State Office Building
54 High Street, Wailuku
(808)984-8200
Established in 1839 under the Kingdom of Hawai`i, the Maui District
Health Office acts as an extension of the State Department of Health
for Maui County. Maui County encompasses the islands of Kaho`olawe,
Lana`i, Maui and Moloka`i.
Maui DHO serves its island community by providing resources and
expertise on areas such as; family health services, adult day centers,
public health nursing, environmental health services, family guidance
centers and emergency preparedness.
Kula Hospital
A Critical Access Hospital with 5
acute care beds, 99 SNF/ICF beds, 9 ICF/MR beds, a 24 hour emergency room
and outpatient clinic with lab and x-ray services.
Pacific Cancer Institute "is dedicated to providing the latest state-of-the-art cancer treatment technology, highly-skilled medical teams
and a warm, healing environment for patients and their families."
Task force endorses new hospital for West Maui
Honolulu Advertiser, Nov 23, 2007, by Chris Hamilton Maui News
PA'IA, Maui — The Maui Health Care Initiative Task Force, established by the state Legislature to study healthcare needs in Maui County, endorsed a hospital for West Maui
in a draft report issued Tuesday.
West Maui Hospital &
Medical Center
"THE TIME IS NOW: Proposed Acute Emergency Care Hospital for the
residents, visitors, workers of West Maui, Hawaii"
West Maui Hospital Certificate of Need is Being Purposefully Stalled
Until After the November Election Hawaii Reporter,
By Jan Shields, 9/3/2008 8:43:16 AM
"... Maui Hospital Certificate of Need (CON) is
being purposefully stalled until after the November 4th election. If
the CON were to be denied prior to the election, it would hurt....
Therefore, SHPDA, the State Health
Planning and Development Agency, is postponing the CON.... This is the
same game that SHPDA
played with [...] Malulani, the proposed South Maui Hospital."
Association for Improved Healthcare on Maui (AIHM)
"Maui Needs Another Hospital..
THIS SITE EXPLAINS OUR PLAN FOR OBTAINING ONE.!
You will find comprehensive news, information and the status on
continuing our effort to build the much needed second hospital on Maui."
Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center
The GOAL of the HPB AHEC is facilitate access to an abundant supply of knowledgeable and culturally competent providers through training and recruitment partnerships that
will improve the diversity, distribution and quality of the health professions workforce.
2200 Main St.
Suite 547
Wailuku, HI 96793
Ph: (808) 270-7774
Fax: (808) 270-7935
Council On Aging (Maui County)
Meets at least every other month for the purpose of advising the County
Executive Office on Aging on needs of older persons, plans for helping
older persons, programs that service older persons, and legislation and
issues affecting older persons. The Council also advocates for the
needs of older persons, and plans and coordinates the Maui County
Senior Citizens Fair.
Maui Adult Day Care Centers
"...can help you by providing a social daytime therapeutic program for
individuals who are frail, elderly, individuals diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s disease or other related forms of dementia, and adults who
are physically and mentally challenged."
University of Hawaii Center
for Aging (Manoa)
"The Center on Aging (COA) was established in 1988 to:
1) stimulate and coordinate gerontological and aging instruction, research, and community services and,
2) promote collaboration between the University and other organizations concerned with aging."
Real Choices Hawaii: Access
Disability and Long Term Care Information
"RealChoices Hawaii is designed for people of all ages and abilities. It provides eldercare and disablility information and resources that enable you to make choices that
affect your life and to help you to participate in the community in a meaningful way."
The Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation "is a private, non-profit
501(c)(3) organization. It exists to raise funds in order to support MMMC
in its mission, development, and provision of medical care. Maui Memorial
is the only full-service, acute care hospital on Maui with sister
hospitals located in Kula and the island of Lanai."
Maui County Medical Society:
Physicians on Maui
"Physicians of Maui began reaching across generations, disciplines and
traditional medical group boundaries striving to elevate healthcare on
Maui to a higher standard of excellence. This instrument emerged as a
common medium to facilitate communication, education and kinship among
ourselves and with the larger Maui community."
Hawaii Health Information Corporation
Hawaii Health Information Corporation (HHIC) is Hawai‘i’s leading health care information organization. Our mission is to collect, analyze and disseminate statewide health
information to support efforts to continuously improve the quality and cost-efficiency of Hawai‘i’s health care services.
Tools for the Connected
Caregiver
Our Connecting Care map evolves!
Our mapping of a CONNECTING CARE system has evolved considerably over
the past few months.
University of Hawaii Telehealth Research Institute (TRI)
"...is a
research
group administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Office
of the Dean.
The mission of the group is to conduct original work in the use of
telecommunications and advanced computing in the delivery of medical
care and medical education. The group serves as a resource for Hawaii
and the academic community at large."
Home rule over health care could get stronger:
House panel OKs local oversight bodies, though CON process still in place
Maui News
By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer POSTED: February 14, 2008
The state House Health Committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday that would give more home rule to island communities affected by proposed medical facilities
and services.
The measure advances to the House Finance Committee.
House Bill 3326, co-sponsored by state Reps. Joe Bertram III of Kihei and Angus McKelvey of Lahaina, was inspired by efforts to obtain new hospitals in South Maui and West
Maui and aimed at improving the county’s overall health care system by giving more influence over decision-making to county residents.
Maui Memorial takes purse strings, cuts ties with HHSC
Maui News,
Friday, January 11, 2008
By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer
WAILUKU – Maui Memorial Medical Center has taken control of the money it
generates in patient services and has received $130 million in interim
and long-term financing from JPMorgan Chase Bank.
Center wins OK for new tool in cancer imaging Maui News Dec 25, 2007
The certificate for installation of the positron emission tomography and
computed tomography, also known as PET/CT or PET scan, was issued to the
new Maui Cancer Center.
Maui Residents Rally for Private Hospital Hawaii Reporter,
By Steve Warren, 1/10/2007 1:43:03 AM
More than 500 impassioned Maui residents supporting with a new, privately
run hospital on their island, met Monday, January 8, 2007, for the Kihei
Community Association. There they discussed the proposed Malulani
hospital in South Maui.
Legislature should override rejection of Maui hospital
Star Bulletin Jan 29, 2007.
Gov. Linda Lingle is asking the Legislature to authorize a second
acute-care hospital on Maui.
ANTIQUATED criteria strictly followed by the state bureaucracy are
blocking plans for a badly needed second hospital on Maui, and
legislation is needed to allow the project to proceed. Lawmakers should
grant Gov. Linda Lingle's request that they exempt the proposed hospital
from the criteria and change the rules to prevent similar snags in the
future.
Three Dead In Maui Air Ambulance Crash
Updated: March 10, 2006 12:37 PM PST
KAHULUI, Maui (KHNL) Department of Transportation officials say a Hawaii
air ambulance carrying three people has crashed on Maui, killing everyone
on board. [with videos]
American Medical Response
230 Hana Highway
Suite 10 B
Kahului, HI 96732
Phone 808-871-2153
Fax 808-871-2863
Operation Manager - Curt Morimoto MICT
Maui County EMS Medical Control - Dave Nelson MD
Maui's Air Medical Helicopter Service went in effect
September 2004. This joint venture with Pacific Helicopters
covers all of Maui County with Medical Evac 24/7 with full
ALS care.
Maui County's medical oversight is operated out of the island
of Maui's only acute care hospital. Maui Memorial Medical
Center is located in Wailuku at 221 Mahalani St.
