Strategic Aims for 2020
ENSURING A ROBUST STATEWIDE HEALTH WORKFORCE |
Notable Achievements to date: ✓ Helped to coordinate the “Hawaiʻi’s Health Workforce Development for the 21st Century” legislative informational briefing, led by Senator Rosalyn Baker and Representative John Mizuno, on August 21, 2019. ✓ Served on the core working group for the Oʻahu Healthcare Sector Partnership’s Health Workforce Initiative (led by Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi). ✓ Catalyzed planning for a new Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at UH. ✓ Advanced funding request for new JABSOM medical student cohort on Maui, which was approved by the UH Board of Regents and included in the governor’s budget. |
Strategic Aims for 2020 1. Collaborate to align UH health sciences program offerings with industry needs. |
DISCOVERING AND INNOVATING TO IMPROVE AND EXTEND LIVES |
Notable Achievements to date: ✓ Identified numerous potential federal funding opportunities for UH researchers. ✓ Championed innovative models of care delivery, including through better use of telehealth and clinical pharmacist teams embedded in physician practices. |
Strategic Aims for 2020 1. Support integration of clinical pharmacists into primary care. 2. Expand telehealth through pilot maternal telehealth project, provider outreach, and curriculum development. |
PROMOTING HEALTHIER FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES |
Notable Achievements to date: ✓ Submitted grant applications to advance the Community Aging in Place–Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) model, which engages interprofessional teams of nurses, occupational therapists, and handyworkers to help low-income seniors age in place & avoid falls. ✓ Established and leads the UH System Global Health and Social Justice Work Group, which focuses on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health. |
Strategic Aim for 2020 1. Advance implementation of CAPABLE aging in place model for low-income kūpuna. |
ADVANCING HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES |
Notable Achievements to date: ✓ Collaborated to draft early proposals to establish a UH Health Policy Institute and create a “U.S. Health Policy for Health Professionals Bootcamp” program. |
Strategic Aims for 2020 1. Support establishment of UH Health Policy Institute. 2. Create health policy bootcamps for health professionals and legislators. |