Health Care

...Hawaii doesn't have enough doctors and other medical providers. Could Hawaii's tax system be a reason for the shortage?....

...Clinics and outpatient services, such as imaging and rehabilitation services, were significantly reduced last month and elective procedures were ceased in order to limit the spread of COVID-19....

...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....

...Health officials say the outbreak started in mid-March.  But HNN learned top members within the emergency command weren’t privy to the information until Wednesday morning....

...We have a 44% shortage of physicians on the Big Island....

"...As always, we are responding quickly to the needs and opportunities of the times...."

... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....

...To date, there have been more than 5,800 tests conducted for COVID-19 samples from Hawai‘i with 120 positive results.... 

...IQ Test: Do you believe that banning these cargoes protects YB workers from Corona Virus?....

...time was spent communicating with her former co-workers at the Health Information Management department....

"...On March 17, 2020, we mailed letters to all affected individuals...."

...what a difference a week makes....

...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....

...As of 22 March 2020, 27 cases of COVID-19 have been reported by Guam....

...Hawaii County is still going its own way....

...Hawaii ranks 17th for Medicaid spending, 46th for quality....

"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."

...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....

...islandwide nighttime curfew beginning Friday, March 20. The curfew will be in effect from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. daily until further notice....

...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....

...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....

...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....

...Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Hawai’i as of noon Sunday, state officials said....

“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”

...In this uncertain and anxious time, we already are seeing many questionable proposals being put forth....

"...Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Anderson confirmed that two of the cases show evidence of community spread...."

...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....

...with 26 cases and no deaths, Hawaii has the 43rd highest count of Corona Virus cases in USA....

..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....

...The DOH has received 124 negative results from test samples selected from sites statewide with the goal of identifying possible community transmission of COVID-19.... 

...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....

...Stored property enforcement and sidewalk nuisance enforcement to continue; HONU to continue to serve homeless population....

...The memo recommends all Senate offices close until further notice....

"...All cases who tested positive in Hawaiʻi are travel related. There is no evidence of community spread in Hawai‘i at this time...." -- DoH

...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....

...Hawaii joins 39 states that have decided to close schools....

...Keli'i Akina interviews Dr. Mai Wang....

...On March 4, 2020 a Capitol employee was suspected of having been exposed to the virus, and the Public Access was subsequently shuttered....

...Many states have taken the CDC’s advice....

...suspension of the legislative session indefinitely, starting on Tuesday, March 17....

...Sunshine doesn't cure Corona Virus -- but Corona Virus cures Sunshine....

...data set ranges from average annual wage of physicians to hospitals per capita to quality of public hospital system....

...The following was released by the White House....

...beginning Monday, March 16, it will restrict access to anyone who ... has traveled outside Hawaii in the past 14 days.... Such individuals will not be allowed to enter courthouses and other Judiciary facilities....

...The Department will use the additional time to plan for implementation of social distancing within the school setting, arrange for professional development to support modified operations, and thoroughly clean schools....

...It’s time to discard its big-spending plans and focus on ways to help the economy recover quickly....

...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....

...“The labs don’t translate online”....

...In the past two weeks, things have changed markedly, and a SARS-type V-shaped path is now too optimistic.... 

... the "coronavirus recession" and what Hawaii can do financially to cope with it ....