A rural family medicine residency program on Kauaʻi is in the works that will provide more access to care for Garden Isle residents, thanks to a $750,000-grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration ( HRSA ). With the physician shortage impacting the neighbor islands and other rural areas, families on Kauaʻi often struggle to find care. The three-year grant partners the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine ( JABSOM ), Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation Kauaʻi, the Kauaʻi District Health Office and the broader Garden Isle healthcare community as they aim to break down barriers in accessing care by establishing new residency programs in rural communities.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/09/06/kauai-family-med-training-expands

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