Expanding the opioid use disorder medication treatment workforce in rural communities through the RCORP initiative.

Purpose: The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) was funded to help rural communities improve prevention, treatment, and recovery services for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), including increasing the supply of clinicians with a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, which was required before 2023. This research investigates the impact of RCORP funding on the supply of DEA-waivered clinicians in rural communities.

Methods: We used 2017-2022 DEA lists of waivered clinicians to assign clinicians to US counties.

Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Rural Obstetric Training for Family Physicians.

Background And Objectives: Family physicians are the most common health professional providing rural obstetric (OB) care, but the number of family physicians practicing OB is declining. To address rural/urban disparities in parental and child health, family medicine must provide robust OB training to prepare family physicians to care for parent-newborn dyads in rural communities. This mixed-methods study aimed to inform policy and practice solutions.