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03/28/2024

Come to our presentation in HPP on April 6th

02/03/2024

We are headline news!

The health care facilities, which will be located just north of Pāhoa on Highway 130, is being built by the nonprofit Puna Community Medical Center Foundation and will include not just a 25-bed hospital with emergency and other services, but also a women’s health center, dental clinic and The Dan...

01/27/2024

Sunrise and moonrise in Pahoa today

01/19/2024

Please join us for a presentation on Saturday, January 27th, at 3:00 pm at the Nanawale Longhouse. Spread the word and bring your ohana.
For information on the Medical Center project, visit: www.PCMCF.org
Mahalo from the team at Puna Community Medical Center Foundation.
Steve Sparks, President
Darlene Viggiano, PhD, Vice President
Ralph Boyer, Treasurer
JD Domizio, Secretary

Information regarding the Puna Community Medical Center Foundation project to build a medical center in Puna

07/20/2023

One component of the proposed Puna Community Medical Campus on Hwy. 130 north of Pahoa will be a Hawaiian Healing Center. The "Kipuka Farmacy," started by the late Kumu Dane Silva, is a growing inventory of Hawaiian healing plants. Interested volunteers are welcome to join the working group on Mondays at 10am by contacting Luana Jones at 808-938-0021.

04/25/2023

🚨🩺🎓 Aloha PHCC Members! We have very exciting news... Our popular program, C.A.N.O.E. is back and is offered exclusively as a 6-week summer intensive program. To learn more about the C.A.N.O.E. Summer Pre-Health Academy, continue to read on:

What makes this program unique?
It is a 6-week program with two weeks as an asynchronous online course and four weeks as a residential program at the UH Manoa dormitories.

Curriculum Overview
The C.A.N.O.E. (Create and Navigate Opportunities in Education) Summer Pre-Health Academy is a six-week statewide summer intensive program designed to provide skills and resources to help students excel in academia and later graduate from a health professions program. Rising 11th/12th grade students and graduating high school seniors in Hawaii interested in health careers coming from an economically or educationally “disadvantaged” background is encouraged to apply.

* Four-Week Residential Program for the Pre-College experience! Students will have four weeks of uni life at the UH Manoa dormitories on O'ahu.
* College and Career Success Modules
* Problem Based Learning (PBL) Demo (learning process practiced at JABSOM)
* Certification in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), CPR-First Aid, First Aid for Severe Trauma (FAST), and Youth Mental Health First Aid
* Pre-Health Advising
* Networking Opportunities
Dates/Timeline (Subject to Change)
* Priority Deadline: May 1, 2023
* Online Orientation: June 12, 2023
* Asynchronous Online Modules: June 12 - June 26, 2023 (Weeks 1-2)
* UH Manoa Residential Program: July 5 - July 24, 2023 (Weeks 3-6)
* Final Portfolio Online Submission: August 13, 2023

Cost
* There is NO admissions fee or tuition to enroll.
* FULL SCHOLARSHIP for meal and boarding (housing at UH Manoa)
* $500 stipend upon the successful completion of the program
Due to limited spots, students' GPA, admissions essay, and references will be highly weighed as part of the admissions process. If you have any questions, please contact phcc@hawaii.edu.

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15-2881 Pahoa Village Road
Pahoa, HI
96778

Website

https://www.pcmcf.org/

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Puna Community Medical Center Partnering with Hilo Medical Center

Puna Community Medical Center (PCMC) and Hilo Medical have established a Memorandum of Understanding to improve health and urgent care services to Pāhoa residents.

Through the newly announced partnership–established by PCMCʻs Board of Directors during their June board meeting–Hilo Medical Center will provide healthcare expertise and financial support to the non-profit, walk-in clinic located at Pāhoa Marketplace.

“Members of the Puna Community Medical Center board initiated internal discussions last summer exploring what could be done to stabilize and expand medical services in an otherwise underserved community,” said PCMC Board Chair Ralph Boyea. “PCMC provides excellent urgent care services, yet the need for our community is larger than our present capacity. As our dialogue and due diligence progressed over a period of about six months, it became evident that an affiliation with Hilo Medical Center could be a win-win.”

In fiscal year 2015, 31 percent of Hilo Medical Center’s emergency department visits including patients living in Puna, according to a joint release by PCMC and Hilo Medical Center.

“When we dove deep into the numbers, we identified 4,671 of these emergency department patients who were from Puna and had minor health issues that could have been cared for adequately at PCMC,” said Dr. Daniel Belcher, East Hawai‘i Regional Board chair. “The East Hawai‘i Regional Board agreed that sustaining healthcare services in Puna is a regional priority. Encouraging the flow of patients with minor health issues to nearby local providers will appeal to Puna residents, and the resulting decrease in lower level ER visits will increase efficiency at Hilo Medical Center’s Emergency Room.”

“Stabilizing PCMC’s financial health and growing healthcare services and providers in Puna is vital for community wellbeing,” said Dan Brinkman, East Hawaii Regional CEO of Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation. “Hilo Medical Center will be working together with the Puna community, obtaining the input of community leaders and our elected officials so as to better expand and advance Puna’s healthcare services. This is a challenge that will take creativity and endurance, and it aligns with our mission of providing safety net healthcare services to East Hawai‘i.”

PCMC, which opened in 2009, will retain its employees and continue providing urgent care services as usual while organizational changes associated with the partnership take place in July.

“We are confident that the healthcare future for Puna residents is improving and our hope is that we can expand both emergency services and primary care,” said Boyea. “Our affiliation is a great opportunity to work with an established healthcare organization while still retaining our unique Puna identity.”

Article By Big Island Now Staff

July 2, 2017, 2:00 PM HST (Updated July 2, 2017, 12:11 PM)