New Article: Investigating the Impact of Geographic Location on Colorectal Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A National Study of the SEER Cancer Registry; Andrilla et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New Article: Prescribing Practices of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Waivered to Prescribe Buprenorphine and the Barriers They Experience Prescribing Buprenorphine; Andrilla et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Coming up at 2pm today! Watch sue skillman LIVE on TVW discuss latest findings from #SentinelNetwork plus #unemployment trends among health care workers in the state as part of the Workforce Board WA Health Workforce Council meeting. Recording will be available after.

At the National Rural Health Association conference, Holly Andrilla from WWAMI RHRC, Alva Ferdinand from SRHRC Rural Health, and @jmeberth from @RMHRC_UofSC will present on: 📊Cancer Research and Findings from 3 #RuralHealth Research Centers 📅 June 17, 4 PT. #CancerResearch #NRHAGoesVirtual

At the National Rural Health Association meeting Holly Andrilla from WWAMI RHRC will present the poster: Prescribing Practices of NPs and PAs Waivered to Prescribe Buprenorphine and the Barriers they Experience Read this brief as a teaser: ow.ly/xRBR50A1Y0m #RuralHealth #NRHAGoesVirtual

$175,000 awarded to WWAMI RHRC, Institute of Translational Health Sciences ITHS, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center Fred Hutch Cancer Center to assess COVID-19 impacts on health behaviors of cancer patients and survivors. #Rural #theNCI depts.washington.edu/fammed/rhrc/as… (PI: Dr. Allison Cole)

Wonderful to see UW CHWS former researcher get highlighted by JHSPH Lipitz Center @JHSPH_HPM! We miss him here but know he has a bright future ahead! Cc sue skillman

Thank you Rural Health Research Gateway for sharing our work!

Journal Article 📘 Comparing the Health Workforce Provider Mix and the Distance Travelled for Mental Health Services by Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries View: ow.ly/HC2V50C5c8t WWAMI RHRC Holly Andrilla #ruralhealth

A3. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) can be difficult to get in rural areas. #RuralHealthChat

Lack of treatment providers, lack of mental health providers to treat trauma and depression also#RuralHealthChat

A4. Lack of treatment providers, lack of mental health providers #RuralHealthChat

A4. 60% of rural counties don’t have a physician with a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder. #RuralHealthChat

A4. More than half of rural counties don’t have a single psychiatrist, psychologist, or psychiatric Nurse practitioner. #RuralHealthChat

A4. Rural areas have less than half the number per population of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists than urban areas #RuralHealthChat

A4. Confidentiality is more difficult to maintain in rural areas #ruralhealthchat

A4. John A. Gale Yes which is one reason office-based MAT treatment is so important for rural places #ruralhealthchat

Family members can be strong partners too #ruralhealthchat

The UN has developed community toolkits for substance abuse disorder in rural places #ruralhealthchat

A6. Equip local law enforcement, families, community members with Naloxone - important in rural due to EMS response time #RuralHealthChat