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USC Center for Rural and Primary Health Care asks committee to continue funding for telehealth, workforce and community programs
Summary
Leaders of the USC Center for Rural and Primary Health Care told the subcommittee their programs have served thousands of rural patients, helped avoid long travel distances and supported workforce pipelines; they asked the committee to continue base funding and noted capacity limits on funding new proposals.
Officials from the University of South Carolina’s Center for Rural and Primary Health Care told the Healthcare Subcommittee they have expanded services statewide and asked the committee to continue base funding to sustain and grow those programs.
Dr. Kevin Bennett, director of the center, and Dr. Patricia Witherspoon, the center’s medical director, described a portfolio of programs that officials said served nearly 20,000 patients through 44+ service locations and 72 active programs, and that as of Jan. 1 their work reached all 46 counties in South Carolina. They…
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