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Plans to expand maternal telehealth, aid more rural patients

Hawaiʻi healthcare leaders gathered to learn how to make telehealth even more effective for rural areas across the state.

In the two weeks after the fire, third year medical students Ashley Lee and Joshua Kepler interacted with upwards of 20 people daily.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is investing $750,000 to plan and develop a rural family medicine residency program on Kauaʻi.

UH Maui College was part of Kīpuni Aloha no Maui on September 1.

The medical students met with leaders of the Kauaʻi healthcare community at an event on August 18.

Rebecca Delafield will investigate the severe maternal morbidity and the maternity care experiences of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

UH Maui College offers women health care services at its clinic on campus.

UH Mānoa epidemiologist Eric Hurwitz has studied back pain for 30 years.

Through the PILI ʻĀina Project, Claire Townsend Ing is helping to positively impact the health of thousands of families in Hawaiʻi.

The researchers noted that paddling appealed to a wide range of ages, income groups, and geographic locations.