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�/`'v- vJiq COUNTY OF HAWAII •� �" �•- STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 41 13 A RESOLUTION URGING THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PRIMARY CARE TRAINING PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the State of Hawai`i is facing a severe shortage of health care providers, especially in primary care; and WHEREAS, Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation estimates that Hawai`i Island will have fewer than 300 physicians by 2020, less than half the number needed to fill demand; and WHEREAS, a survey of island physicians released in February 2012 suggests that 32 percent of those surveyed would cease their practice within five years; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program is a statewide program administered by Hilo Medical Center; and WHEREAS, the Primary Care Training Program includes the Hawai`i Island Family Medicine Residency Program and training for advanced practice nurses from the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and the School of Nursing at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, clinical pharmacists from the University of Hawai`i at Hilo College of Pharmacy, and post-doctoral fellows from I Ola Lahui, an organization that trains psychologists to meet the needs of those living in rural areas; and WHEREAS, Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation East Hawai`i Regional CEO Howard Ainsley has called the residency program"the top priority for us for brining needed programs to the community"; and WHEREAS, the success of this program's training model will lead to the creation of interdisciplinary teams capable of caring for many more patients, helping to alleviate the physician shortage; and WHEREAS, the health care needs of Hawai`i County will suffer without assistance from the State Legislature; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Hawai`i State Legislature is urged to appropriate $2,800,000 to the Department of Health for the fiscal year 2013-2014, and the same sum for the fiscal year 2014-2015 for the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program.