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WVU’s telestroke program connects doctors at rural hospitals with neurologists here. By working together, more patients at rural hospitals are receiving prompt, noninvasive stroke treatments there, rather than being driven or flown somewhere else.
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West Virginia faces a unique set of health issues: a population at significantly higher risk of disease and early mortality than other states in the nation; rural communities with shortages of key health professionals; social, environmental, and demographic factors that contribute to poor health outcomes.
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