Health Care

...Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet....

...The average age of death amongst this vulnerable population here on O‘ahu was 54.4 years old....

...Pacific Quest Corp operating two illegal special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs....

...but depression rate jumps 17.76% from 2014-2018....

...The exodus of doctors from practice in Hawai’i this year was much worse than was indicated in preliminary figures released just a few months ago....

...a poll asking gun owners if they would talk to their doctors about any mental health issues they may be having, knowing that their doctor could file a red flag order against them....

...Study of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance for Clinical Victim Support Services for Victims of Sexual Violence and Abuse....

...Lung Assn: Ready to Quit Smoking? ‘Quit, Don’t Switch’ to E-Cigarettes....

“...This is (only) the third NOVO that we have issued against illegal care homes this year in response to complaints we have received....”

"...Unfortunately, these anti-vaxx people all live overseas, but they’re using social media to influence our population and our community. What can the government do? We’re not wasting time with those people....”

...2019’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....

...America's Health Ranking's 2019 Hawaii Report....

...Annual Median Cost of Long Term Care Support Services for Hawaii....

...FDA and state health laboratories have detected vitamin E acetate (a synthetic form of vitamin E) in a sample of vaping fluids also containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active compound in marijuana....

...Guam Ambulance Company Executives Plead Guilty to Medicare and TRICARE Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme....

...Native Hawaiians in Hawaiʻi have a shorter life expectancy compared with other racial/ethnic populations in the state....

...Unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court Victory Against HMSA for Cancer Patient and Widow....

...the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld an injunction barring enforcement of rules that let employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds....

...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....

...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....

...Currently, the minimum age to purchase nicotine vapor products in Hawaii is 21....

...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....

... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....

...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....

...If you are an adult using vaping devices to kick a cigarette habit, do not return to smoking cigarettes....

...vaccines prevented 732,000 deaths in the U.S. between 1994 and 2013....

... The average age-adjusted death rate for the five states with the highest death rates was 49% higher than that for the five states with the lowest death rates ….

...doctors can make 50 percent more if they work on the mainland instead of in Hawaii....

...more than 2,200 healthcare jobs open across the state, with an average vacancy rate of 10% and most jobs taking six to 12 months to fill....

...additional immunizations will be required for students entering preschool, kindergarten through grade 12, and colleges/universities in Hawai‘i....

...Death in Hawaii is by far the priciest among all the states....

...By joining more than 32,000 sisters and brothers at UNAC/UHCP, the Maui Health System members gain significant strength in dealing with Kaiser Permanente....

...Hawaii ranks 36th for health care access....

...The state of mental healthcare for Hawai‘i’s medicaid-eligible youth....

...SB 1405 calls for confiscation, increased fines for youth....

...Hawaii Department of Health releases six-month progress report on Our Care, Our Choice Act....

...Suicide deaths rose to the second-highest rate in the country at 15.2 per 100,000 in 2017, the latest data available, from 8.2 per 100,000 in 2005, while alcohol deaths climbed to 5.8 from 3.5 and drug poisonings increased to 13.8 from 9.4....

... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....

...In Hawaii, opioid deaths, hospitalizations, and treatment services have risen significantly over the last several years....

...Request for Proposals: Pohnpei State Hemodialysis Project....

...this would apply to Veterans living in Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire and the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands....

...Medicaid care homes are allowed no more than two patients, however, if in the discretion of the health department such a Medicaid care home is allowed a third patient, such a patient MUST be a Medicaid patient....

...a Final Rule issued by the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, which seeks to expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses’ or employees’ “religious beliefs or moral convictions....”

...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....

...incentivize providers to reduce hospital utilization and total cost of care by potentially significantly rewarding them through performance-based payment adjustments based on their performance....

...Low prevalence of obesity....

...there may be as many as 30 stabilization beds at WGH by early next year....

...Approximately one-third of individuals with severe mental illness have their first contact with mental health treatment through a law enforcement encounter....

...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....