Hawaii Receives $58M Federal Grant for EMS Infrastructure and Health Workforce
Hawaii has been awarded $58 million through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to expand emergency medical services and healthcare workforce capacity. The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine will receive $45 million for workforce development programs, while the Hawaii Department of Health will use the remaining $13 million to purchase ambulances and upgrade emergency communications systems. The funding addresses rural healthcare infrastructure gaps and provider shortages affecting access to care statewide.
This federal investment in Hawaii's rural health infrastructure may expand Medicaid beneficiary access to emergency services and provider availability in underserved areas where Medicaid enrollees are disproportionately concentrated.
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