Health Care

...severe birth defects related to infection with the Zika virus occurred in Hawaii much earlier than in 2016....

Earlier this year, our lawmakers passed Act 25. It bans smoking on the premises of our state-owned hospitals....

...no mention of the massive rate hikes....

...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....

...Years of Positive Health Gains in the United States Threatened by Rise in Cardiovascular and Drug Deaths....

...The State is the senior partner in the tobacco industry....

As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table....

2015 Gallup Healthways State Well-Being Rankings for Older Americans...

Completed Vaccination Consent Forms due to Schools by December 16....

...obesity and overweight rates increased high school educated people, while there is weak evidence that they decreased for the college educated....

The meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6th at the Oahu Veterans Center at 1299 Kukila St, Honolulu....

The idea builds on a trend that is helping women obtain birth control more easily....

...encourage citizens of the Freely Associated States (FAS) who live in the 50 U.S. States to enroll in health insurance plans available under the Affordable Care Act....

...the Fall 2016 release of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a program which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals....

January 1, 2017 is the first day that these waiver programs could take effect....

Back in June, it looked like the hike would be 16 percent....

...job search, job referrals, vocational training, and work-based learning opportunities to individuals with disabilities....

...premiums have continued to grow by 5 percent per year or more in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, and Utah....

Health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces (also called exchanges) are expected to increase faster in 2017 than in previous years....

...MACRA imported all the worst elements of Obamacare into Medicare....

463 of the 479 active primary care practices in Oahu were contacted between 2/11/16 and 8/26/16 and questioned about current acceptance of new patients....

“We’ve never even heard of a publicly run hospital.”

Some have argued that health insurance is “not insurance”....

...administration will seek to both accelerate state payments into the Employee Retirement System pension fund and establish new rules for dealing with the privatization of government operations....

...Maui residents fly over to Oahu, bring thousands of our medical dollars there....  It is a guaranteed income for Oahu hospitals....

...The Case for Inclusion, an annual ranking of how well State Medicaid programs serve Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities....

The results of Hawaii Smiles confirm that Hawaii’s children have the highest prevalence of tooth decay in the United States....

...leadership and staff consistently reported difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified employees due to the cost of living, distance, and isolation of island life....

81.7% Regional Growth in Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices and Employment of Physicians....

Dr. Barry Shitamoto as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective Nov. 1, 2016.....

Among the many problems our community faces with the rampant homeless crisis is the use of our ambulances by a minority in our community, as a personal taxi service....

...the Maui Region Board announces Chief Executive Officer Wesley Lo’s departure effective October 31, 2016....

...a comprehensive bill to help ensure that veterans like Roy Hall get the benefits they've earned....

...In 2015, use of e-cigarettes may have resulted in an additional 18,000 long-term ex-smokers in England....

...Hawaii hospital readmissions fell 13.4% in 5 years....

WalletHub analysts recently compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 3 key dimension: health care costs, access, and outcomes....

The latest figures are from the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment, released today....

The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America, a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation....

...Why are matters of life and death not taking precedence over every other issue facing the state at this time?....

At the very moment when they should be preparing for a possible hurricane, Maui is looking at cutting back health services....

...the government made a couple of interventions in the market that allowed the manufacturer to raise prices....

The impact of the bed closures will mean a decreased capacity with critical services such as Stroke, Heart, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Trauma and other critical care needs requiring transport to Oahu....

With a new date of July 1, 2017, we will all avoid the perpetual raising and dashing of expectations as interim closing dates are repeatedly set and cancelled....

Paper Scripts! Hawaii is the lowest ranked state for electronic prescription of controlled substances ....

SB2077 could result in the ERS plan being disqualified by the Internal Revenue Service....

...frozen bay scallops produced on November 23-24, 2015 in the Philippines....

Obesity among Hawaii high schoolers declines, bucking national trend....

So what prompted them to address the issue nearly 2 months late? ....

Genki Sushi Restaurants on Oahu and Kauai will remain closed until the Department of Health can ensure their safe operation. All frozen scallop products from distributors Koha Oriental Foods and True World Foods are being restricted and will be destroyed....