WHO:
Representative
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Chair, House Committee on Human Services and
Homelessness
WHAT:
Town
Hall meeting on telehealth and broadband connectivity in Puna.
WHEN:
Saturday,
February 15
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Hawaiian
Paradise Park Activity Center
15-1570 Makuu Drive (between 16th and 17th Avenues)
Honolulu,
Hawaiʻi
–Representative Joy San Buenaventura will hold a Town Hall meeting on telehealth
and broadband connectivity in Puna at Hawaiian Paradise Park Activity Center
from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday February 15.
"Hawaii
Island is short 230 doctors. Telehealth is one way we can address the doctor
shortage," said Rep. San Buenaventura.
The town hall will
include several professionals to discuss telehealth and broadband connectivity.
Experts from the Department of Health and the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource
Center will explain how broadband access can improve health care delivery in
rural areas.
The Department of
Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) will share information
about the Hawaiʻi Broadband Initiative. Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom will
showcase their services and share future plans for connectivity in Puna.
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