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Wonderful to be together with colleagues from HRSA and Rural GME #ARM23 working to share research on the development of rural residency programs. #ruralhealth

The very best part of my job is mentoring students and then watching them wildly succeed. I am so proud of Jacob Rains and the contributions he's made to Sheps Center, Sheps Health Workforce NC NC Rural Health, Rural GME and the broader policy, GME, rural, and workforce worlds!

The U.S. has a healthy supply of RNs.... 2021: 100,000 RNs left the workforce 2022: RN workforce already rebounded 2035: RN workforce projected to not only replace the estimated 500,000 RNs who will be retiring, but also add another 1.2M RNs nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I am loving the vibe at #NASHPCONF23 where I got to talk about my favorite topic—using data to inform health workforce policy to an audience of state leaders who liked the content of my remarks but also appreciated my funky, pink and blue socks 😂

Nearly every day I ask myself why Excel hates me so much. Excel, my frenemy, why must you take 5 minutes to open and crash every 20 minutes?

Fashion and workforce policy are returning to the 1960s-time to revive investments in PC, community-based training, interprof. models of practice and training, HCW diversity, integrated care models, and federal GME $$ targeted to pop health needs. Wait! That sounds like an AHEC!

Primary care treatment for opioid use disorder includes a combination of medication, behavioral therapy, & or other psychosocial services. Recently published in @AAAP1985, Family Medicine Assistant Professor @lombardibriphd along with first author Social Work faculty member 1/3

⁦mark holmes⁩, Lori Rodefeld and I had the pleasure of wrapping up the ⁦THC GME⁩ and ⁦Rural GME⁩ annual meeting. It was inspiring hearing about the incredible work that grantees are doing to bolster the workforce in underserved communities

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment in oral health settings: A scoping review in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology . Putting the ORAL in behavioral health! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cd…

Grateful to ⁦⁦The Center for Professionalism and Value⁩ for hosting members of our ⁦THC GME⁩ and ⁦Rural GME⁩ Technical Assistance Centers to talk synergies and potential areas of future collaboration ⁦

Great morning ⁦NC Board of Nursing⁩ sharing results from “backcasting”NC Nursecast. There were many fewer RNs and LPNs in practice than we forecast based on historical trends. We’re investigating these “missing” nurses and why some NC regions were more resilient to shortages ⁦

The HRSA funded behavioral health work research center Sheps Center has a new website to make it easier for you to learn about the work they are doing to identify and address behavioral health workforce challenges in the US. Reach out to Brianna Lombardi or Lisa de Saxe Zerden

Good to see Energy and Commerce Committee Energy & Commerce Democrats Health Subcommittee holding a hearing tomorrow (10/25 2pm ET) related to proposed CMS minimum nursing home staffing rule energycommerce.house.gov/events/health-…

Come join us in a discussion about the drivers of primary care workforce shortfalls and policy interventions to address them

The AWARD Network November webinar is next week! Wednesday, November 1, 9-10am PT “What can large public surveys tell us about the dementia care workforce?” Click here for more details! awardnetwork.ucsf.edu

Even folks whose research is not in dementia care should consider attending this webinar. The study design is elegant and leverages the strengths of different data sets.

.David Grabowski discusses a proposed federal rule mandating a specific minimum-staffing standard for U.S. nursing homes. Listen to the full interview: nej.md/40r7akH

Oh that one-of-kind, sick-to-your-stomach, queasy feeling you get after submitting a proposal that you believe in heart and soul. This life of chasing funding to solve wicked problems is both thrilling and nauseating!

Brianna Lombardi investigates use of Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) and behavioral health integration (BHI) codes in FQHCs that indicate billing, workforce and structural issues that hinder the adoption of the CoCM/BHI billing in FQHCs. (1/2)

My colleagues, Brianna Lombardi and Lisa de Saxe Zerden, are collaborating with a wide range of partners and professions to identify the most pressing issues and potential solutions to our nation’s behavioral health challenges. Here’s a taste of their Center’s latest work.