#American Medical Association
UH John A. Burns School of Medicine awarded $1.1M from American Medical Association
The medical school was one of 11 teams selected to receive funding from the association’s Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program.
Schatz leads bill to permanently expand telehealth as pandemic-era coverage nears expiration
Without Congressional action, current Telehealth flexibilities will expire Sept. 30, 2025.
Vot-ER gives first civic engagement award in Hawaiʻi to Molokaʻi health center
Molokaʻi Community Health Center has received Hawaiʻi’s first $4,500 Community Civic Engagement Program award from Vot-ER and its partners to support nonpartisan voter education and engagement.
Schatz Leads Group in Reintroducing Legislation To Expand Telehealth Access
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a bipartisan group of 50 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2021.
Record number of Native Hawaiian students become medical doctors
A record number of Native Hawaiian students became medical doctors over the weekend. Twelve of the 58 students who earned their MD from the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, were of Native Hawaiian decent. According to preliminary research by the medical school that was reported to the 2010 state Legislature, Hawaii […]
