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Saturday, October 8, 2022 |
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Putting a human face on Hawaii's doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 10:31 PM :: 4137 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... they told me, ‘Send this person to Costco’ ....
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Thursday, October 6, 2022 |
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Petition aims to exempt medical costs from Hawaii's general excise tax
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:05 PM :: 1889 Views :: Health Care
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... Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has launched a petition urging the Hawaii Legislature to exempt medical services from the state’s general excise tax ....
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Friday, September 30, 2022 |
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Honolulu Ranks 112th for People with Disabilities
By Selected News Articles @ 10:13 PM :: 2901 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... The average monthly Social Security disability benefit as of August 2022 was only $1,231.80 ....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022 |
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Skin Cancer News: Maui Sunscreen Ban goes into Effect October 1
By News Release @ 9:23 PM :: 2677 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Health Care
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... the terms “reef friendly” and “reef safe” are not regulated ....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022 |
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States that Vaccinate the Most--Hawaii 34th
By Wallet Hub @ 9:58 AM :: 2662 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... there is still a significant chunk of the population that is hesitant to get the vaccine ....
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Thursday, September 8, 2022 |
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First Bargaining Session Since Beginning of Kaiser Strike
By News Release @ 2:23 AM :: 2332 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Union Reports No Progress in First Bargaining Session Since Beginning of Strike, No Talks Scheduled This Week, Picketing Continues Today, Sept. 7 on Maui ....
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Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii's Doctor Shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:39 AM :: 2490 Views :: Health Care
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... how bad is it and what can we do about it ....
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Friday, September 2, 2022 |
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Military families sue US over water contaminated by Navy jet fuel
By Court House News @ 4:28 PM :: 2232 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... The Navy’s “toxic secrets” contributed to severe health issues for military families in Hawaii who were forced to drink tainted water and denied appropriate medical care, according to the lawsuit ....
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Monday, August 29, 2022 |
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Mental Health Workers Strike Kaiser Beginning Monday
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 2853 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...Clinicians will strike for as long as it takes to make Kaiser address an understaffing crisis that leaves patients waiting months for therapy sessions....
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Friday, August 19, 2022 |
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Kaiser mental health worker strike expands to Hawaii
By Court House News @ 10:46 AM :: 2492 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Mental health workers will join their counterparts in California already on strike over understaffing and long wait times for patients ....
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 |
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How to increase Hawaii’s healthcare capacity
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:32 AM :: 2372 Views :: Health Care
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... the state has a critical shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, the fewest hospital beds per capita in the U.S., and the 10th longest emergency room wait lines ....
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Friday, August 12, 2022 |
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Ige Approves Emergency Rules to Hire Out-of-State Nurses
By News Release @ 3:28 AM :: 2480 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... the rules amend Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Chapter 16-89, to allow for nurses to practice temporarily ....
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Sunday, August 7, 2022 |
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Addressing the Tax Crisis in Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2370 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... According to the Hawaii Physician Shortage Crisis Task Force, taxes are one of the reason for the shortage ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 |
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Hawaii Skin Cancer Rates up 14%
By Selected News Articles @ 8:29 AM :: 2570 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii's 14% increase is second only to Arizona which increased 21% ....
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 |
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FDA: Puberty Blocker Side Effects Include Brain Swelling, Blindness
By Video @ 4:17 PM :: 3206 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care
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... Tulsi Gabbard Accuses Biden Administration of ‘Dangerously Promoting Child Abuse’ ....
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Sunday, July 31, 2022 |
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We Need an Emergency Declaration for Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2510 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... with the current licensing requirements in place the workers won’t be able to work here until they get through a bunch of bureaucratic red tape. The state of emergency could be used to bypass the licensing requirements ....
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Thursday, July 21, 2022 |
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While Patients Wait, Hawaii Plays Favorites in Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:57 PM :: 2919 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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... Launching any type of business involves risk, but health care providers face an extra hurdle in Hawaii ....
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Monday, July 18, 2022 |
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Kaiser Hawaii Mental Health Accreditation Threatened
By News Release @ 7:47 PM :: 2948 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Citing “shortcomings in its behavioral health services,” the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which accredits all health insurers in the United States, has called for “corrective action” at Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinics in Hawai’i ....
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Monday, June 27, 2022 |
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How Many Anti-Vaxxers at Your School?
By News Release @ 4:35 PM :: 3723 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... A Map of Regressive Progressives: School by school data shows anti-vaxxers concentrated in areas known for anti-GMO and anti-Superferry protests ....
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Thursday, June 16, 2022 |
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Hawaii Best Health Care During COVID
By News Release @ 6:30 AM :: 2814 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii and Massachusetts top the 2022 State Scorecard rankings, based on overall performance across 56 measures of health care access and quality, service use and cost, health disparities, and health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022 |
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How much profit are private labs earning from PCR testing?
By UHERO @ 12:00 PM :: 3013 Views :: Economy, Health Care, COVID-19
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“...In many concentrated insurance markets such as Hawaiʻi, insurers have few incentives to negotiate lower prices. They can easily pass these costs onto premiums without losing market share....”
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii Cost of Living Matched by Cost of Dying
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 AM :: 2728 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....
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Monday, June 6, 2022 |
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Where it Pays to be a Nurse? -- not Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 AM :: 3306 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....
