 – Sheps Center researchers analyzed North Carolina hospital claims data related to opioid poisoning visits for state fiscal years 2012 and 2015. These analyses provide a broader view of the state’s opioid epidemic than what can be seen in mortality data. Opioid Poisoning Related Hospital Use in North Carolina Nationally, the opioid… Read more »

Maureen Swick, RN, MSN, PhD, NEA-BC has more than 30 years’ experience in health care including six years as the senior vice president and chief nurse executive for Inova, a not-for-profit health care system based in Northern Virginia that serves more than 2 million people each year. Throughout her career, she has held a variety… Read more »

The major goal of this contract is to evaluate the effect of a pediatric antipsychotic registry on metabolic screening and antipsychotic utilization in the NC Medicaid population. Joel Farley, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

The UNC-CH Sheps Center will perform two sets of activities as described below: Collaborate with NCCNC staff to create an integrated database linking three data sets maintained by the NC Department of Health and Human Services: HEARTS (state psychiatric hospital admissions), IPRS (outpatient mental health services), and Medicaid claims. Sheps Center staff will provide technical… Read more »

Prescription opioid abuse is a growing public health epidemic in the US, contributing to an estimated 15,000 deaths and more than $55 billion in societal costs per year. In response, states are increasingly managing CS abuse with Medicaid Lock in Programs (MLIP). The North Carolina (NC) Recipient Management MLIP, initiated in October of 2010, was… Read more »

Comorbid cardiometabolic health conditions are a significant burden to the health of patients with schizophrenia representing a major source of morbidity and mortality. For patients taking medications to manage schizophrenia and comorbid health conditions, poor care coordination can result in inappropriate prescribing, duplication of medication therapy, medication non-adherence, and more aggressive health service utilization for… Read more »

Effie Wei is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a second year student in the Master of Science in Public Health program in the Health Policy and Management Department… Read more »

Soobin is a Graduate Research Assistant with the Program for Health Workforce Research and Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She is a second-year student attaining her Master of Science in Public Health degree in the department of Health Policy and Management. Prior to joining the team,… Read more »