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- EIN 99-0274038
- (808) 486-6000
- 55 Merchant Street Honolulu HI 96813-4306 USA
- www.kapiolani.org/pali-momi
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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: Kapi'olani medical center at pali momi is a nonprofit hospital based in west o'ahu and dedicated to the health and well-being of all hawai'i residents.
Programs: Outpatient o. R. Kapi'olani medical center at pali momi ("pali momi") has a fully integrated, minimally invasive surgical suite. The state-of-the-art suite is equipped with telemedicine capability, touch screen control panels at the nurses' station, a sophisticated voice activation system, the ability to transmit live video feeds to other medical centers to connect to hawaii surgeons with specialists from around the world. These advanced technologies enhance patient care, reduce anesthesia time, and disturb few muscle tissues and nerves, resulting in less pain, faster recovery and smaller incision marks.
outpatient e. R. Pali momi is the only facility in hawai'i that utilizes a team triage approach in its emergency room, where patients are promptly evaluated by an emergency physician. To meet the needs of the growing west o'ahu community, pali momi recently tripled the size of its er and doubled the number of treatment rooms, expanding its capacity to 40,421 patient visits in fiscal 2010.
inpatient pulmonary pali momi's respiratory care department provides inpatient pulmonary therapy and diagnostic services for acute and chronic cariopulmonary disorders. This wide range of services includes mechanical ventilation, medicated and bland aerosol therapy, pulmonary function testing, bronchopulmonary hygiene, cardiac 12 lead ekg, blood gas analysis and others. The high quality of care delivered is evident, with only one incident of ventilator-associated pneumonia from july 2008 to january 2011.