Download Brief: Frontline, Essential, and Invisible: The Needs of Low Wage Workers in Hospital Settings during COVID-19 Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Erica L. Richman, PhD, MSW; Alex Forte, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW Research brief, January 2022
What EHRs Tell Us about How We Deploy Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Product type: publication in Social Work in Public Health Authors: Erica Richman, PhD, MSW, Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW Background: Increasing awareness of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) has prompted health systems to implement strategies to screen for and address patient SDOH. These resources are valuable for health systems but… Read more »
Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT)—the Workforce Treating Opioid Use Disorder
Product type: publication in Health, Interprofessional Practice & Education Authors: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, Brianna Lombardi, MSW, Erica Richman, PhD, Anjalee Sharma, MSW. Background: The current opioid crisis in the United States is a recognized national health emergency. The number of opioid-related deaths has more than quadrupled since 1999. Over 42,000 individuals died from opioid use… Read more »
Social Work and Electronic Health Records: A New Frontier for Health Workforce Research
Product type: publication in Family, Systems & Health Authors: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, MSW, PhD, Erica L. Richman, MSW, PhD, Brianna M. Lombardi, MSW, PhD, Kim Shoenbill, MD, PhD, Erin Fraher, MPP, PhD. Introduction: As one of the largest groups of clinically trained mental health providers in the United States, social workers are increasingly deployed on integrated health… Read more »
The role of social work in the opioid epidemic: Office-Based Opioid Treatment Programs
Product type: manuscript in Health & Social Work, September 2019. Authors: Brianna M. Lombardi, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Ting Guan & Amy Prentice Abstract: The opioid epidemic is a national emergency in the United States. To meet the needs of individuals diagnosed with Opioid Use. Disorder (OUD) office-based opioid treatment programs (OBOT) are quickly expanding…. Read more »
Title VII funding not associated with practice outcomes in cross-sectional study of physicians graduating medical school between 2004-2010
Product type: policy brief from the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center project “Association Between Title VII Funding for Medical Schools and Physician Workforce Outcomes.” Objective: To examine the association between attending a Title VII-funded medical school and probability of practicing in primary care or underserved communities. Data/Setting: We used data from the 2016 AMA Physician Masterfile, the… Read more »
Social Work Student and Practitioner Roles in Integrated Care Settings
Product type: manuscript. Authors: Erin P.Fraher PhD, MPP, Erica Lynn Richman, PhD, MSW. Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW, Brianna Lombardi, PhD, MSW. Introduction: Social workers are increasingly being deployed in integrated medical and behavioral healthcare settings but information about the roles they fill in these settings is not well understood. This study sought to… Read more »
Where is Behavioral Health Integration Occurring? Using NPI Data to Map National Trends
This project is is supported by University of Michigan Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center and is being completed in collaboration with the University of North Carolina. Investigators: Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Brianna Lombardi, MSW; Randy Randolph, MRP Background: Integrated behavioral health care has resulted in improved patient-level outcomes and has increased… Read more »
Association Between Title VII Funding for Medical Schools and Physician Workforce Outcomes (2017-18)
Investigators: Ryan Kandrack, BS; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Tom Ricketts, PhD, MPH Background: In 2008, Rittenhouse et al published a study that looked at the association between physicians attending a Title VII-funded medical school or residency program and later practicing in a community health center (CHC) and/or participating in the National Health Service Corps… Read more »
Developing a GME Policy Toolkit that States Can Use to Evaluate Return on Investment for Public Funds Invested in Training (2017-18)
Investigators: Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Tom Ricketts, PhD, MPH; Ryan Kandrack, BS Background: Despite the release of numerous reports calling for national reform of Graduate Medical Education, little policy change has occurred at the federal level. However, numerous states are actively looking for innovative ways to redesign GME. As the demand for health care services… Read more »
Investment in Graduate Medical Education Outcomes: An Analysis of Pediatric GME at the Residency Program Level (2017-18)
Investigators: Tom Ricketts, PhD, MPH; Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP; Ryan Kandrack, BS Background: One of the key findings from our Center’s recent study of state innovations in using Medicaid funds to support GME was that states want far more transparency and accountability for public funds invested GME. The majority of states in the US partially… Read more »
Trends and Predictors of Primary Care Physician Referral to Physical Therapy in the United States, 2003-2014
August 2017 Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD; Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD; Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH Carolina HWRC Project: Integration of Rehabilitation Care from the Acute to Community Setting: The Role of Physician Referral Objectives: 1) To examine temporal trends in PCP referral to physical therapy (PT); 2) To compare these trends to… Read more »
LPN Employment Transitions: A Signal of Changing Value to Employers? (2017-18)
Investigators: Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN; Mark Toles, PhD, RN; George Knafl, PhD Prior research suggests that licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs) are an untapped resource in the health workforce that could bring much needed diversity to nursing care delivery. This study builds on the Center’s expertise modeling nursing career trajectories to investigate how LPN… Read more »
DocFlows: A Web-Based, Interactive App to Explore the Interstate Migration of Residents-in-Training and Practicing Physicians
August 2017 Erin Fraher PhD, MPP; Erica Richman, PhD, MSW; Evan Galloway, MPS; Andy Knapton, MSc Overview The DocFlows App allows users to query, download and share maps and graphs of interstate moves by residents and actively practicing physicians in 35 specialties. Data can be used by state and federal policy makers to understand… Read more »
Temporal Trends in Ambulatory Care Physicians Referral to Physical Therapists for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Analyses from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), years 2003-2014
June 21, 2017 Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD; Janet K. Freburger, PT, PhD Poster presentation, 2017 CoHStar Summer Institute on Health Services Research Carolina HWRC Project: Integration of Rehabilitation Care from the Acute to Community Setting: The Role of Physician Referral Objectives: To examine primary care physicians’ (PCPs) and orthopedists’ referral patterns to physical… Read more »
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