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Monday, March 4, 2024 |
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State Hospital pretends to make changes in wake of slaying of staffer
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 1686 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... DOH conducted a full safety and security review of the State Operated Specialized Residential Program (SOSRP) and Hawai‘i State Hospital (HSH) facilities ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Unlicensed Midwives Sue State
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1820 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... there were no professional licenses in Hawaii before Captain Cook arrived, therefore unlicensed midwifery is 'indigenous' ....
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Monday, February 26, 2024 |
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Reports show assisted suicide continues to grow in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:52 PM :: 1826 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... 197 prescriptions have been written for death-inducing drugs in Hawaii since the passage of the state’s “medical aid in dying” law in 2019 ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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Executive Order: Hawaii is a 'Trauma-Informed' State
By News Release @ 1:25 AM :: 2060 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... first, Green's task force will seek out 'traumatized' State employees ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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DoH: Exposing tobacco marketing to Hawai‘i’s youth
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 1547 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The tobacco industry spends an estimated $22 million on marketing in Hawaiʻi each year costing the state $611 million in annual health care costs, $1.1 billion in lost productivity, and nearly $1,000 per household in state and federal tax burden ....
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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Monday, February 5, 2024 |
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Court: HMSA Physician Contracts “oppressive, unconscionable, and unenforceable”
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 4914 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... In a February 2, 2024 Order, 3rd Circuit Judge Robert D S Kim has voided HMSA, HMSA Medicare, and Quest ‘Participating Physician Agreements’ ....
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Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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Alaska and Hawaii Delegations Seek Medicare Reimbursement Flexibility for Rural Hospitals
By News Release @ 12:50 AM :: 1452 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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... to increase the amount that hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii can be reimbursed by Medicare to perform outpatient procedures for enrolled seniors ....
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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18 Years Later State Wins Dannenberg EUTF Suit
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 1788 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... contending that the EUTF had unconstitutionally diminished accrued retiree health benefits under Article XVI, Section 2 of the Hawai‘i Constitution ....
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 |
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Audit Exposes Widespread Payroll Cheating at State Hospital
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 7:57 PM :: 2294 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor
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"...staff’s intentional attempts to inflate their pay...."
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Friday, January 26, 2024 |
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Lung Association: Hawai‘i Earns Mixed Grades for Tobacco Control Policies
By News Release @ 5:00 AM :: 1398 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... American Lung Association “State of Tobacco Control” report releases Hawai‘i grades for tobacco control policies, outlines steps to reduce burden of tobacco ....
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales
By News Release @ 1:23 PM :: 1709 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... Passage into law would take an important step toward further rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice and effect ....
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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$4.5M: The Real Cost of Smoking in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:06 PM :: 1459 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii 8th highest cost of smoking ....
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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
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EMS lost $33M after failing to bill patients?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 1954 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... City and County of Honolulu had nearly a year to prepare for the July 1, 2022 handover, but somehow didn’t get the billing contract established ....
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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State Pays Down Student Debt for 492 Medics
By News Release @ 11:42 PM :: 1467 Views :: Health Care
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... The first application window opened on September 9, 2023 and closed on October 2, 2023. On Wednesday, just in time for Christmas, 492 awardees received acceptance letters. ....
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Saturday, December 16, 2023 |
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Loss of $192M? Honolulu EMS forgot to bill ambulance patients for over a year
By Andrew Walden @ 10:07 PM :: 2656 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... EMS neglected to bill patients for ambulance rides starting July 1, 2022 ....
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 |
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PBS Wokesters Look Out for Hawaii’s ‘Local Menstruators’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 AM :: 1954 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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... a story that fused the tax-funded outlet’s search for niche necessities that require government funding with its ongoing attempt to defy science and pretend humans other than biological women get periods ....
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Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii to join more medical licensure compacts?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:58 PM :: 1407 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... green-light compacts for other medical professionals, such as nurses, physical and occupational therapists, emergency medical service personnel, psychologists, audiologists ....
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 |
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Medical certificate-of-need laws have little to do with actual need
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:38 AM :: 1450 Views :: Health Care
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... Prospective healthcare providers need state permission before they can build new hospitals or offer other services in Hawaii ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Hawaii Worst State for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 1735 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... American Lung Association’s ‘State of Lung Cancer’ report reveals improvement in survival rate for people of color, examines toll of lung cancer state-by-state ....
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Friday, November 17, 2023 |
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Honolulu 'Equality' Score Jumps with Transgender 'Health' Benefits
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 1955 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Police
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... Honolulu achieved additional points in this year’s rankings for having transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits ....
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Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
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‘CON’ laws hindering access to better Hawaii healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:31 AM :: 1735 Views :: Health Care
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... repealing CON laws in Hawaii could result in “11 more hospitals, including four more rural hospitals [and] two more ambulatory surgical centers” ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Zoom-ing in on Better Healthcare
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:02 PM :: 1717 Views :: Health Care
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... Could broader use of telehealth improve the quality of healthcare in Hawaii? ....
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Sunday, November 5, 2023 |
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Queens to Buy Wahiawa Hospital
By News Release @ 1:57 AM :: 1993 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care
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... Queen’s to formalize the purchase of WGH scheduled for March 31, 2024 ....
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 |
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DoH Hosts Healthy Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan 2030 Summit
By News Release @ 1:00 AM :: 1896 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... DOH convened more than 250 stakeholders, advocates, and visionaries across the state to discuss the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030 ....
