On September 10th, the Hawaiʻi/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) hosted the 2017 Hawaiʻi Health Workforce Summit. The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center’s booth received over 215 walkthroughs from individuals who were looking to learn more about telehealth. PBTRC staff shared telehealth information with doctors, dentists, social workers,…
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On May 4th, 2017, Dr. Norman Okamura, Principal Investigator, Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC), testified at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Telemedicine in the VA. Dr. Okamura noted that the VA is the national leader in telemedicine utilization and the largest integrated health care system in the U.S. He…
The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center recently provided technical support for the Pacific Basin Medical Association (PBMA) conference in Majuro, held from October 3 to 5, 2016. The conference came two weeks after the PBTRC hosted the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) Telehealth Champions Building and Planning Workshop in Honolulu. At…
The U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) Telehealth Champion Building and Planning Workshop was held in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi from September 13 through 15, 2016. Thirty-four individuals from the Pacific Region attended the workshop, including health administrators and health care providers from the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth…
On September 10th, the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center had a booth at the 2016 Hawaiʻi Health Workforce Summit, organized by the Hawaiʻi/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC). The booth received over 100 walkthroughs from individuals interested in learning about telehealth and workforce development. In addition to the…