Healthcare Regulatory Research Institute

Hrri collaborated with the marketing research firm element to understand the extent to which consumers feel responsible for reporting substandard care by practitioners. A parallel study was conducted to understand professionals' duty to report and potential obstacles that may hinder this duty. Both studies have been posted on the hrri.org website, and presentations were given at the fsbpt annual education meeting in november 2024.

To support the work of the fsbpt sexual misconduct and boundaries committee, hrri contracted with health policy consultant catherine dower to build upon her 2023 work. This effort aimed to identify strengths and opportunities among physical therapy boards in terms of communicating information regarding sexual misconduct by physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Catherine dower developed a website audit tool, which has been posted on hrri.org, and presented on this topic at the 2024 clear annual education conference.

In previous years, hrri identified and secured a health workforce policy researcher from indiana university (hannah maxey, veritas health solutions) to lead the multidisciplinary healthcare workforce task force created by the health care regulation ceo group and staffed by their delegates. The task force developed a cross-profession minimum data set tool (cpmds) to facilitate the collection of healthcare workforce information. In 2024, hrri again contracted with a health workforce policy researcher from indiana university (hannah maxey, veritas health solutions) to develop physical therapy-specific response options for the cpmds (pt cpmds) to support consistent workforce data collection efforts by jurisdictional physical therapy boards. This was completed and is posted to the hrri.org website and a presentation was given at the fsbpt annual education meeting in november 2024.