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SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health Releases Second COVID and the Carolinas Report
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) and the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) recently released the second joint...
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Spread of Infectious Disease
IMPH has released a new policy brief, Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease Through the Provision of Syringe Services...
Statehouse Report: How S.C. lawmakers can help to make healthcare better
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent (updated 8/17/19) | In some ways, it’s easier to define how health care is changing by how it isn’t: It isn’t...
2019 Progress Report – Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long Term Care in South Carolina
On April 30, IMPH and their Long-Term Care (LTC) Leadership Council released an updated report documenting the systemic progress made in the last several...
Long-Term Care Taskforce Brief
The “Taskforce Brief” provides a short overview of the work and recommendations published in the full report of the Long-Term Care Taskforce, “Creating...
Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Potentially Abusive Workers: An Issue Paper
"Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Potentially Abusive Workers: An Issue Paper" is the result of a series of meetings convened by IMPH under the guidance of...
Three Year Update: Long-Term Care Taskforce
“Three Year Update-Long-Term Care Taskforce” provides a brief status update on the processes and structure developed to help achieve the 30 recommendations to...
2016 Progress Report – Hope for Tomorrow: The Collective Approach for Transforming South Carolina’s Behavioral Health Systems
Significant Progress Made in SC Behavioral Health Services and Supports Today the South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) released the...
One Year Update – Behavioral Health Taskforce
“One Year Update – Behavioral Health Taskforce” provides a brief status update on the processes and structure developed to help achieve the 20 recommendations...
Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long-Term Care in South Carolina
“Creating Direction: A Guide for Improving Long-Term Care in South Carolina” is the product of a year and a half of work by a statewide taskforce of...