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MEDIA RELEASE On Friday, May 10, Hospice of Hilo hosted self-proclaimed “Jollytologist” Allen Klein to speak to the organization’s staff, volunteers and board members. Klein is an award-winning keynote public speaker and best selling writer who shows audiences worldwide how humor can help them deal with everyday trials and tribulations as well as triumphing over [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Human Services Med-QUEST Division (MQD) is canceling and rescheduling the current Annual Plan Change (APC) period. The new APC period will be June 17 – 28, 2013. Health plan changes will take effect Aug. 1, 2013. Reasons for the cancellation include the following: * Marketing by certain health plans was [...]

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Hilo native Krista Kiyosaki finishes doctor training as class president

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Community Hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. This is the message being touted via this year’s National Hospital Week theme, “A Guiding Light for Changing Times.” The annual event, scheduled for May 12-18, is [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE As part of the Obama administration’s work to make the health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services. The report was posted on the federal government website managed by the Centers for [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE West Hawaii Community Health Center — Waikoloa is now open and accepting new patients — both kamaaina (islanders) and malihini (newcomers). The office is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday in the Waikoloa Highlands Shopping Center in the Villages of Waikoloa, 8 miles upland on Waikoloa Road. Walk-ins are welcome. Dr. Rob Edmonds joined [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Congressional delegation has announced legislation to address the issue of physician shortages in rural communities and on neighbor islands. Last month, Sen. Brian Schatz and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduced Senate and House versions of the Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act (S. 726), and Sen. Mazie Hirono and Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa [...]

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What: Celebrate Your Family – Cherish the Child When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 Where: Sangha Hall, Hilo The whole family is invited to attend the 9th annual Celebrate Your Family. This is free event. There will be lots of fun games, activities, crafts, prizes, and food. Don’t miss the opportunity for the keiki [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parents eagerly anticipate the moment when their child first begins to talk. But for some parents, it is a time of anxiety because their child struggles to get words out. As many as five percent of preschool children nationwide have repetitions and prolongations of sounds severe enough to be of concern to their [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Researchers at The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaii Manoa have found the MD shortage statewide is worsening. The state is an estimated 747 physicians short of the number we should have currently treating patients, based on Hawaii’s population. There are currently 2,894 physicians practicing in Hawaii. One third [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE HIMSS Analytics has recognized Hilo Medical Center for achieving Stage 6 on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). As the first public hospital in Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to implement an EMR in May 2010, Hilo Medical Center is now working toward accomplishing the seventh and final stage. HIMSS Analytics developed the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE To further its commitment to improving community health, the East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation has adopted a tobacco-free policy that will go into effect Wednesday, May 1. This policy encompasses all hospitals and associated clinics on the campuses of Hilo Medical Center, Hale Hoola Hamakua in Honokaa and Ka’u Hospital, [...]

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