Charleston Area Medical Center Inc

Camc has established medical and allied health education excellence as a core competency. Provision and support for education include training for interns and residents, nurses, anesthetists and other personnel. Approximately 200 wvu/wvsom medical students trained at camc hospitals and 230 medical residents were employed by camc. Camc provided faculty support to the university of charleston helping educate pharmacy students, nursing students and physician assistants. Camc assisted 22 employees through student loan forgiveness, and provided educational assistance to 381 individuals who intend to pursue a career in healthcare.

Camc does much more than just provide health care, being involved in nearly every aspect of the health and well being of the community. Camc offered 58 outreach programs which served an estimated 41,523 people. Camc provided acute inpatient and outpatient hospital services including unreimbursed charity care at cost of $18,344,647. Creative, state-of-the-art programs and services are provided to our community to serve our community - particularly the needs of the low income, elderly and other vulnerable persons. Community benefits are programs or activities that provide treatment or promote health and healing as a response to identified community needs and meet at least one of the following community benefit criteria: 1) improves access to health care services; 2) enhances health of the community; 3) advances medical or health care knowledge; 4) relieves or reduces the burden of government or other community efforts.