Senator Jay Rockefeller joined Marshall University President Stephen Kopp in announcing the broadband interconnection of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and Cabell-Huntington Hospital.

The facilities will be able to share information to provide better care and treatment for rural residents. Kopp said, "There are challenges for people in various parts of the state to access health care facilities in various locations. If we can take it out of those areas and distribute it across the state, we have a better chance to meet all the needs of our citizens of the state."

As a result of this West Virginia Telehealth Alliance project, rural health centers will be able to remotely access physicians and specialists at the three Huntington facilities.