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In Hawaii, most patients have limited choices of where they can go for medical treatment and they’re unlikely to choose hospitals based on posted costs.

Officials estimate the state needs 800 more physicians, but the training pipeline for future doctors would need to expand three-fold to begin filling the gap.

A 2016 state law made it legal to carry the antidote if a friend, client or the drug users themselves were at risk of an overdose.

A pilot teledentistry program on Maui and the Big Island is extending access to care in a state where one in four children have untreated tooth decay.

The Indo-Pacific Command is partnering with the University of Hawaii to improve health care outcomes in the Pacific islands.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award nearly $10 million to three Hawaii nonprofits that operate the Head Start preschool program.

In just three years, nine more health clinics acquired Rural Health Clinic status from the federal government, allowing them to get higher reimbursement for Medicaid and Medicare patients.

Kauai Medical Clinic, an affiliate of Hawaii Pacific Health, is expanding.

If they don’t participate in your insurance plan, medical providers can charge whatever they want. It’s time for some limits on that.

Eleni Gill, a Honolulu native, will report on the challenges facing the state’s health care system — and some of the the unique solutions being pioneered here.