Health Care

...House Speaker Scott K. Saiki today announced the appointment of individuals to serve on the Select House Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness adopted through House Resolution 54....

...February 26-29: Nawiliwili, Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo....

...almost 40 percent of U.S. adults are obese....

...Green: Put Corona Virus Quarantine Patients in Leahi Hospital with Nursing Home Patients....

...In 2017, only only 3.5 percent of Hawaiian high school students reported using e-cigarettes daily and only 1.2 percent reported smoking combustible cigarettes daily....

...During the recession of 2008, the state government was forced to reduce the school week to four days, cut millions of dollars from social programs, and reduce public employee salaries by 5 percent....

...Emergency preparedness in Hawaii....

...Reckless state spending is exhausting our emergency reserves....

...to keep those lucrative 'continuing education' courses under the Association's control....

...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....

...State’s physician shortage remains between 519 and 820 doctors....

...In times of crisis, we are likely to be held back by the same problems that affect us now — the doctor shortage, the shipping restrictions caused by the Jones Act....

...Analysis of the vaping industry in Hawaii, including economic data, state health department findings on vaping-related lung illnesses, youth e-cigarette use, tobacco retail compliance checks, and state funding dedicated to tobacco control programs....

...As Threats Increase, Annual Assessment Finds Hawaii's Level of Readiness for Health Emergencies dropping....

...In 2019, Hawaii’s legislature nearly enacted a resolution establishing Meatless Mondays in Hawaii’s public schools....

... Hawaii is currently “short” by approximately 820 physicians ....

...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....

...Hawaii 46 -- ‘Dental Habits & Care’ Rank....

...SB2505: Requires & appropriates funds for DOH to establish a continuum of stabilization beds statewide for non-forensic patients with substance abuse or mental health disorders....

...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....

...The House Health Committee has scheduled a hearing on HB 2451 (Relating to Health) this Friday, January 31, at 11 a.m....

...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....

...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....

...The 18th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report grades states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use....

...In 2019, Hawaii's legislature expressly re-incorporated failure to obtain needed treatment for mental illness to prevent serious physical debilitation or disease into its definition of 'dangerous to self.' ....

...will the Diamond Head attack be enough to turn the tide on mental health reform?....

...Docs are channeling their inner Rambo: “I love my country! I just want it to love us back.”....

...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....