STATE AND FEDERAL
Retention Rate For Mobile Addiction Treatment Equivalent To Office-Based Treatment
The three-month opioid treatment retention rate for a rural telemedicine mobile treatment unit (TM-MTU) plus buprenorphine, run by Maryland's Caroline County Health Department (CCHD), was found to be equivalent to the retention rate for office-based treatment. The three-month retention rate for the MTU was 58.51%. The retention rate for similar office-based treatment was 58.47%. Read more.
Walmart Health Entering Florida With Seven Locations In Northeast
Walmart plans to open seven Walmart Health centers in Northeast Florida. The centers provide full-service primary care and urgent care, imaging, laboratory testing, optical, audiology, dental, and counseling. The counseling services are provided by licensed and trained behavioral health clinical professionals; the services are intended to address depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship issues. Read more.
Pandemic Pot Use Proliferated in Pregnant Women
More pregnant women used cannabis in the early stages of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic than prior to it, researchers found. Researchers found a 25% increase in use of marijuana as detected in urine screens at 8 weeks pregnancy compared to pre-pandemic rates in California. Read more.
Workforce Projections
The Workforce Projections Dashboard is an interactive Tableau Dashboard that shows the projection of the supply of and demand for healthcare workers across the United States. These projections are from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), which is part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See Behavioral Health Tab. Learn more.
Black Youth Suicide: Investigation of Current Trends and Precipitating Circumstances
Increases in Black youth suicide call for the prioritization of research aimed at identifying specific risk and protective factors as well as developmental mechanisms associated with Black youth suicidal behavior. Read more.
CMS Awards $15 Million to 20 States for Mobile Crisis Intervention
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded $15 million in planning grants to 20 states to support expanding community-based mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid beneficiaries. Read more.
HHS Announces the Availability of $25.5 Billion in COVID-19 Provider Funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is making $25.5 billion in new funding available for health care providers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.
The Number Of People Worldwide With Dementia Is Expected To Rise 40% To 78 Million By 2030
According to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people worldwide with dementia is expected to rise by 40% from more than 55 million in 2019 to about 78 million by 2030. Read more.
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