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Saturday, October 21, 2023 |
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Hawaii Health Department 'Commitment to Transgender Rights'
By News Release @ 2:59 AM :: 2151 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care
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... the statement denounces discrimination, including transphobia and transphobic action, which is recognized as a threat to public health ....
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 |
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A simple way to improve Hawaii healthcare
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:48 PM :: 2032 Views :: Health Care
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... now in a locked room at the Honolulu airport, waiting for state officials ....
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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The Wrath of CON: Updating Hawaii’s Healthcare Policy
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:55 AM :: 1972 Views :: Health Care
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... Hawaii’s hospitals, walk-in clinics and other healthcare providers have been held back for decades by arcane regulations known as 'certificate of need' laws ....
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Thursday, October 5, 2023 |
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Hawaii AG Sues pharmacy benefit managers
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 1734 Views :: Health Care
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... The complaint alleges that the PBMs’ business practices have driven skyrocketing prices for brand-name prescription medications over the past decade ....
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 |
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Hawaii AG Sues to Keep Feeding 'Gender Change' Drugs to Minors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:34 PM :: 2205 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... "surgeries that remove or add body parts associated with a given gender – such as genital removal or breast removal" and "treatments using puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for the purpose of developing characteristics inconsistent with a child's sex." ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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HELP: Student Loans to be repaid for Medical Professionals who Commit to Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:29 PM :: 2591 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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... $30 million in educational loan debt repayment to health professionals licensed or otherwise certified to practice in and provide care to patients in Hawai‘i ....
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Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
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Lahaina Fire: MedQuest Stops Terminations
By News Release @ 6:00 PM :: 2021 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... coverage will continue through at least the end of this year without interruption except for those who voluntarily ask Med-QUEST to end their coverage, those who have moved out of state or those who are deceased ....
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Saturday, August 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii healthcare takes more hits
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:11 PM :: 2015 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... among the heartbreaking losses earlier this month in fire-ravaged Lahaina were three healthcare clinics that served approximately 30,000 patients ....
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Saturday, August 26, 2023 |
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DoH, Kapiolani Hospital Ink Abortion Pill Deal
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 1945 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... KMCWC will purchase a year’s supply of mifepristone (1,000 doses), and DOH will reimburse KMCWC for any unused doses ....
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Monday, August 21, 2023 |
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New healthcare law a practical and philosophical win for Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 2033 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... how a licensure compact is likely to benefit Hawaii residents ....
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 |
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Let's stay focused on helping Lahaina fire victims--Eventually the Facts Will Come Out
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:06 PM :: 2339 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Taxes
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- waiving property taxes for the affected property owners
- clearing the way for out-of-state medical professionals to attend to the needs of those affected by the tragedy
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
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Hawaii AG joins 20 state coalition against ban on castration of underage boys
By Selected News Articles @ 9:12 PM :: 2554 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... a coalition of 20 states (including Hawaii) opposing "anti-transgender" laws in Tennessee and Kentucky blocking children from receiving puberty blocking hormones and gender change surgeries ....
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Monday, August 14, 2023 |
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Lawsuit Alleges Waimanalo Foster Girls Sexually Abused--and DHS Knew
By Andrew Walden @ 11:35 PM :: 4954 Views :: Family, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... medical records from November 8, 2019--given to DHS--indicate that Sibling 1 and Sibling 2 likely had been sexually abused ....
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Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
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Queens Hospital Bum Flop Stays Full
By News Release @ 1:38 PM :: 2938 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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... 15 patients come off the homeless merry go round for a while ....
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
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Healthcare Crisis on the Island of Molokaʻi
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:00 PM :: 2789 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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... Imagine an island with no doctors permanently living there, where patients must travel by air to access specialized medical care ....
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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
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DoH, UH Scheme to Hide Your Children's Sex Change Surgery from You
By Selected News Articles @ 9:01 PM :: 3692 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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..."minors 14 years of age or older" can "consent to outpatient mental health services without the consent, knowledge or participation of their parents or legal guardians, upon consultation and agreement of their licensed therapist."....
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023 |
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How a new law will help ease Hawaii's doctor shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 3530 Views :: Health Care
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... A national expert and a leading local doctor will take a deep look at how Hawaii will benefit from working together with other states ....
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Friday, July 7, 2023 |
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Homeless Medical Respite Fills up in One Month
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 1993 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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... 13 total intakes, 3 patient discharges, and a total of 189 unduplicated shower uses from members of the surrounding community during the first month of project operation ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 2539 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Health Care, Military
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... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....
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Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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Happy Day for Hawaii Healthcare
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:00 PM :: 2456 Views :: Health Care
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... physicians from around the country will enjoy an expedited path to licensure in our state ....
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Friday, June 23, 2023 |
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Hawaii Tops Health Rankings Again
By News Release @ 3:37 PM :: 537 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... but Hawaii is among the worst states in terms of women receiving early prenatal care ....
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Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
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How Grassroot Institute is working for a better Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:16 PM :: 2336 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Taxes
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... Grassroot Institute “actually proposed 15 model bills this year that were introduced and got one across the finish line, which was the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact” ....
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
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Some gems amid Legislature’s overspending?
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:25 PM :: 2267 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... two bills that would improve Hawaii’s economy ....
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Saturday, June 3, 2023 |
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New video says telehealth calls with mainland docs should be allowed
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:23 PM :: 2096 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The ban on teleconferencing with mainland doctors was lifted during the COVID-19 crisis, but should be lifted permanently ....
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Friday, June 2, 2023 |
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Tripler Culture and Malpractice: Contrasting military medical centers and private hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 10:50 PM :: 2686 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, has paid out over $108 million since 1997 due to malpractice settlements and verdicts ....
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