Insurance defense attorney and member of the Honolulu Association of Insurance Professionals, Katharine M. Nohr, Esq., was elected to the position of Region VIII Vice President of International Association of Insurance Professionals, representing 23 local associations located in Hawaii, California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.  Ms. Nohr will be giving a keynote speech at the University of Erciyes in Kayseri, Turkey, speaking about the Boston Bombing: The Implications on Sport Risk Management this month.

Students participating in Kupu’s CommunityU program spent the day with The Howard Hughes Corporation to learn about local careers available in sustainable development and operations. Throughout the day, the students shadowed employees in various fields and heard about their life stories and paths to their current positions.

Kupu’s CommunityU program is designed for young adults looking to complete a CBASE (competency based high school diploma) while gaining real world job experience completing natural resource management projects for community nonprofits and government partners. The eight-week program focuses on conservation, sustainability and positive mentorship and provides training and support in the areas of job readiness, personal development, team work and life skills.

Hospital Nationally Recognized as One of the Safest in the Country

HONOLULU, HI — May 8, 2013 — Kaiser Permanente’s Moanalua Medical Center has been recognized and awarded with an “A” rating for patient safety in a national report card issued by The Leapfrog Group, rating the hospital among the safest in the country. The Leapfrog Group is an employer-backed nonprofit group focused on health care quality.

The Leapfrog report card, also known as the Hospital Safety Score, exclusively measures safety by evaluating errors, accidents, and infections. Key process measures involved in determining the score for each hospital evaluated in the survey included the management structures and procedures a hospital has in place to protect patients from errors, accidents and injuries.