Kona Community Hospital seeks $20M for repairs
Kona Community Hospital seeks $20M for repairs
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Hawaii Ordered An Acupuncturist To Stop Practicing. Three Years Later, He Still Was 0 Mike Hashimoto, an architect of the state’s regulation of acupuncture, asked the state to intervene in a billing dispute last year despite his agreement to not treat patients.
In early 2022, Mike Hashimoto made a complaint to the state agency in charge of…
Hawaii Bill Aims To Make It Easier To Do Dialysis At Home 1 The bill is being pushed by a multinational company from Illinois that wants to sell products in Hawaii more cheaply.
A legislative proposal to change in a little-known provision of Hawaii’s health care regulations could…
Task force, lawmaker working on measure to legalize fentanyl test strips
Task force, lawmaker working on measure to legalize fentanyl test strips
‘It’s Horrendous’: The Deaths Of 2 Doctors Deepen The Void In Rural Health Care Access 0 Nearly half of Molokai’s population lost their primary care physician in a state that has long struggled to attract and retain medical professionals.
Doctors have long been in short supply on Molokai, where residents must board a plane…
Nonprofit reports needle exchange record
Nonprofit reports needle exchange record
Hospital operating at capacity but COVID, RSV and the flu aren’t to blame
Hospital operating at capacity but COVID, RSV and the flu aren’t to blame
Department of Health no longer wants 2 Oahu hospitals
Department of Health no longer wants 2 Oahu hospitals
A Sweeping Plan To Reinvent Kauai’s Oldest Hospital Is ‘Getting Close To The Vision’ 0 The projected $400 million project on the 34-acre property would upgrade the medical facility while creating a civic hub around schools, pubic safety and affordable housing.
Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital was built in 1917 to isolate and treat people diagnosed with…
Hawaii Hospital Giant Reaches Tentative Deal With Nurses 3 Nurses at Hawaii Pacific Health’s Straub Medical Center have until Friday to accept or reject a proposed union contract.
Nurses at Straub Medical Center got a New Year’s gift this week in the form…
Hilo Medical Center awaits $50M expansion OK
Hilo Medical Center awaits $50M expansion OK
Hefty subsidies continue for Hawaii’s state-run hospitals
Hefty subsidies continue for Hawaii’s state-run hospitals
Air Ambulance Crash Exposes Vulnerability In Neighbor Island Health Care 2 As a statewide emergency order ends, the governor and other doctors say more services are needed to reduce the dependency on medical air transport.
The deadly crash of a medical air transport plane off Maui last month has focused…
Doctors Want To Maximize The Potential Of Anti-Addiction Medication For Kauai Inmates 0 Overcoming the urge to return to heroin or other opioids upon release is only part of the problem. Many encounter a life outside without basic resources.
Addiction first took hold of Mark Christian’s life when he was a teenager who liked…
Flu season starts to peak
Flu season starts to peak
Hospitals get new CEO: Clayton McGhan to oversee operations in Kona and Kohala
Hospitals get new CEO: Clayton McGhan to oversee operations in Kona and Kohala
Green wants $50M for Hilo Medical Center
Green wants $50M for HMC
Two BI patients receive medical flights
Two BI patients receive medical flights
Hawaii Medicaid enrollment up 40% since start of pandemic
Hawaii Medicaid enrollment up 40% since start of pandemic
Military to open clinic aimed at treating chronic conditions from Red Hill fuel spill
HONOLULU — The Red Hill Clinic will start accepting patients suffering from long-term health impacts from…