The Institute for Rural and Community Health is a multidisciplinary group of professionals that are part of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The key programs of the department include the West Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Rural Health Research, the West Texas Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (WTxHITREC), Telemedicine, and the Telemedicine, Wellness, Intervention, Triage and Referral Project (TWITR).