Program areas at Hawaii Medical Association
Legislative activities: provide lobbying, government relations, and legislative awareness services primarily for hma members (approximately 337), and non-member physicians (up to approx. 2700 additional physicians). Includes introducing health care legislation at the state legislature; providing testimony on proposed legislation; informing physicians, the public, and the government on key health issues.
The annual meeting was held on october 12, 2023, with 40 members and six staff present. There are up to 20 voting members on the hma council.
A. cme@hma supports quality patient care through appropriate and timely education for physicians, with information about current and vital issures of medicine and Medical practice for doctors of medicine and ostepathy in Hawaii and the pacific basin. Approximately 100 persons participated in these programs in 2023.b. The Hawaii Medical Association (hma) and the Washington state Medical Association (wsma) started a new collaboration, called pacwest continuing education accreditation collaborative(pceac), which was formed to support the state Medical society (sms) accreditation programs accross the northwest and pacific. The collaboration went into effect january 1, 2023. Accreditation decisons for currently hma- or wsma-accredited providers in Alaska, american samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington will now be made through one collaborative of surveyors and committee members from accross the northwest and pacific. Accme will continue to provide support and oversight of the new entity through the recognition process. C. as of january 1, 2023, hma has a collaboration with Hawaii pacific health as a point provider for cme's.d. Hma started a podcast progrm in 2022 entitled, hma connect, brining interviews with physicians and other important to the profession of physicians, including the interviews for the 2022 Hawaii elections.e. Hma started a new live-video program, conversations at hma, in 2023 featured interviews and discussions with physicians and other healthcare leaders on a variety of topics of interest especially to physicians and patients. Many of these, along with selected cme programs, are also available on the new hmas youtube channel.