The county has backpedaled on an agreement to be the guarantor on bonds authorized by the Legislature.

The number of average deficiencies in Hawaii nursing homes almost doubled between 2015 and 2023.

A new building was completed in 2021, but staff say rain has been seeping in ever since it opened.

California revoked Edward Hsu’s physical therapy license based on a Hawaii conviction. In Hawaii, both his physical therapy and acupuncture licenses remain in good standing.

The city has a deputy medical examiner for the first time in five years.

Like other health care workforces around the country, better staffing ratios were the main concern.

Health center officials want to expand mental health programs, but ER expenses are eating into the budget.

The hospital said it would agree to bring in federal mediators if the nurses’ union does too.

More than 600 nurses have been locked out since they went on a one-day strike earlier this month.

Family of the 91-year-old patient who died in 2022 after the ambulance in which he was riding burst into flames accused Honolulu EMS of wrongful death and negligence.