Kona Community and Kohala Hospitals launched their smoke and tobacco-free initiative last week in conjunction with the Great American Smokeout. This was an opportunity for both facilities to communicate to employees and the public that they will become smoke and tobacco-free campuses beginning January 1, 2013.
Kona Community Hospital (KCH) leadership has a positive outlook on its goal to launch comprehensive initiatives embedded within its long-term strategic plan. These initiatives are intended to increase efficiency, produce better patient outcomes and improve financial performance.
Beginning on August 27th, approximately 100 medical, hospital and IT professionals will descend on the Kona community for a month-long integrated test of the Hawaii Health System Corporation’s (HHSC) new electronic medical records (EMR) system. Kona Community Hospital will be hosting this
Kona Community Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Nathan Tomita, D.O. M.P.H. to its general surgery team. Dr. Tomita specializes in bariatric and general surgery, and will be performing procedures not yet available in west Hawaii.
Dr. Tomita is a highly skilled bariatric surgeon. He has performed hundreds of surgical weight loss procedures, most using minimally invasive, laparoscopic techniques. Bariatric surgical procedures which
(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.
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.
Members of the KCH Quality Improvement team include (left to right) Valerie Danao RN, Emma Ascuncion Secretary II, Trish Hancock RN, Michelle Huber M.D., Marcy Rogers RN, and Kim Turnbull RN.
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