Associate Professor, Geriatric Medicine, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bruce K. Tamura, MD
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Bruce Tamura is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He graduated from University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine has a rank of 74 in research and a 19 in primary care Bruce K. Tamura, MD is a published doctor. He published 12 publications, including: 'Malnutrition in the nursing home.' He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Malnutrition in the nursing home.
- Combining Quality Improvement and Geriatrics Training: The Nursing Home Polypharmacy Outcomes Project.
- "You're Being Paged!" Outcomes of a Nursing Home On-Call Role-Playing and Longitudinal Curriculum.
- Factors Associated With Weight Loss, Low BMI, and Malnutrition Among Nursing Home Patients: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
- Reducing cost by reducing polypharmacy: the polypharmacy outcomes project.
- Outcomes of polypharmacy in nursing home residents.
- Factors associated with polypharmacy in nursing home residents.
- Physician Intervention for Medication Reduction in a Nursing Home: The Polypharmacy Outcomes Project.
- Weight loss in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Excessive sweepstakes participation in patients with dementia in Hawai'i: a case series.
- Medical School Hotline: Developing communication skills for leading family meetings.
Schools
University of Hawaii At Manoa
Doctors Specialties
- Geriatric Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Preferred Provider/Comp Med
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- WellCare
Education
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University of Hawaii -
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1164463436 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | TAMURA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | BRUCE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 96817 | |
| NPPES Provider State | HI | |
| Specialty Description | Geriatric Medicine | |
| Total Claim Count | 4007.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 4.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 91.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 2.27 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1164463436 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | TAMURA |
| First Name Of The Provider | BRUCE |
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