988 launch will expand access to mental health, substance use crisis services
988 launch will expand access to mental health, substance use crisis services Posted on Jul 14, 2022 in Newsroom HONOLULU – On Saturday, July 16, Hawaiʻi will adopt the national 988-dialing code for direct access to mental health and substance use crisis resources. The new three-digit number is expected to increase access to the Hawaiʻi […]
988 launch will expand access to mental health, substance use crisis services
988 launch will expand access to mental health, substance use crisis services Posted on Jul 14, 2022 in Newsroom HONOLULU – On Saturday, July 16, Hawaiʻi will adopt the national 988-dialing code for direct access to mental health and substance use crisis resources. The new three-digit number is expected to increase access to the Hawaiʻi […]
Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct survey to assess COVID-19 response efforts & emergency preparedness
Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct survey to assess COVID-19 response efforts & emergency preparedness Posted on Jul 12, 2022 in COVID-19, Newsroom LIHUE – The Department of Health’s (DOH) Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the community’s perception of Kauaʻi’s COVID-19 response […]
Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct survey to assess COVID-19 response efforts & emergency preparedness
Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct survey to assess COVID-19 response efforts & emergency preparedness Posted on Jul 12, 2022 in COVID-19, Newsroom LIHUE – The Department of Health’s (DOH) Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the community’s perception of Kauaʻi’s COVID-19 response […]
Hawaii receives 357 monkeypox vaccine doses in first of several allocations
Hawaii receives 357 monkeypox vaccine doses in first of several allocations Posted on Jul 7, 2022 in Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has received 357 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which is used to prevent monkeypox. DOH received its allocation from the Strategic National Stockpile and will continue to receive allocations […]
Hawaii receives 357 monkeypox vaccine doses in first of several allocations
Hawaii receives 357 monkeypox vaccine doses in first of several allocations Posted on Jul 7, 2022 in Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has received 357 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which is used to prevent monkeypox. DOH received its allocation from the Strategic National Stockpile and will continue to receive allocations […]
Family Medicine Physician Dr. Daniel Muench Joins Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group, Straub Kahala Clinic
Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group welcomes Dr. Daniel Muench to Straub Medical Center – Kahala Clinic & Urgent Care. A family medicine physician, Muench attends to a broad spectrum of medical conditions in order to help address the health care needs of patients of all ages in the community. His professional interests include skin diseases, […]
Hawaii Pacific Health Welcomes Pulmonologists Dr. Ronson Sato and Dr. Sheri Shimizu-Saito
Two local physicians have joined the Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group. Drs. Ronson Sato and Sheri Shimizu-Saito are both graduates of Iolani School and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), and each brings more than a decade of experience to the Department of Pulmonology at Straub Medical Center. Board certified […]
Dr. Shilpa Patel Named Chief Quality Officer of Hawaii Pacific Health
Dr. Shilpa Patel has been named chief quality officer of Hawaii Pacific Health. She assumes the role from Dr. Melinda Ashton, who retired June 30 after a 25-year career at HPH. Patel brings a wealth of clinical, administrative and educational leadership experience to the position. She joined HPH in 2004 and has served as physician […]
DOH releases Red Hill defueling plan, command investigation
DOH releases Red Hill defueling plan, command investigation Posted on Jun 30, 2022 in Navy Water System Incident, Newsroom Clarification: Please use below updated quote from Deputy Director Ho: “We are releasing these documents in the interest of transparency,” said Deputy Director of Environmental Health Kathleen Ho. “Red Hill needs to be shut down as […]