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Hawaii Was Creating A Plan For Universal Health Care. It’s …

The ACA introduced payment reforms called “value-based payment,” founded on the idea that health care costs in the United States were the highest in the world because … See more

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URL: https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/10/hawaii-was-creating-a-plan-for-universal-health-care-its-time-to-return-to-it/

Telehealth Has Improved Medical Service To Remote …

WEBDBEDT has identified a number of barriers to digital equity in telehealth. (Screenshot/2023) Another challenge: Not everyone feels comfortable talking about their …

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New $15 Million Grant Seeks To Address Root Causes Of …

WEBSeveral Hawaii health clinics are in line to receive $15 million in private funding aimed at improving outcomes for underserved populations and addressing root …

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Strengthen And Expand Access To Safe Reproductive …

WEBWe all see now that both federal protections and strong, active community networks are required to maintain awareness and access to quality reproductive health …

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Hawaii's New Health Equity Office Is Slow To Get Up And …

WEBThe $24.5 million in federal funding goes to a lot besides the new equity office — it’s also supposed to help the state pay for vaccination and telehealth services …

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Here's How To Be An Advocate for Hawaii’s Public Health

WEBIf you know someone that needs help obtaining a vaccination, ask them to call our hotline at (808) 204-4333. Or, if you’d like, launch your own initiatives. Get a …

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Big Island Residents Have A New Option To Treat …

WEBKipuka O Ke Ola, the Native Hawaiian rural health clinic in Waimea, recently acquired a TMS machine, making it the first and only one on the island to date.. Dr. …

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Lee Cataluna: Dr. Libby Char Wants You To Get Your Act …

WEBBy Lee Cataluna. August 15, 2021 5 min read. The worst job in the state right now has to belong to Dr. Libby Char. She is director of the Department of Health during a pandemic …

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These Volunteer Pilots Are Helping Rural Hawaii Residents …

WEBThe free service can't solve rural health care access issues. But organizers say it can help more people than it does currently.

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'We Can't Be All Things To All People': Turning Around An …

WEBWahiawa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has 93 beds and houses the hospital’s skilled nursing and long term care. Patient Rosita Yadao, 84, gets a lift from …

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Climate Change Threatens To Worsen Health Disparities In Hawaii

WEBCory Lum/Civil Beat/2021. One of the most immediate is worsening mental health. Already climate anxiety is growing and extreme weather events are fueling post …

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Nonprofit Finds Success In Treating Mentally Ill Homeless People …

WEBThe Institute for Human Services, a local nonprofit, has assessed at least 100 homeless people over the last 14 months, and has provided medication for about 30 …

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Hawaii's State Mental Hospital Has Long History of 'Horrifying

WEBThe fatal stabbing of a nurse at the hospital in 2023 has brought renewed attention to issues at the state-run psychiatric hospital. But Hawaii’s newspaper archive …

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Hawaii Is Bringing Back Its Health Equity Office As Pandemic …

WEBThe pandemic illuminated long-standing health inequities in Hawaii as COVID-19 disproportionately affected Filipinos and non-Hawaiian Pacific Islanders.

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Native Hawaiians Grapple With The Mental Toll Of The Delta Surge

WEBOn June 19, Hawaii reported 5,414 total cases of Covid among Native Hawaiians since the pandemic began in March 2020. Days later, the state reported …

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Hawaii’s Pandemic Crisis Care Plan Raises Legal And Ethical Concerns

WEBLegal And Ethical Concerns. Wynia from the University of Colorado has reviewed crisis standards of care plans from across the nation, and said Hawaii’s relies …

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The Pandemic Has ‘Permanently’ Changed Health Care In Hawaii

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic forced community health centers to reach patients by video and phone for the first time last year as stay-at-home orders and other …

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Pandemic Hardships Have Made Hawaii's Nursing Shortage Even …

WEBCory Lum/Civil Beat/2020. The local staffing shortfall predates the arrival of the coronavirus. “The shortage of nurses is a long-term problem in Hawaii,” said …

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Maui's Private Hospital System Is In Need Of More State Aid.

WEBPart of the deal calls for the hospitals to become financially self-sustaining by 2025. Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016. Completed in July 2017, the public-private …

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Beth Fukumoto: Hawaii's Need For Friends Fuels …

WEBBeth Fukumoto served three terms in the Hawaii House of Representatives. She was the youngest woman in the U.S. to lead a major party in a legislature, the first …

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Union Says Big Island Wastewater Plants Are Dangerously …

WEBRamzi Mansour, Hawaii County’s environmental management director, on a tour of the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant in North Kona. (Tom Hasslinger/Civil …

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Molokai Residents Are Facing New Barriers To Dental Care After …

WEBMolokai has fewer visitors than any other Hawaiian island, as well as the most prevalent indigenous population in the state. (Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021)

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Frequent Withdrawals Of Nominees Hinder Green's Efforts To Fill …

WEBMore than 10% of the governor’s nominees have been pulled back this year. Of the more than 200 gubernatorial nominations submitted to the Hawaii State Senate …

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The Sunshine Blog: Dennis Mitsunaga Ends Up In The Slammer …

WEBThe members of Civil Beat’s editorial board focused on ‘Let The Sunshine In’ are Patti Epler, Chad Blair, John Hill. Matthew Leonard and Richard Wiens. Short takes, …

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