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MEDIA RELEASE Eighty-three student pharmacists will recite the Oath of a Pharmacist at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy’s (DKICP) White Coat Ceremony in the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center on Oct. 12. The event, which takes place from 2-4 p.m., is open to the public. The ceremony signifies […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Consulting pharmacists on Maui and Kauai are now helping patients at risk of medication-related hospitalizations and ER visits through Pharm2Pharm, a project from The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The project, located in the UH Hilo DKICP’s Center for Rural Health Science and led […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A pharmacist-care system designed to save more than $27.1 million in health care costs in Hawaii will be developed by the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy (CoP) thanks to a $14.3 million award from the federal government. The three-year project, called Pharm2Pharm, will be coordinated at CoP’s Center for Rural […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Physicians will continue to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits through the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy after a vote by the Hawaii Medical Association to extend CME accreditation for a full four years. Hawaii Medical Association is recognized by the national Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education as the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A consortium led by the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy to use health information technology to provide better health care to Big Island residents has been awarded $16,091,390. Hawaii County is one of 15 communities across the nation chosen to serve as pilot communities to develop wide-scale use of electronic […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Seniors living in rural areas of Hawaii may benefit from medication safety education that will be provided by the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy. The project was recently awarded $331,254 over a one-year period from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program administered […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Physicians will now be able to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits through the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy after a vote last week from the Hawaii Medical Association CME Facilities Accreditation Committee. Hawaii Medical Association (HMA) is recognized by the national Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education as the […]

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