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Thursday, February 13, 2020 |
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No GE Tax on Medical Bills -- help lift MD shortage
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:32 PM :: 3533 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... Hawaii is currently “short” by approximately 820 physicians ....
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Friday, February 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Few Disabled Working, Federal Benefits Unused
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3423 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...Hawaii reported an integrated employment rate of 2 percent, the lowest rate in the nation....
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 |
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Hawaii Mixed Scores on Dental Care
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 PM :: 2775 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii 46 -- ‘Dental Habits & Care’ Rank....
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 |
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After Diamond Head Attack--Lawmakers Propose Gun Control and Mental Health Bills
By News Release @ 9:19 PM :: 3945 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Law Enforcement
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...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....
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Friday, January 31, 2020 |
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Stop Taxing Healthcare
By News Release @ 8:13 PM :: 3907 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...how do we attract more doctors to Hawaii — and keep the ones we still have?....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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HB2451: Assisted Suicide Proponents want Hawaii to be a testing ground for Nurses!
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 3:48 PM :: 2669 Views :: Health Care
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...The House Health Committee has scheduled a hearing on HB 2451 (Relating to Health) this Friday, January 31, at 11 a.m....
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii GE Tax adds $222M to healthcare costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:17 AM :: 4663 Views :: Health Care, Taxes, Cost of Living
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...Exempting medical services would help patients and stem the doctor shortage....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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HB2680: Involuntary Hospitalization for Mentally Ill
By Rep Cynthia Thielen @ 2:14 PM :: 3580 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 |
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Hawaii receives mixed grades on tobacco prevention and cessation
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 3572 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The 18th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report grades states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Eliminating Barriers to the Treatment of Mental Illness -- HRS Evaluated Law by Law
By News Release @ 11:57 AM :: 4074 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...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.' ....
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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Ige, Ballard, Legislators Agree: Mentally Ill Must be Forcibly Committed to Treatment Centers
By Selected News Articles @ 5:15 AM :: 4321 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...will the Diamond Head attack be enough to turn the tide on mental health reform?....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Doctors Agonistes: Paradise Lost
By Dr Ed Gutteling, MD @ 5:17 PM :: 4540 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Taxes
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...Docs are channeling their inner Rambo: “I love my country! I just want it to love us back.”....
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
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Making Prescriptions More Available
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:53 AM :: 2371 Views :: Health Care
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...Federal laws are standing in the way of the distribution of prescription medicine to individuals in need, says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, surgeon and medical public policy expert....
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Friday, January 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii Cost of Smoking $2.2M per Smoker
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 AM :: 3404 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Smoking doesn’t just ruin your health. It can also burn a nasty hole through your wallet....
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 |
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Homeless deaths increase on O‘ahu Because They are not Being Forced into Shelters
By News Release @ 5:23 PM :: 4354 Views :: Honolulu County, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Homelessness
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...The average age of death amongst this vulnerable population here on O‘ahu was 54.4 years old....
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020 |
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DoH Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Drug Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4386 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Drugs
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...Pacific Quest Corp operating two illegal special treatment facilities or therapeutic living programs....
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Thursday, January 2, 2020 |
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Hawaii Least Depressed State
By News Release @ 11:12 AM :: 3787 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...but depression rate jumps 17.76% from 2014-2018....
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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 :: 3430 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 :: 3763 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 :: 2445 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 :: 3219 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 :: 3179 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 :: 4542 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 :: 5112 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 :: 3277 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 :: 3642 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 :: 3789 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 :: 4329 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 :: 3894 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 :: 5494 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 :: 7021 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 :: 4377 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 :: 94157 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 :: 80643 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 :: 5310 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 :: 4560 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 :: 3452 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 :: 3938 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 :: 3536 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 :: 3131 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 :: 4833 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 :: 4933 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 :: 4761 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 :: 5540 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 :: 5959 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 :: 3968 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 :: 5167 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 :: 4174 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 :: 4834 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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