Farmers Insurance Helps Support Hawai'i Pacific Health's COVID-19 Response Efforts

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 31 -- Farmers Insurance, an insurance company, issued the following news release:

Farmers Insurance(R) announced support for Hawai'i Pacific Health as its facilities continue to serve community members affected by the novel coronavirus. Farmers(R) donated $15,000 through the Foundations of Hawai'i Pacific Health to aid the organization in purchasing equipment and supplies; supporting staffing needs; and establishing and operating drive-up specimen collecting sites at all four of its medical centers.

"During this challenging time, Farmers Hawaii is helping spread aloha by providing funding to Hawai'i Pacific Health medical centers and its healthcare personnel who are on the front lines providing essential care to combat COVID-19," said Melanie Joseph, Marketing Manager for Farmers Insurance Hawaii. "Farmers Hawaii has a proud history of community giving, and we're hopeful that our contribution helps the Foundation continue its mission to create a healthier Hawaii."

Hawai'i Pacific Health is a not-for-profit health care system anchored by four medical centers - Pali Momi, Straub, Wilcox, as well as Kapi'olani, the only medical center in the state specializing in care for women and children.

"The spread of the novel coronavirus across Hawaii has required our medical centers to deploy extraordinary measures, including drive-up specimen collection sites and open emergency command centers at each facility," said Dawn Dunbar, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy, Hawai'i Pacific Health. "We're extremely grateful to Farmers Insurance Hawai'i's commitment both before the COVID-19 pandemic and now during this time of greatest medical need. Farmers Insurance Hawai'i's generosity will make an immediate impact, as our health care team navigates this rapidly-evolving crisis."

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About Farmers Insurance

"Farmers Insurance(R)" and "Farmers(R)" are tradenames for a group of insurers providing insurance for automobiles, homes and small businesses and a wide range of other insurance and financial services and products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 5 million households with over 15 million individual policies nationally, through the efforts of more than 45,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 19,000 employees. Farmers Insurance Exchange(R), the largest of the three primary insurers that make up Farmers Insurance, is recognized as one of the largest U.S. companies on the 2019 Fortune 500 list.

About Hawai'i Pacific Health

Hawai'i Pacific Health is a not-for-profit health care system with over 70 locations statewide including medical centers, clinics, physicians and other caregivers serving Hawai'i and the Pacific region with high quality, compassionate care. Its four medical centers - Kapi'olani, Pali Momi, Straub and Wilcox - specialize in innovative programs in women's health, pediatric care, cardiovascular services, cancer care, bone and joint services and more. Hawai'i Pacific Health's employed physicians and advanced practice providers are unified under the Hawai'i Pacific Health Medical Group, which includes nearly 700 health care providers brought together under one operational structure to provide consistency and excellence in patient outcomes and patient experiences across the system. Hawai'i Pacific Health is recognized nationally for its excellence in patient care and the use of electronic health records to improve quality and patient safety, including being recognized as the nation's only three-time winner of the prestigious HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence for outstanding achievement in health information technology. Learn more at HawaiiPacificHealth.org.