University Health Partners of Hawaii

What University Health Partners of Hawaii does

University Health Partners of Hawaii (UHP), legally known as University Clinical, Education and Research Associates (UCERA), is the faculty practice organization supporting the clinical, academic, and research activities of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and affiliated health sciences programs. Founded in 2005 to consolidate faculty clinical activity, the organization operates seven service lines across Oahu and select neighbor islands: the Hyperbaric Treatment and Wound Care Center (the Pacific's only 24/7 multi-place hyperbaric chamber facility, in operation since 1983), Speech and Hearing Services, Native Hawaiian Health, the UH Cancer Center (Hawaii's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center), the CLEM mental health clinic (Hawaii's first academic mental health clinic offering NeuroStar rTMS), Ho'ola U-Telehealth (free substance use medicine for Maui County), and Hawaii Keiki school-based health services, plus a pharmacist-led Medication Therapy Management program through the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.

Its core technology footprint is built around credentialed clinical infrastructure rather than software platforms: multi-place hyperbaric chambers, Otoacoustic Emissions audiology testing, NeuroStar transcranial magnetic stimulation systems, telehealth delivery rails, and 85 active cancer clinical trials. Business model revenue is generated primarily through fee-for-service clinical care across multiple specialties, billed to insurance carriers including Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, HMSA, and UHA, with private-pay options. Supplemental revenue includes a freemium MTM service for HMSA Federal Plan 87 members, a freemium provider continuing education program for Hepatitis B/C and MTM certification, and a one-time $600 Early Literacy Program tuition. The go-to-market is hybrid: direct-to-consumer via phone/online intake forms and teletherapy; sales-led channel for clinical referrals and the Queen's University Medical Group affiliation; community-led outreach through the Hawaii Keiki school-based program and Ho'ola U-Telehealth.

Customer concentration is diversified across individual patients, government contracts (Hawaii Department of Education), academic partners (JABSOM, School of Nursing, UH Cancer Center, DKICP), and institutional customers (Kuakini Medical Center, Divers Alert Network, HMSA). Patient segmentation spans general outpatient care, patients with chronic wounds, Native Hawaiian and Pacific-based populations, Maui County residents with opioid use disorder, and Hawaii/Pacific cancer patients. With 251-500 employees and strategic affiliations spanning academic, clinical, and government channels, UHP occupies a structural niche as Hawaii's academic medical enterprise, anchored by federal designations (NCI), regulatory roles (DAN Pacific Regional Coordination Center), and a four-decade operational track record recognized by the Hawaii State Legislature and Honolulu City Council in 2025.

Name

University Health Partners of Hawaii

Legal name

University Clinical, Education and Research Associates

Website

https://uhphawaii.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

University Health Partners of Hawaii (UCERA) is the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's faculty practice organization, operating seven outpatient clinical service lines across Oahu and the Pacific region, including Hawaii's only NCI-designated cancer center, the Pacific's only 24/7 multi-place hyperbaric facility, an academic mental health clinic, school-based health services, and a pharmacist-led medication management program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Outpatient Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC), Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated) (EDAHAGAA), Campus/School-Based Urgent Care & Student Health Centers (HLAFADAI)

Keywords

• Outpatient clinical services
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Academic medical practice
• Cancer treatment services
• Speech and hearing care

Headquarters

HQ city

Honolulu

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Clinical Care Services: Revenue from outpatient clinical services across multiple specialties including hyperbaric treatment, speech and hearing, mental health, native Hawaiian health, and cancer care. Services billed to insurance and private pay.
2. Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Program: Partnership with HMSA Federal Plan 87 providing medication review services at no cost to eligible members. Pharmacists from UH Hilo DKICP conduct comprehensive medication reviews over the phone.
3. Continuing Education Programs: Provider education programs including Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B training sessions led by pharmacists. Medication Therapy Management Certificate Program for pharmacists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

University Health Partners of Hawaii (legal name University Clinical, Education and Research Associates / UCERA) is the faculty practice organization of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. It delivers outpatient clinical healthcare across multiple specialties—including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and wound care, speech-language pathology and audiology, mental health and rTMS, oncology, addiction medicine via telehealth, Native Hawaiian health programs, and school-based health services—through clinic locations in Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii, in support of the University of Hawaii Health Sciences Programs.

Product overview

University Health Partners of Hawaii is the faculty practice of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, providing healthcare services through a network of outpatient clinics and school-based health programs. The organization operates seven distinct clinical service lines: the Hyperbaric Treatment and Wound Care Center (offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wounds, decompression sickness, and radiation injuries), Speech and Hearing Services (providing speech-language pathology and audiology evaluations and treatment), Native Hawaiian Health (focused on reducing health disparities in Native Hawaiian populations through research and community outreach), the UH Cancer Center (an NCI-designated cancer center with clinical trials and second opinion services), the Mental Health Clinic/CLEM (offering rTMS therapy and psychiatric services), Ho'ola U-Telehealth (providing free substance use and addiction medicine via telehealth), Hawaii Keiki (school-based health services in public schools), and Medication Therapy Management (pharmacist-led medication optimization services). The organization also partners with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy for pharmacy-related education and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hyperbaric Treatment and Wound Care Center: Provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy for conditions including decompression sickness, diabetic wounds, and radiation injuries. Located at Kuakini Medical Center.
• Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Native Hawaiian Health
• UH Cancer Center
• CLEM Clinic
• Ho'ola U-Telehealth
• Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn

