Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

HRSA is the nation's access agency – improving health and saving lives by making sure the right services are available in the right places at the right time. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Indian Health Service (IHS)

IHS is the Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives. The IHS is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people, and its goal is to raise their health status to the highest possible level. The IHS currently provides health services to approximately 1.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to more than 557 federally recognized tribes in 35 states.  The Indian Health Service has long been a pioneer in using computer technology to capture clinical and public health data. The IHS clinical information system is called the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS). Its development began nearly 30 years ago, and many facilities have access to decades of personal health information and epidemiological data on local populations. RPMS has won an Excellence in Government award as well as helped Cherokee Indian Hospital achieve a HIMSS Davies Award for Public Health.  It has also recently acquired CCHIT certification.

West Virginia Health Improvement Institute (WVHII)

The West Virginia Health Improvement Institute is a statewide collaboration among multiple stakeholders focusing on improving the health and health care of all West Virginians. The goal of the Institute is to improve the health status of all West Virginians through aligned initiatives focusing on improved access, prevention, promotion of wellness and healthy lifestyle choices, and optimal evidence based chronic illness management.  West Virginia was awarded a series of Medicaid transformation grants by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). A key design element of these grants was the belief that a vehicle was needed to bring key stakeholders together to leverage collaboration and resources while fostering alignment across the health care system. This was the impetus for forming the West Virginia Health Improvement Institute.

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation is an independent foundation established in 1944 by Michael and Sarah Benedum, natives respectively of Bridgeport and Blacksville, West Virginia.  They named the Foundation in memory of their only child, Claude Worthington Benedum, who died in 1918 at age 20.  The Benedums expressed the wish that grantmaking be focused in West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania, their native and adopted homes. 
 
The Foundation’s assets at year-end 2007 totaled $454,956,820.  Since its inception, the Foundation has authorized grants totaling almost $336,000,000.  Grants are made in the areas of Education, Economic Development, Civic Engagement, Health and Human Services, and Community Development.  Grants are made to advance specific initiatives in West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania.

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources provides a wide variety of programs for the Mountain State's well-being. The department's behavioral health division operates five mental-health facilities. The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement operates from more than 50 offices throughout the state. For children and families the department offers Child Protective Services, foster care for children, and residential facilities for the developmentally disabled, among other services. Medical services include Medicaid claims processing and a Medicaid pharmacy. Among the services in the department's public health division are the Chief Medical Examiner and health-facility licensing.

Shepherd University Research Corporation (SURC)

Shepherd University is a student-centered, learning community meeting the changing needs of the people of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and the surrounding region through teaching, research, service, and technology. The Shepherd University Research Corporation (SURC) is a non-profit corporation established in November 2005. Its primary mission is to help foster and support academic and scientific research at Shepherd University. It also provides evaluation, development, patenting, management, and marketing services needed by faculty, staff, and students involved in the applied research and technology transfer program activities of the corporation.

West Virginia Telehealth Alliance (WVTA)

The West Virginia Telehealth Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing telehealth use and capabilities throughout the Mountain State. The alliance also will be working to facilitate the coordination of telehealth activities and showcase telehealth education and training purposes. Participants in the alliance include hospitals, rural health care centers, medical schools (WVU, Marshall, CAMC, W.Va. School of Osteopathic Medicine), doctors, mental health centers, local health departments, senior groups, consumers as well as AFL-CIO and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and major telecommunications companies.

KRM Associates, Inc.

KRM has been providing IT consulting services and solutions for the past fifteen years through the leadership of its Principals who have over forty-five years combined information technology and business experience, and accompanied by a staff of IT industry professionals. KRM’s knowledge-base, skill-set and longevity in the marketplace is supported by a diverse and comprehensive client base consisting of state and federal governments, large and small commercial businesses, healthcare organizations, and academia. Project experience includes specialization in healthcare information technology, security and assessments, help-desk environments, risk analysis, technical system design and development, certification and accreditation support, and pilot project and technology development.

University of Hawaii at Manoa - PEACESAT.

PEACESAT is a regional network that is managed in part by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Within the University of Hawaii at Manoa, PEACESAT is organized as a program of the Telecommunications and Information Policy Group of the Social Science Research Institute within the College of Social Sciences.  The University of Hawaii has a Cooperative Agreement with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the network and programs. PEACESAT and the NTIA also have agreements with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to use the GOES satellite and for providing Tracking, Telemetry, and Control Support.