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Eva Koenig: ‘With some of my patients, we walk around the lobby, look at the pieces and go back to the Rehab Department to talk about the pictures, work on memory and encourage communication’

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MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in hospitals. The three-year accreditation award recognizes HMC’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art standards. HMC underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site survey January […]

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Hilo Medical Center named Dan Brinkman as Chief Operating Officer. Brinkman, who joined the hospital in 2007 as the Chief Nurse Executive, will provide operational guidance as Hilo Medical Center pursues its mission of improving our community health through exceptional and compassionate care.

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 by Elena Cabatu Since establishing Hilo Medical Center’s Cardio-Vascular Services in 2007, the hospital has been working to achieve its goal of providing cardio-vascular care to meet the needs of our community. Last month, Hilo Medical Center transitioned to the latest version of the Philips Telemetry System to monitor ambulatory cardiac […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Today (Jan. 29) marks the official first step in improving trauma care on the island. The inaugural meeting of the Big Island Trauma Advisory Council (BITAC), consisting of hospital leadership, physicians and emergency first responders from all regions of the island, is 9:30-11:30 a.m. at North Hawaii Community Hospital in the Mauna Kea […]

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