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Column: A dynamic solution to doctor shortage

As an internal medicine physician and chief medical officer at Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), I care deeply about healthcare access in Hawaii. Last Sunday's Star-Advertiser story on the state's doctor shortage was a painful reminder that this problem is not new, and that it's getting harder to ignore (" Patients frustrated as crisis worsens on Oahu," Sept.

Column: A dynamic solution to doctor shortage

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As an internal medicine physician and chief medical officer at Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), I care deeply about healthcare access in Hawaii.

Last Sunday's Star-Advertiser story on the state's doctor shortage was a painful reminder that this problem is not new, and that it's getting harder to ignore (" Patients frustrated as crisis worsens on...

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As an internal medicine physician and chief medical officer at Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), I care deeply about healthcare access in Hawaii. Last Sunday's Star-Advertiser story on the state's doctor shortage was a painful reminder that this problem is not new, and that it's getting harder to ignore (" Patients frustrated as crisis worsens on Oahu," Sept.

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