West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Archive

To plan and establish a community-based, practice-based research network of interdisciplinary clinical providers, to advance research endeavors at West Virginia’s academic health centers

For the WVU Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health to work in interprofessional teams to implement community-based care projects

To establish a health services, outcomes, and policy center that will support policy development and seek solutions to healthcare problems in local communities

To create patient-centered medical homes to reduce early deaths for those with mental and chronic illnesses

To develop a care model to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome infants in a non-hospital environment

To support a collaborative grantmaking project focused in economic development and health in the Kanawha Valley

To support programs for community wellness, healthy food, and active living in Main Street and ON TRAC communities

To assist rural medical practices in developing capacity as patient-centered medical homes (over two years)

To conduct a regional capacity assessment of the existing care system for seniors

Establish site rotations for physician assistant students in rural areas in an effort to increase the medical workforce in southern West Virginia, payable over two years