Irimar Waters 2/26/26 Irimar Waters 2/26/26

Organizational Wellbeing in High-Trauma Environments: A Trauma-Informed Framework to Protect the Protectors

Organizational Wellbeing in High-Trauma Environments: A Trauma-Informed Framework to Protect the Protectors examines how health regulators and healthcare organizations can strengthen public protection by embedding trauma‑informed principles not only in external regulatory processes, but also across internal governance, leadership, and workforce practices. Regulatory activities such as investigations, fitness‑to‑practice proceedings, and sexual misconduct complaints are inherently stressful and can unintentionally retraumatize complainants, harm participants, and expose staff and leaders to vicarious trauma. Drawing on nearly two decades of professional experience across law, regulation, health, and trauma‑informed practice, the paper highlights how organizational culture, leadership competency, and emotional intelligence are decisive factors in resilience, decision‑making quality, and public trust.

Irimar Waters 12/15/25 Irimar Waters 12/15/25

Social Work Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set (SW CPMDS)

The Social Work Cross-Profession Minimum Data Set (SWCPMDS) is a standardized set of core workforce questions designed to support consistent, comparable social work workforce data collection across states and social work initiatives.

Irimar Waters 12/10/25 Irimar Waters 12/10/25

Beyond Supply: A New Framework for Identifying Healthcare Deserts in the United States

Healthcare deserts are defined as areas with insufficient availability of or access to medical services. Recent analyses have estimated that up to a third of Americans live in these places, with rural areas particularly likely to be underserved.

Irimar Waters 11/7/25 Irimar Waters 11/7/25

Literature Review of Turnover and Retention in the Nursing and Allied Health Professions

HRRI & HumRRO partnered to conduct a literature review of turnover and retention in the nursing and allied health professions.

Irimar Waters 11/7/25 Irimar Waters 11/7/25

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.

Irimar Waters 9/1/25 Irimar Waters 9/1/25

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.

Irimar Waters 10/1/23 Irimar Waters 10/1/23

Healthy Practice Resource

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.

Irimar Waters 9/1/23 Irimar Waters 9/1/23

Communicating About Sexual Misconduct: Opportunities for Regulatory Boards

The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), along with its member boards, have put increased attention on preventing sexual misconduct in the profession and handling complaints appropriately when they do occur. HRRI commissioned this research project to help identify strengths and opportunities among the physical therapy boards in terms of communicating information regarding sexual misconduct.

Irimar Waters 8/1/23 Irimar Waters 8/1/23

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.

Irimar Waters 8/1/23 Irimar Waters 8/1/23

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.

Irimar Waters 7/1/23 Irimar Waters 7/1/23

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.