MUSC awarded $4.3M for rural health initiatives

Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health has received $4.28 million in grants to improve healthcare access to rural and underserved parts of South Carolina. 

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MUSC will launch seven initiatives from the seven grants it received from the Duke Endowment, according to a Dec. 12 news release from the health system.  

Those initiatives are:

  • Expanding the Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness program to include mental health prevention and treatment services beyond Charleston and Colleton counties: $1,335,000
  • Developing systems to support and retain a diverse healthcare workforce: $875,000
  • Improving access to dental care for children in the Carolinas: $735,000  
  • Implementing a virtual program to help children in rural South Carolina to manage asthma more effectively: $598,000
  • Developing services and resources to measure, address and prevent healthcare worker burnout in Florence: $445,000
  • Creating a statewide telehealth network for rural primary care clinics: $200,000 
  • Launching a coalition to improve population health in Chester County: $100,000

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