The grant will provide funding to establish the program at Hilo Medical Center, where family medicine residents will train and provide care at the Hawaii Island Family Health Center.
The training program was formed as a way to increase patients’ access to quality primary care while training physicians. The program is a collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s School of Nursing, The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene and the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.
“Hawaii faces a dire shortage of physicians, so we are honored to have the opportunity to work with Hilo Medical Center’s HHSC PCTP to help fill that need,” Ronald Fujimoto, MD, UnitedHealthcare of Hawaii’s CMO, said in the news release.
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