Publications by authors named "A G Knudson"
Health care provider retention is important for mitigating workforce shortages in underserved areas. The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) provides loan repayment for a two or three-year service commitment from clinicians to work in underserved areas. Prior studies have mixed findings as to what influences clinician retention and have focused mainly on individual-level background characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) expansion in fiscal year (FY) 2019 intended to improve access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) by adding more clinicians who could prescribe buprenorphine. However, some clinicians still face barriers to prescribing, which may vary between rural and nonrural areas.
Objective: To examine the growth in buprenorphine prescribing by NHSC clinicians for Medicaid beneficiaries during the NHSC LRP expansion and describe the challenges to prescribing that persist in rural and nonrural areas.
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- * A new Genetic Testing and Counseling (GTAC) unit was launched to streamline genetic testing and improve patient access, employing a team of specialized professionals to provide quick genetic counseling and support.
- * Since its inception, PRaUD has evaluated over 1,150 patients, achieving a solved or likely solved rate of 17.5%, and significant changes in medical management for nearly 43% of those whose genetic tests yielded results.