Kealakekua, island of Hawaii. Five nursing scholarships were awarded on June 29th to local students seeking to pursue nursing careers. This year, the Kona Community Hospital Auxiliary awarded four of the scholarships, and an anonymous donor awarded the fifth.
(left to Right) David Clark, KCH Auxiliary treasurer, Kui Len Rocha, recipient, Rich Mears RN, KCH education director, Jessica Johnson, Michael Warnecke, Charilou Presiados, Mary Quinn KCH Auxiliary president and Russell Nishihara.
Kona Community Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Kona Community Hospital has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent compliance for at least 24 months to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology secondary prevention guidelines for heart failure patients.
The Kona Hospital Foundation has received a generous grant from First Hawaiian Bank as part of their successful Buy-A-Bed project. Jim Higgins, foundation Chairman, announced that the Foundation had received a grant from First Hawaiian Bank in the amount of $23,355. At $7800 per bed, this grant will
Kona Community Hospital’s new state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine now features the relatively new technique of breast imaging. Although proven effective in multiple recent clinical trials, it is new to KCH, and has not previously been performed in Kona. The procedure is safe, accurate, and cost-effective, costing about the same amount as a regular MRI exam. It takes about 30-40 minutes to complete, and involves a small injection of inert contrast dye (gadolinium).
Kona Community Hospital is partnering with Maui Heart & Vascular to open a new cardiology clinic at Kona Community Hospital (KCH) beginning April 4, 2012. Maui Heart & Vascular’s Kona Clinic is located on the KCH campus in the Radiology Imaging Center and the new clinic will
The new mobile medical van, Ka’a Ho‘ola, was recently blessed by Kahu Danny Akaka, Jr. with over 80 guests at the ceremony. With the leadership of Representative Robert Herkes, Kona Community Hospital (KCH) Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) are working together to administer its theme “Growing Rural Healthcare.” Its name translates to
Kona Community Hospital (KCH) is hosting a “What is Palliative Care?” community presentation about end of life care decisions on Monday, March 12 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Kona Community Hospital’s Conference Rooms. The expert panel includes representatives from Kona Community Hospital and other local organizations. Topics covered will be hospital care, home health care, financing, and hospice services. There will also be informational materials provided from the various organizations and time for questions and answers.
The Kona Community Hospital (KCH) Education Department was recently awarded a check for $1250 from the Lion’s Club of Kailua-Kona for training equipment. They will be buying four infant CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) manikins and two AED (Automated External Defibrillators) trainers with this generous donation.
February 3 is National Wear Red Day and Kona Community Hospital organized a “We Care to Wear Red” day for all of the employees of the hospital for them to promote awareness regarding heart disease – the #1 threat to women.
The Kona Community Hospital Medical Staff currently consists of 168 physicians representing 26 specialties. The newly appointed Medical Staff Officers are Chief of Staff Robert Saito, MD, Radiology; Vice Chief of Staff Beth Groshong, DO, Anesthesiology; and Secretary/Treasurer Christina Collins, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology. Their terms are for