Good doctors in Hilo (Volcano: friendly, health, ratings)

[kkona]

Just moved to Volcano a few weeks ago and am trying to locate a good family physician and pediatrician. I know that all the docs are in Hilo but who to go with?? Any recommendations would be helpful. I prefer an MD not holistic or alternative.

Mahalo.

[whtviper1]

Originally Posted by kkona

Just moved to Volcano a few weeks ago and am trying to locate a good family physician and pediatrician. I know that all the docs are in Hilo but who to go with?? Any recommendations would be helpful. I prefer an MD not holistic or alternative.

Mahalo.

Send me a direct message and I'll give you a few names of some good family physicians in Hilo, they are friendly and they are all focused on quality care for their patients - you'll have to do the legwork and see if they are accepting new patients. I don't have any good pedatrician contacts.

[HiloDiver]

Kkona, thank you for asking this question, I'm going to be asking it myself in about a month. Viper, if you don't mind, I'll be DM-ing you at that time (if I ask now, their names will just get lost in the clutter).

[whtviper1]

I sent the op 5 physicians I know personally who are compensated solely on quality of care - which is a new model in Hawaii. The traditional model is you show up - get treated - the provider gets paid - doesn't matter if you get better or not. The new models look at how healthy the providers patients are - and the providers are incented to make their patients healthier and get paid more. An example is diabetes. There are benchmarks for poorly controlled A1C levels above 9 - docs above the line get paid less than docs who more controlled diabetics. The docs need to do this via proactive care not just waiting for you to show up. Hilo is the pilot site for this new model in Hawaii.

A good source in Hawaii in general to find a physician is this site:

HealthGrades > Find a Doctor | Doctor Reviews | Hospital Ratings

[HiloDiver]

Thanks. That's a much better business model.