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Collectively informing policy to improve health and health care in South Carolina. The South Carolina Institute of Medicine Public Health IMPH works every day to improve the health of South Carolinians. The South Carolina Institute of Medicine Public Health IMPH is an independent entity serving as an informed nonpartisan convener around the important health issues in our state providing evidencebased information to inform health policy decisions. We focus on Maternal and Infant Health Behavioral Health Healthy Aging Health Care Workforce Rural Health Elected officials are often required to make decisions on a variety of complex issues that affect health both directly and indirectly.