My Job as a Hospice Nurse Is Bringing Comfort to Patients
Navian Hawaii’s Kymberly James is part of an end-of-life team that includes doctors, social workers and spiritual counselors.
Health & Wellness
Improving Mental Health with an Innovative App
The MindKloud developers explain how it measures anxiety and depression as well as mental health resilience.
The Reality of Abortion in Hawai‘i
Abortion is legal in the Islands, but access and support fall short. Khara Jabola-Carolus of the State Commission on the Status of Women explains what women really need.
How 4 College Athletes Deal with Stress, Anxiety and Living Far from Home
College life is demanding for everyone: Attending classes and completing homework, studying for tests and working part-time jobs – often while living away from home for the first time. On top of all that, collegiate student-athletes must also balance practices,…
How to Help Employees Cope with Distressing News
Effective leaders encourage people to express feelings and steer them to help when needed.
One-Fourth of Diabetes Patients Lose Limbs. These Doctors Are Trying to Prevent That
In Hawai‘i, diabetes-related complications are worse for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Can limb salvage help reduce amputations?
Caregivers in the Workplace: What Bosses and Employees Need to Know
ProService Hawaii explains how to make the return-to-work jump and how to support caregivers at your company.
The All-Volunteer Hawai‘i Parkinson Association Supports Patients and Caregivers
The resource center at St. Francis Healthcare System helps people find specialist doctors, exercise classes, support groups and more.
Keeping Hawai‘i Healthy
As Hawai‘i begins to loosen Covid regulations, hear from our local healthcare leaders on the key issues affecting our state in the coming year.
Vaccine Resistance and Red Hill Crisis Share a Common Thread: “Social Weakness”
When people lack connection to the broader community, they can make poor decisions.
My Job as a Psychiatric Nurse at the Hawai‘i State Hospital
Tom Davidson says many staffers treat patients like family and view them as people who have gone through traumatic experiences and need help to get better.
How Covid Changed Restaurants in Hawai‘i
People inside the industry describe their struggles, innovations and hopes for the future.
For a Healthy Hawaiʻi
Supporting community organizations can bring about positive change in the health and well-being of everyone.
How Has the Pandemic Changed Your Behavior?
Surveys of business leaders and the general public ask about remote work, shopping, eating out and more.
Two Surveys Ask About Covid-19 Issues at Work and at Home
We asked about personal vaccination statuses, whether workplaces have vaccination policies and how concerned people are about contracting the virus.
Hawai‘i Pacific Health’s Ray Vara is 2021 CEO of the Year
He has led the nonprofit’s growth and improved health care for more than a decade while also focusing on the broad factors that impact the health of Hawai‘i’s people.
Thinking About Death Should be Part of Your Life
We interviewed people who help individuals and their families cope with death and celebrate the lives of those who have passed.
Local Funerals Smaller, Delayed or Virtual During Covid-19
Pandemic restrictions only allow small gatherings, so families and funeral homes have had to get creative so people can say goodbye to loved ones.
Care that Keeps on Giving
Kaiser Permanente impacts the health and well-being of the community at large by investing in nonprofits and organizations across the state.
Simple Fire Safety Steps Can Save Your Business
Even when there is no fire, a safety inspection that reveals serious issues could close a business until those problems are fixed.
Taking Care of Business
Hear about the important issues our leaders are dealing with and the key insights and perspectives they have to help guide us as we move forward into an unknown future.
How Hawaiʻi's Light Pollution Affects Wildlife and Humans
Wedge-tailed shearwater fledging season runs from early November to late December. That’s when hundreds of grounded birds are found on roads and in people’s yards in Hawai‘i each year.
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Modern Life Off the Grid
Three years ago, after the Big Island was rocked by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake and power failed across the state, Judi Steinman and her husband, Shaul Baruch Janes, watched movies on their flat-screen TV and drank cold beverages from the…
Summer Internship Program
Digital Marketing Internship, Summer 2019 (Open) Hawaii Business Magazine, the insider publication that connects local business leaders with our community, and highlights innovators and creative businesspeople to create a viable future for Hawaii, is seeking a passionate and hard-working student…
Local Life Lessons
A little book has important advice for some of the Islands' big-business leaders Growing up, Wesley Park aspired to be ordinary. He ended up being extraordinary. When he was 4 years old, Park was stricken with polio. The debilitating disease…
