Collectively informing policy to improve health and health care in South Carolina.

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Action Plan to Improve Health Outcomes for Moms and Babies in Rural SC Through Improved Access to Care

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The South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) works every day to improve the health of South Carolinians.

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) is an independent entity serving as an informed nonpartisan convener around the important health issues in our state, providing evidence-based information to inform health policy decisions.

We focus on:

Maternal and Infant Health

Behavioral Health

Healthy Aging

Health Care Workforce

Rural Health

“IMPH has a vibrant team. They’re engaged. They’re approachable. They’re knowledgeable, they are respected, and from what I’ve seen… they really do work as a team and are very hands-on.”

Charmaine Fuller Cooper

State Director of AARP SC

“They’re the experts…the go-to…Whenever I receive a report from IMPH, I read it because it’s a trusted source. What they do is pull together the data. They’re the experts, they’ve always been trusted… it’s the reputation of the staff… they just have always been the source.”

Henry Well

President and CEO of the United Way Association of South Carolina

“IMPH should stay the course in informing legislators. The quality is second to none and the intentionality… it is a direct result of their collaborative efforts to include key stakeholders in the taskforce.”

A South Carolina Legislator

“I’ve talked with lawmakers who have gone through the IMPH Health Policy Fellows Program, and they find it very valuable. The fact that they stay highly engaged, even with their extremely busy schedules during that part of the year… speaks to the value that they find in it.”

Sara Goldsby

Director of the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

“The deep dives on different issues in the Health Policy Fellows Program…with subject matter experts…the reports and work to equip us is imperative to quality legislation… IMPH’s non-partisan focus on the issues and leaving politics out of it is extremely helpful.”

A South Carolina Legislator

Elected officials are often required to make decisions on a variety of complex issues that affect health both directly and indirectly. These issues are sometimes clearly defined but can frequently be embedded in factors outside the influence of traditional health and health care. The Health Policy Fellows Program provides members of the South Carolina General Assembly with clear, evidence-based health policy information in a nonpartisan manner. The Fellows Program assists legislators by providing resources and information related to complex health topics. This program also highlights the importance of considering health implications as factors across all policy decisions.

Learn more about the program