The first five years: a review of the collaboration between DHHR and the WVU School of Medicine.
In 1992, the West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry (BM & P), entered into a collaborative effort to provide treatment for patients at the state-operated psychiatric hospital in Weston, W.Va. Within five years, patients were moved into a new, modern facility renamed the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, which is JCAHO approved and Medicare certified; the clinical and nursing staff has increased by 38%; and students from a variety of disciplines rotate through for training. In addition, 70% of all patients admitted are discharged within 20 days or less.
Withersty
D J
DJ
Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
Sumner
C R
CR
Stevenson
J M
JM
D006077:Government Agencies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014903:West Virginia