Research Library
Browse HRRI research by category (per HRRI’s Strategic Plan) or click tag links at the bottom of each post for research with same author, sponsor, keywords, date, etc.
Requirements, Regulation, and Risk: Connecting Physical Therapy Job Requirements, Occupational Licensing Requirements, and Public/Patient Safety
The current study presents a methodology that can serve as a model for the regulatory community and professional associations, providing a primary data-driven, expert-informed process applicable across licensed occupations to examine the relationship between occupational licensing requirements, public/patient safety, and job requirements.
Building the Healthy Practice Resource - Technical Report
The Healthy Practice Resource is designed to support the well-being of healthcare professionals by addressing various aspects of their practice environment and personal health.
A Roadmap for Enhancing State Health Workforce Data: Implementation Guide for the Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set (CPMDS)
The CPMDS is a set of core questions for collecting data elements widely considered the “minimum necessary” for health workforce planning. The intent of the CPMDS is to serve as a framework for standardizing data collection across various health professions for the purpose of supporting within and between profession comparisons and analyses.
Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Cross Profession Minimum Data Set Questions (PT CPMDS)
The Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant Cross Profession Minimum Data Set is to serve as a framework for standardizing data collection in Physical Therapy for the purpose of supporting within and between profession comparisons and analyses.
Natural Language Processing Support for Evaluating Similarity in Physical Therapy Laws, Rules, and Regulations
The Healthcare Regulatory Research Institute (HRRI) partnered with the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) to evaluate the feasibility of computer-automated methods for detecting similarities and differences among the laws, rules, and regulations (LRRs) governing the practice of physical therapy (PT) across the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy’s (FSBPT) member jurisdictions.
Specifically, HRRI asked HumRRO to explore whether natural language processing (NLP) techniques could help to automate comparisons of LRRs across jurisdictions.