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Friday, May 27, 2022 |
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DoH Survey: 87% in Red Hill Impact Area Report Symptoms
By News Release @ 5:17 AM :: 2759 Views :: Environment, Health Care, Military
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... Eighty-seven percent of over 2,000 survey participants reported at least one new or worsening health symptom following exposure to JP-5 jet fuel in the Navy water system. Thirty-seven percent sought medical care and 17 people reported being hospitalized overnight ....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022 |
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Mental Health Workers Strike Kaiser Hawaii Facilities
By News Release @ 6:11 AM :: 4225 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Drugs
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... Clinicians schedule statewide strike starting May 18 to force changes at HMO that serves 260,000 Hawaii residents ....
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022 |
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Patient Safety--How Does Your Hospital Rank?
By News Release @ 5:51 PM :: 2440 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... New Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group Highlight Pandemic-Era Declines in Patient Experience ....
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Friday, May 6, 2022 |
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Hawaii 2nd Lowest Drug Abuse in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 2878 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Drugs
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... Drug Use by State: 2022’s Problem Areas ....
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Monday, April 11, 2022 |
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HB1823: Legislators Sneak Same Day Assisted Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 11:40 PM :: 2788 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... To eliminate waiting period physicians need only to "believe" the time period is too long ....
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Monday, March 21, 2022 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States for Doctors
By Selected News Articles @ 4:58 PM :: 2481 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2022’s Best & Worst States for Doctors ....
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Sunday, February 20, 2022 |
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We Have a Health Care Crisis – And Our Taxes Aren’t Helping
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2386 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Medicare will only reimburse medical work at “reasonable charges” and will not reimburse the doctors for the GET they have to pay ....
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Thursday, February 17, 2022 |
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SB2282: Allow Nurses to Abort Babies Up to Viability
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 PM :: 2560 Views :: Health Care, Life
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... Barely a year after Hawaii began allowing nurses to abort first-trimester unborn babies, state lawmakers already are moving forward with legislation to allow nurses to do even more dangerous second-trimester abortions ....
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022 |
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Change in Long-Term Care Costs in Hawaii Mixed
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 2951 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... in Hawaii the increase in the cost for assisted living facility care surpassed the national trend while the increase in costs for home care services was less than what was seen nationally ....
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 |
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HB1919: No GE Tax on Food, Medical Care and Feminine Hygiene Products
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:07 AM :: 3159 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... the regressive general excise tax is one of the reasons for Hawaii’s high cost of living ....
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Sunday, February 13, 2022 |
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HB2026: Ease Interstate EMT hiring
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:59 AM :: 3083 Views :: Health Care, Military
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... SB2026 would enter Hawaii into the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact....
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Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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HB2028 Would Legalize Limited Raw Milk Sales
By Selected News Articles @ 4:21 AM :: 6497 Views :: Agriculture, Health Care, Small Business
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... Sales would be limited to farms or facilities with no more than 2 milk-bearing cows ....
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Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
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Hawaii: State of Tobacco Control
By News Release @ 3:25 AM :: 4849 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes
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... The 20th annual American Lung Association "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates states ....
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Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |
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Hawaii: Cost Per Tobacco Smoker $2.8M
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 3009 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... In Hawaii, smoking can burn a nasty hole through your wallet ....
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Saturday, January 1, 2022 |
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Native Hawaiian Access to Healthcare is a Symptom of a Statewide Problem
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:38 PM :: 4366 Views :: Health Care, OHA, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... “Hawaiʻi is the ʻmost hostile health environment to practice in," physician says ....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021 |
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Here’s How Life Expectancy in Hawaii Compares to the Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:34 PM :: 4582 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Life
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... life expectancy at birth in Hawaii is 82.3 years, the highest among states and well above the comparable national average of 79.2 years ....
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Monday, December 27, 2021 |
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Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii Ranks #4 for Dental Health
By Selected News Articles @ 12:00 AM :: 2539 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Connecticut has the best dental health, followed by the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Hawaii and New Jersey ....
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Saturday, December 11, 2021 |
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NextHealth Fined $58K for Conducting COVID Testing
By News Release @ 2:50 AM :: 3107 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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"... NextHealth was operating without a CLIA Certificate of Waiver and a State of Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Class I Permit ...."
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021 |
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Hawaii’s Healthcare Shortage: Hawaii Island Residents Concerned
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:41 AM :: 3688 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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... Residents on Hawaii island are voicing their concerns about the shortage of healthcare, according to Lisa Rantz, executive director of the Hilo Medical Center Foundation ....
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 |
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Elder Abuse: Hawaii Rankings Mixed
By Selected News Articles @ 4:27 PM :: 2562 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections ....
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Monday, November 22, 2021 |
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Hawaii Top Ten Hospitals Ranked for Outcomes, Efficiency
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 4066 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... NOTE: Hospitals ranking best for outcomes and efficiency rank lowest for equity ....
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Saturday, November 20, 2021 |
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'Certificate of Need' stands in way of improving healthcare in Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:45 PM :: 2485 Views :: Health Care
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... Since 2006, state officials have rejected over $200 million worth of certificate-of-need requests, which would have added more than 200 hospital beds to meet Hawaii’s medical needs ....
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
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2021’s Most Obese States--Hawaii 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 6:00 PM :: 2721 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... more than seven in 10 U.S. adults aged 20 and older are either overweight or obese ....
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Saturday, November 13, 2021 |
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Strike Halted, Tentative Agreement Reached Between Alliance Unions and Kaiser Permanente
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 2831 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract ....
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