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Wednesday, January 1, 2020 |
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UH report shows more than 150 doctors left Hawaii in 2019
By News Release @ 3:53 PM :: 3676 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...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....
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Monday, December 30, 2019 |
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Will Red Flag Laws Stop Gun Owners Seeking Medical Care?
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 4077 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...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....
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 |
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Auditor: Insurers Already Cover Rape Victim Support
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 10:00 AM :: 2617 Views :: Health Care
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...Study of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance for Clinical Victim Support Services for Victims of Sexual Violence and Abuse....
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Thursday, December 26, 2019 |
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56% of Hawaii Smokers Tried to Quit Last Year
By News Release @ 2:57 PM :: 3447 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Lung Assn: Ready to Quit Smoking? ‘Quit, Don’t Switch’ to E-Cigarettes....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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DoH raids Two Unlicensed Care Homes
By News Release @ 10:11 AM :: 3417 Views :: Health Care
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“...This is (only) the third NOVO that we have issued against illegal care homes this year in response to complaints we have received....”
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 |
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Anti-Vaxxers Target Samoa with Disinformation Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:41 AM :: 4920 Views :: Ethics, World News, Health Care
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"...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....”
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii Ranks Among Least Protection Against Elder Abuse
By Selected News Articles @ 5:44 PM :: 5499 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Life
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...2019’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections....
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 |
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America's Health Rankings: Hawaii 3rd-Healthiest State
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 3541 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...America's Health Ranking's 2019 Hawaii Report....
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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Cost of Care Survey 2019: Most Long Term Care Costs In Hawaii Decrease
By News Release @ 5:53 PM :: 3920 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Annual Median Cost of Long Term Care Support Services for Hawaii....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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DoH: Marijuana Behind Most Vaping Illness
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 4099 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...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....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 |
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Feds: Guam #1 for Medicare Ambulance Fraud
By News Release @ 12:40 AM :: 4656 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Guam Ambulance Company Executives Plead Guilty to Medicare and TRICARE Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme....
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Thursday, November 7, 2019 |
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Fewer years of healthy life for Native Hawaiians, UH study finds
By News Release @ 1:43 PM :: 4191 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, OHA
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...Native Hawaiians in Hawaiʻi have a shorter life expectancy compared with other racial/ethnic populations in the state....
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Thursday, October 31, 2019 |
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Lawsuit: How HMSA Ran Down Clock on Expensive Cancer Patient
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 5753 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...Unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court Victory Against HMSA for Cancer Patient and Widow....
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 |
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Birth Control: 9th Circuit Refuses to Recognize Religious Objectors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:47 AM :: 7484 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Health Care, Life, Religion
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...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....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 |
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HSTA wins award for tobacco control efforts
By News Release @ 7:23 PM :: 4735 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Labor
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...teachers union says state should ban flavored vape products....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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National Council on Disability Rips Hawaii Assisted Suicide Law
By News Release @ 4:59 AM :: 108673 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Hawaii and California 'confidentiality' provisions 'extremely dangerous'....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii Vape Retailers Oppose Proposed E-Cigarette, Store-Bought, Nicotine Flavor Ban
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 92747 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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...Currently, the minimum age to purchase nicotine vapor products in Hawaii is 21....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 |
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Critical flaws plague new study linking ‘heavy’ pesticide exposure to cardiovascular disease
By Selected News Articles @ 2:57 PM :: 5745 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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...there is no paper that is so dreadful that it cannot be published somewhere....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019 |
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Hawaii: State of Childhood Obesity
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 4950 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... age 10-17--obesity rate 11.5%....
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Saturday, October 12, 2019 |
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Hawaii 3rd-Lowest Uninsured
By Selected News Articles @ 6:15 PM :: 3740 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Cities and States with the Highest and Lowest Uninsured Rates....
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Monday, October 7, 2019 |
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DoH public health advisory urging everyone to stop vaping
By News Release @ 6:02 PM :: 4216 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...If you are an adult using vaping devices to kick a cigarette habit, do not return to smoking cigarettes....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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Vaccinations? Hawaii Ranks 34th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:36 PM :: 3806 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...vaccines prevented 732,000 deaths in the U.S. between 1994 and 2013....
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Monday, September 9, 2019 |
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Hawaii Among States with Lowest Death Rate
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 3393 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 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 ….
