Program areas at CAMC
Camc is one of west Virginia's largest Medical centers with over 9,700 employees and 770 Medical staff. Camc is licensed for 956 beds at four campuses and our health care services delivery focuses on providing a full range of inpatient and outpatient services as a tertiary regional referral Center, teaching and safety net hospital. As a regional referral Center, camc has one of only two state level 1 trauma centers, a level iii neonatal icu, a pediatric icu, a dnv-certified primary stroke Center, and a bariatric Center of excellence. Camc is the primary Medical safety net provider of women and children's and trauma services in central and southern west Virginia and provides approximately 20% of the charity care in the state. There were inpatient days of 189,152 outpatient visits of 315,094, clinic visits of 413,917, emergency department visits of 115,381 and deliveries of 2,763 in 2022. Camc gives back to the community because we understand the impact that high quality Medical care, charity care, education, corporate contributions and community partnerships have on the lives of real people.
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 40 outreach programs which served an estimated 40,000 people. Camc provided acute inpatient and outpatient hospital services including unreimbursed charity care at cost of $12,308,800. 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.
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. 183 wvu/wvsom Medical students trained at camc hospitals and 198 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 5 employees through student loan forgiveness, and provided educational assistance to 367 individuals who intend to pursue a career in healthcare.