Products and services

• Hyperbaric Treatment and Wound Care Center Provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and wound care services, including treatment for decompression sickness, diabetic foot ulcers, radiation injuries, and chronic non-healing wounds. Operates 24/7 as the Pacific's only public multi-place hyperbaric facility; has treated over 5,000 patients and more than 40,000 individual treatments by end of 2025.
• Speech and Hearing Services Offers diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic services for communication disorders in children and adults, including speech-language pathology, audiology, hearing aid fittings, tinnitus management, OAE testing, early literacy programs, and teletherapy services.
• Native Hawaiian Health Department focused on addressing healthcare needs of Native Hawaiians through hypothesis-driven research, pilot studies, researcher training, and community outreach (including hula-based hypertension interventions) to reduce health disparities.
• UH Cancer Center National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center providing cutting-edge oncology care, second opinion clinic, patient resources, and access to 85 clinical trials led by local oncologists for cancer treatment in Hawaii and the Pacific region.
• Mental Health Clinic / CLEM Hawaii's first academic mental health clinic offering repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) using the NeuroStar system, psychiatric evaluation and management, and psychotherapy services for depression and other mental health conditions.
• Ho'ola U-Telehealth Free substance use medicine and telehealth program providing addiction medicine services, rapid access to buprenorphine treatment, therapy, counseling, and peer support for opioid use disorder in Maui County.
• Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn School-based health services program providing healthcare services in public schools across Hawaii, run in partnership with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene.
• Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Pharmacist-provided service under contract with HMSA Federal Plan 87 offering comprehensive medication reviews, personalized recommendations, and medication action plans at no cost to eligible members; pharmacists are from UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Treated over 5,000 patients and completed more than 40,000 individual hyperbaric treatments since 1983
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Queen's University Medical GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 September 2025Academic affiliation with Queen's University Medical Group, the new physician group for The Queen's Health Systems, for specialized medical services. This partnership extends clinical care capabilities across Hawaii's healthcare systems.
• University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary academic partner - UHP is the faculty practice of JABSOM. Supports clinical departments, medical education, and research activities. Medical students rotate through UHP facilities for training.
• University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental HygienecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program and CLEM Clinic operations. Graduate nursing and dental hygiene students receive clinical education at UHP facilities.
• University of Hawaii Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUHP clinicians provide patient care at the NCI-designated cancer center. Offers 85 clinical trials and comprehensive cancer care for Hawaii and Pacific region.
• Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (UH Hilo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to create innovative programs enhancing health outcomes. DKICP pharmacists provide Medication Therapy Management services for HMSA Federal Plan 87 members.
• Divers Alert Network (DAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHTC designated as Pacific Regional Coordination Center by DAN. Provides emergency hyperbaric treatment for divers with decompression sickness across the Pacific region.
• Hennepin Healthcare Hyperbaric Fellowship ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHTC serves as training site for hyperbaric medicine professionals through the Hennepin Healthcare Hyperbaric Fellowship program, contributing to training of future specialists.
• Kuakini Medical CentercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHost facility for Hyperbaric Treatment Center located at Kuakini Medical Center's HPM Tower. Provides physical infrastructure for 24/7 hyperbaric services.
• HMSA (Hawaii Medical Service Association)coreOthersHMSA has contracted with UH Hilo DKICP to provide Medication Therapy Management reviews for Federal Plan 87 members at no cost. HMSA provides medication lists and coordinates benefits.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU): Public academic health center comparable in mission and scale to UHP/JABSOM. Operates a faculty practice plan, NCI-designated cancer institute, and statewide specialty referral network, with similar academic-medical-center operating structure.
• Dartmouth Health (Dartmouth-Hitchcock): Academic health system serving a rural, geographically bounded catchment analogous to UHP in Hawaii. Multi-specialty faculty practice anchored to a single academic medical center, similar size class and rural/regional referral economics.
• University of Colorado Health (UCHealth): Academic health system affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Comparable multi-specialty academic faculty practice, NCI cancer center, and regional specialty referral hub — similar scale and academic-affiliation model.
• UC Davis Health Faculty Practice: University of California academic health system with an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center and broad multi-specialty faculty practice. Analogous public-university academic medical center with regional referral dynamics similar to UHP.
• Mass General Brigham Physicians Organization: Faculty practice of Harvard-affiliated academic medical centers operating multi-specialty clinical services and clinical trial infrastructure. Comparable in integrating academic medical research with outpatient clinical delivery at scale.
• Mayo Clinic: Large nonprofit academic medical center operating a multi-specialty group practice and NCI-designated cancer center. Comparable in combining specialty clinical care, hyperbaric/wound services, and translational research as integrated faculty practice.

Direct peers

• The Queen's Health Systems: Hawaii's largest private nonprofit health system and the explicit counterparty in UHP's 2025 academic affiliation. Directly comparable multi-specialty provider in the same geography, overlapping patient populations across Honolulu and statewide.
• University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine: The parent academic institution whose clinical, education, and research activities UHP is specifically chartered to support. Direct parent and closest structural analogue — department chairs, clinical faculty flows, and academic governance are tied.
• Queen's University Medical Group (Queen's Medical Center): The physician group arm of Queen's Health Systems with which UHP has formal academic affiliation. Most directly comparable faculty-practice-style clinical organization in Hawaii for specialty referrals and physician staffing models.
• Hawaii Pacific Health: Multi-hospital nonprofit health system operating Straub, Kapiolani, Pali Momi, and Wilcox in Hawaii. Comparable multi-specialty outpatient and inpatient footprint serving the same Hawaii patient base, competing for tertiary referrals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/UHPHawaii
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ucera
• Instagraminstagram.com/uhphawaii

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Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

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