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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The cure for Hawaii’s doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:13 PM :: 5126 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...doctors can make 50 percent more if they work on the mainland instead of in Hawaii....
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Friday, August 30, 2019 |
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Survey: Over 2,200 Healthcare Jobs Open in Hawaii
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 5282 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Higher Education
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...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....
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Thursday, August 29, 2019 |
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DoH: New school immunization requirements
By News Release @ 4:01 AM :: 5094 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care, Higher Education
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...additional immunizations will be required for students entering preschool, kindergarten through grade 12, and colleges/universities in Hawai‘i....
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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For Hawaii, Cost of Dying is Like Cost of Living
By Selected News Articles @ 11:40 PM :: 5884 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Death in Hawaii is by far the priciest among all the states....
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019 |
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840 Maui Hospital Workers Liberated from HGEA—UPW Next?
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 6278 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...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....
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Monday, August 5, 2019 |
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Hawaii Doctors Least Likely to Accept Medicare
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 4212 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii ranks 36th for health care access....
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 |
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Mental healthcare in Hawaii: Young minds at risk
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5487 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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...The state of mental healthcare for Hawai‘i’s medicaid-eligible youth....
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019 |
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DoH: Six Months of Suicide in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 4478 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Hawaii Department of Health releases six-month progress report on Our Care, Our Choice Act....
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 |
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Hawaii #2 for Suicide: Drug, Alcohol Deaths up
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 5172 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...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....
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
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Feds Identify Hawaii's Six Worst Nursing Homes
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 5048 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... identified as having a “persistent record of poor care” ....
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 |
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Hawaii joins states suing OxyContin maker
By News Release @ 3:21 AM :: 4509 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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...In Hawaii, opioid deaths, hospitalizations, and treatment services have risen significantly over the last several years....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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First Dialysis Center Coming to Micronesia?
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 4697 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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...Request for Proposals: Pohnpei State Hemodialysis Project....
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Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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VA Pacific Islands launching new community care options
By News Release @ 4:37 AM :: 5058 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...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....
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Sunday, May 26, 2019 |
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Patient Dumping Alleged at Adult Care Home
By News Release @ 8:50 PM :: 4141 Views :: Health Care
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...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....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 |
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Mandatory Abortion and Sex Change: Hawaii AG Sues Trump
By News Release @ 3:20 AM :: 6224 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Life
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...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....”
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Saturday, May 18, 2019 |
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Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 5:14 PM :: 5461 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk of avoidable death....
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Thursday, May 16, 2019 |
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Trump Administration Copies Hawaii Pay-for-Outcomes Medical System
By News Release @ 4:53 AM :: 3491 Views :: Health Care
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...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....
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Friday, May 10, 2019 |
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Wahiawa Hospital: New Partnership Supports Mental Health Needs
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 4576 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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...there may be as many as 30 stabilization beds at WGH by early next year....
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 |
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The Role and Impact of Law Enforcement in Transporting Individuals with Severe Mental Illness
By News Release @ 9:21 PM :: 4815 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Approximately one-third of individuals with severe mental illness have their first contact with mental health treatment through a law enforcement encounter....
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 |
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Hawaii 2nd Worst State for Nurses
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 4881 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2019’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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State of the Air: Hawaii Among the Cleanest
By News Release @ 4:16 PM :: 6331 Views :: Environment, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii Boasts Some of the Best Air Quality in the Nation According to the ‘State of the Air’ 2019 Report....
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
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DHS Audit: Significant Weaknesses and Deficiencies
By Hawaii State Auditor @ 4:10 AM :: 5196 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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...auditors from KMH LLP reported one significant deficiency in internal control over financial reporting and 14 material weaknesses and three significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
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Legislature Votes to Fund Suicide Prevention
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4956 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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...Task force statistics reveal youth, especially on neighbor islands, most at risk....
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Thursday, April 18, 2019 |
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Kids Oral Health--Hawaii Ranks Dead Last
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 AM :: 4773 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...this is the price Hawaii pays for pandering to anti-fluoridation nuts....
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Thursday, April 11, 2019 |
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Gabbard: US Health Care System Designed to 'keep people sick and on drugs'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:23 AM :: 5152 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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...This line of thinking is one step away from web sites touting “miracle cures THEY don’t want you to know about.”....
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