(Archived document, may contain errors) A Special Report to the Appropriations Committees No. 8 2/24/95 ACHIEVING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES John C. Liul Policy Analyst
WVU’s School of Nursing was recently named the best nursing program in West Virginia by RegisteredNursing.org in its 2023 ranking, competing against 27 programs across the state.
All primary care clinics in the state, with emphasis on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), will have access to integrated services through telehealth partnerships. These services are designed to be integrated into the primary care setting to emphasize the importance of local health care infrastructure, and provide supporting resources. Value will be demonstrated through an increased ability for local primary care to serve their populations. Services that leverage state appropriations should preferentially target primary care shortage areas.
The University of Montana College of Health has expanded its telehealth offerings across many disciplines to reach more people, especially in tribal communities.
Between 2010 and 2021, 136 rural hospitals closed, according to the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center. Nineteen of these closures occurred in 2020, the most of any year in the past decade. That finding, one of several in a new report from the American Hospital Association, highlights the hardships under which rural hospitals have been operating, and represents a bid by the AHA to