Pictured: Blood donors Kelii, our Worksite Wellness Program Administrator and his wife, singer Maila Gibson.

The holidays are a season of giving. This past season, UHA participated in a 3-month wellness challenge against four other local companies. One of the goals was to reach out to our...

The SARS "epidemic" which really hurt the Hawaii economy and generated a ton of pictures in the newspaper of folks wearing masks occurred in early 2003.  There were about 8,000 cases and 750 deaths WORLDWIDE but nearly all the deaths occurred in Hong Kong. We were lucky.

As a part of our ongoing efforts to improve the health and well-being of all of Hawaii’s people, the Hawai‘i Health at Work Alliance (HH@WA) recently invited its participating employers to attend a pilot series of workshops on worksite wellness. Each of the three workshops — called Collaborative...

From the pharmaceutical manufacturing facility to a patient’s body, an oral or parenteral medication takes a long and surprisingly circuitous route.  Most physicians are unaware of the complexity of the process or how deeply regulated it is.  

Given that many employers in parts of the United States have implemented wellness programs or are planning to do so,  it would seem that the benefits of these programs is, in one sense, evident; employers know that they promote healthier habits and lifestyles, and thus provide their team members...