Credit Savannah Harriman-Pote The United States Postal Service has released a series of public service announcements designed to educate the public about variations of the money mule scam. We reached out to US Postal Inspector Jeff Fitch, who joined us on last week s show, to learn more.
The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs webinars sheds more light on various types of consumer fraud. Watch them here.
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New grants seek to expand telehealth throughout the state
Due to stay-at-home orders and limited in-person doctor appointments, telehealth has become a literal lifeline for some patients during the pandemic. But challenges like lack of broadband access, technology, and training have comprised many clinics attempts at implementing a telehealth program.
Chris Van Bergeijk, senior vice president and chief impact officer at Hawaii Community Foundation, wants to change that. Along with HMSA and the Freeman Foundation, her organization has provided $1.3 million in grants to get telehealth service off the ground in fourteen federally qualified health centers across the state.
Savannah Harriman-Pote rejoined
The Conversation in 2021 after interning for Hawaiʻi Public Radio in the summers of 2018 and 2019. She completed her undergraduate degree in International Relations at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, during which time she worked for WMHC and
Mount Holyoke News. She has also worked with the audio documentary series Outer Voices and National Geographic. Savannah produces HPR s podcast
Manu Minute in collaboration with The University of Hawaii at Hilo. She was born and raised on the Big Island, and she collects public radio mugs.
UH Manoa s College of Education prospective teacher s event
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Thinking about becoming an educator but don’t know where to begin? A virtual event this Saturday will show you the way. The event, called It’s Great to Be a Teacher, is organized by the state Teacher Education Coordinating Committee, whose members include educator preparation programs and the state Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s College of Education.
Nezia Asni and
Janet Kim are with UH Manoa’s College of Education and organizers of the event, which is now available for free via Zoom.
• Dec 15, 2020 Daniel Dennison (State of Hawaii)
The state Department of Health and the City and County of Honolulu yesterday conducted a vaccination distribution exercise to immunize those in the state s Phase 1 priority group. Those in the first group include: essential healthcare workers, long-term care facility residents and staff, and first responders.
Monday s exercise smiulated standing up vaccine clinics to provide the COVID-19 vaccinations.
According to the DOH, Honolulu s exercise is the first of a number of drills planned statewide to prepare to safely and efficiently administer the vaccine. The state has been conducting medical countermeasure distribution exercises and vaccination clinics for years, and our training and planning with public and private stakeholders is making a huge difference, said Judy Kern, chief of the DOH s Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness.