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Members of our finance and pharmacy team at Waikiki Health(WH) attended the recent Ryan White (RW) Conference in Atlanta, along with other grantees and community stakeholders. In July, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded the continuation of a three-year grant contract in support of our Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS) Program.

The RW funding supports direct care and treatment services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Primary care and preventative services include laboratory services, ongoing treatment, and follow up for HIV/AIDS and its co-morbidities. Patients may also receive oral health care, behavioral health care, nutritional consultation, pharmacy services, and referrals.

Waikiki Health’s EIS Program is committed to the early detection and treatment of HIV, which can help prevent the onset of AIDS and other opportunistic infections. WH is at the forefront of HIV medicine and prevention, providing comprehensive care since 1992; and is the preeminent provider of prevention and holistic services for those impacted by HIV/AIDS in Hawaii. Learn more about Ryan White at https://lnkd.in/e6ZgQhq8

Charity is vital, as it enables us to reach out to wider parts of society, assisting those who need our help the most. Waikiki Health provides quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Here are a few throw backs of our favorite charitable moments. If you would like to help our mission, click to donate. https://waikikihc.org/how-to-help/donate-2/

Wellness Wednesday
We are headed into our last month of Workplace Wellness. September will focus on work life balance. Staff will get emails from our Wellness team with tips and information about work life balance! We just finished up our Organize Your Life Challenge and here are some photos of workout picture points!

Waikiki Health will be closed today in observance of Labor Day 👩🏼‍⚕️👨🏻‍🌾👷🏻‍♂️👩🏻‍🏫👨🏻‍🔬👩🏻‍🚒👨🏻‍✈️

From September 1-30, when shopping at any Foodland, Foodland Farms, or Sack N Save store statewide, you can support Waikiki Health by making a tax-deductible donation to Foodland’s Give Aloha Annual Community Matching Gifts Program. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Give Aloha! Since 1999, Foodland’s Give Aloha Program has raised more than $39.5 million for Hawaii’s nonprofit organizations.

Use your Maika`i Card at checkout, provide our Organization ID Code # 77137 to the cashier, and make your donation, up to $249 per organization. Donations made without a Maika`i Card will not be matched. Organizations will receive 100% of each customer’s donation. Foodland will match a portion of each donation up to a total of $250,000 for all organizations combined. Amounts exceeding $250,000 will be distributed among all participating organizations.

Donations in the form of cash, check, or credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB) will be accepted. No Maika`i Card? You may establish one at check-out.
Donors’ names will not be disclosed to participating organizations. To receive acknowledgement of your donation for tax purposes, send a copy of your receipt to Mary Beth Lohman, Waikiki Health’s Director of Marketing & Development, 935 Makahiki Way, Honolulu, HI 97826. Thank you for your support.

September is Su***de Prevention Month. To make an appointment with one of our Behavioral Health staff, call 808-922-4787. You can also call the su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or call 911 immediately. ***dePreventionMonth

Congratulations to Waikiki Health's Board President, Ashley Noji, for being selected as one of this year's Pacific Business News' 40 Under 40 Class of 2024 Honorees. The award celebration at the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach was filled with excitement, including fellowship and dancing. Ashley, who works for Hawaii State Federal Credit Union as Senior Vice President of Product Strategy & Retail Analytics, has been serving on our Board since 2015. All the best to you, Ashley, and congratulations from your Waikiki Health ohana!

40 Under 40: Ashley Noji - Pacific Business News Meet this honoree.

From September 1-30, when shopping at any Foodland, Foodland Farms, or Sack N Save store statewide, you can support Waikiki Health by making a tax-deductible donation to Foodland’s Give Aloha Annual Community Matching Gifts Program by using our Organization ID Code #77137. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Give Aloha! Since 1999, Foodland’s Give Aloha Program has raised more than $39.5 million for Hawaii’s nonprofit organizations.

Use your Maika`i Card at checkout, provide our Organization ID Code # 77137 to the cashier, and make your donation, up to $249 per organization. Donations made without a Maika`i Card will not be matched. Organizations will receive 100% of each customer’s donation. Foodland will match a portion of each donation up to a total of $250,000 for all organizations combined. Amounts exceeding $250,000 will be distributed among all participating organizations. Donations in the form of cash, check, or credit card will be accepted. No Maika`i Card? You may establish one at check-out. Donors’ names will not be disclosed to participating organizations. To receive acknowledgement of your donation for tax purposes, send a copy of your receipt to [email protected]. Thank you for your support.

Mahalo to the Hawaii Pacific Foundation, in partnership with Pacific Business News, for hosting ‘Imi I Ka Mano’a, a "Gathering to Share Thoughts" at the Bishop Museum. Waikiki Health’s (WH) Director of Native Hawaiian Healing, Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, attended, along with WH’s Pu’uhonu’a Program Assistant, Maireng Vicari. According to our WH team, “It was an honor to be part of this amazing gathering where so many Native Hawaiians were in attendance. It was also wonderful to network with new people and reconnect with old friends within our Ohana.”

Hawai’i Pacific Foundation’s mission is to enrich Native Hawaiians through partner-leveraged contributions supporting education, workforce development, economic stability, and community development, succeeding through opportunities that foster cultural development, contributing to strong, vibrant Native Hawaiian communities. Thank you, PBN, for inviting Waikiki Health. We hope to create and nurture new and exciting partnerships in the future as a result of this networking hui.

Our friend, Joni Masutani (right) and family, celebrated her birthday this week by gifting Waikiki Health’s Keauhou Shelter with 16 twin size air mattresses and hygiene care products for our shelter members. Joni's husband, Les Masutani of Coastal Construction and his crew, have done dozens of projects for Waikiki Health in the past, by generously donating their time, labor and resources. Mahalo nui and Hau‘oli Lā Hānau, Joni!

Waikiki Health (WH) had the privilege of visiting with several other Community Health Centers (CHCs) from the PACIFIC ISLANDS PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION (PIPCA) a recent event hosted by National Association of Community Health Centers CEO, Dr. Rhee. CHCs from the US-affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPIs) were also at the reception, visiting Oahu for their annual meeting in Honolulu.

According to NACHC representatives, guests included “CHCs spanning across 5 time zones and 107 inhabited islands covering an expanse of ocean larger than the continental US; 9 CHCs operating 38 sites, serve 1 in 5 of the nearly 500K people in 6 USAPIs: 3 territories of American Samoa, CNMI, and Guam; 3 Freely Associated States (FAS) of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.”

Dr. Rhee said he was “on a journey to better understand Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and island health disparities, opportunities and challenges.” Dr. Rhee additionally spent time visiting with 7 out of the 14 Hawaii CHCs, including WH, while here for the Hawaii Primary Care Association (HPCA) annual conference. Learn more about PIPCA at: https://lnkd.in/g4h_9FSJ

Humanitarians provide life-saving assistance to millions of people worldwide. They place their own lives at risk to help others in conflict zones and areas of natural hazards. More than 700 humanitarian workers have died or experienced the most dangerous situations while trying to help those in need. Humanitarians provide support for different world challenges such as hunger, gender-based violence, refugees and displaced people, help for children, as well as clean water and access to sanitation.

Waikiki Health will be closed today, in observance of Statehood Day

Go ahead and get your relaxation on!

WELLNESS WEDNESDAY
Waikiki Health is in quarter 3 of our Wellness Initiative, Workplace Wellness. Staff have been learning about the importance of safety at work. Risk factors in the workplace may contribute to health problems previously considered unrelated to work. For example, there are work-related risk factors that can lead to health conditions like: obesity, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease and depression.

Across six WH sites, 210 employees, we come from all walks of life and do very different things through the day, but the fact remains that we are a TEAM. Mahalo to all of our Safety Inspection Committee members. Here are Misty and Helena, checking their sites extensive checklist to keep us safe.

Waikiki Health provides optometry services at our Makahiki Clinic located in the McCuly-Moiliili neighborhood. As with all our services at Waikiki Health, optometry is available to clients with private insurance, those who have low incomes, patients with Medicaid and Medicare, those who are uninsured, and those clients who face other barriers to maintaining vision health such as homelessness. It is easy to make an appointment for your eye examination. Call 922-4787 and one of our friendly staff will be happy to assist you. Eyes

Aloha,
We are currently hiring for the following positions:

- To***co Treatment Specialist
- Revenue Cycle Biller
- Housekeeper Temp
- Patient Services Representative
- Dental Patient Services Representative
- Dentist
- Dental Assistant
- Dental Hygienist
- Director of Human Resources
- IT Network System Technician
- Call Center Associate
- Outreach Patient Services Representative
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Assistant at PATH

For more information, please visit our website: www.waikikihealth.org.
If you or anyone you know is interested in applying for any of the positions listed above, please apply through our website: https://waikikihc.org/employment/

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Waikiki Health (WH) ended National Health Center Week (NHCW) on Friday, August 9 and celebrated our hard-working staff by throwing a pizza party at all our sites. NHCW, which ran from August 4 – 10 had focus days throughout the week and August 9 was Health Center Staff Appreciation Day. A huge mahalo to HMSA for helping to support the pizza parties that were agencywide. Planning a pizza party for over 200 employees at five separate locations takes an entire team of dedicated helper-employees. The staff at Whole Foods Kahala and Queen Street were so accommodating, too!

We would also like to thank Ohana Health Plan for donating canvas bags to fill with Goodies for homeless people and for dropping off cookies for our WH staff. UnitedHealthcare donated appropriate In-Kind items for homeless individuals and dropped off fruit platters and scones for our staff. Aloha Care showed support by bringing a “Happy National Health Center Week. Mahalo! Waikiki Health” banner, along with a monetary gift which went towards our Health Fair we had for the homeless community on Monday, August 5. HMSA also made a monetary donation. We couldn’t have done it without all our awesome sponsors!

Celebrating Community Health Center Week was an opportunity to highlight the commitment and passion of our nation’s Community Health Center staff, board members, and supporters who make it possible to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients across nearly 15,000 communities annually. Like other CHC employees, our staff work very hard to obtain quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable to everyone, regardless of ability to pay.

Waikiki Health's Health Care for Homeless Persons

In honor of National Health Center Week, Waikiki Health (WH) hosted a Health Fair, which focused on improving the well-being of houseless individuals. The event featured interactive and informational booths, introducing attendees to the essential and innovative services WH offers across our five service sites. With increased awareness of the importance of Community Health Centers, participants were encouraged to become their own “Health Advocates.”

Waikiki Health staff assembled 'Ohana Health Plan Goodie Bags to hand out to all our homeless attendees. Thanks, team!

More than 50 visitors attended the fair held at our Keauhou Shelter in Moiliili including Hawaii State Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, WH Board members, Keauhou Shelter residents, WH patients, and passers-by. Participants engaged in educational screening activities.

Mahalo to our team of volunteers, representing various WH programs and services: To***co Treatment, Insurance Navigation, Nurse Care Coordinators, Dental Clinic, Marketing and Development Dept., Pu‘uhonua Prison Program, and PATH Clinic. A big shout-out also goes to our Health Fair sponsors. Donations came from 'Ohana Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare, HMSA, and AlohaCare. WH was also awarded a 2024 National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Sponsorship donation.

Breastfeeding week aims to raise awareness of the health and wellbeing outcomes of breastfeeding and the importance of supporting mothers to breastfeed for as long as they wish. For more info visit https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-breastfeeding-week/2024

Every August, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) sponsors National Health Center Week (NHCW) to celebrate and increase awareness of America’s 1,400 Community Health Centers (CHCs). NHCW is an opportunity to highlight the commitment and passion of CHC staff, board members, and supporters who make it possible to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients across nearly 15,000 communities annually. CHCs serve as a beacon of strength, service, and care in their communities.

The Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF) and Transforming Lives hosted a Resource Day event at the facility on July 25 to help inmates prepare for successful reentry into community. Our Waikiki Health Pu'uhonua Prison Program was part of this resource day, Mahalo to Pu'uhonua Program Assistant, Maireng, and Eligibility Insurance Specialist, Cheryl, for bringing hope and help to those in need.

This week highlights the need, especially among minorities, for more organ, eye, and tissue donors. Mahalo to all the minorities who have donated in the past. To learn more about how to become a donor, visit https://www.donoregistry.org/Register/hi #/enroll

Big Mahalo UnitedHealthcare for helping us celebrate National Health Center Week (NHCW)! Stephanie Nobriga, Clinical Practice Consultant came by and donated boxes upon boxes to hand out to our homeless community on Monday, August 5. Our Community Health Fair will be at Waikiki Health’s Keauhou (“a new beginning”) Shelter. The theme this year, supported by the National Association of Community Health Centers, is, “Powering Communities through Caring Connections.”

Shout out to Sam Aiona, owner of Kettle Corn Hawaii for donating 150+ bags of popcorn to Keauhou Shelter. Sam, along with his family and friends volunteer twice a month plating and serving dinner that the Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa and Our Lady of Good Counsel donate for our folks at Keauhou shelter. Sam believes in the importance of giving back to our community that we all love.

Mahalo, Pacific Business News Publisher, Leianne "Lei" Pedro, for hosting the Executive Insight breakfast last week at the Hawaii Prince Hotel. We are grateful for the opportunity to have our new CEO, Alexis Charpentier, engage with other esteemed Hawaii leaders featured in Pacific Business News’ Executive Insight section. Way to represent!

We are having a Health Fair!
Every August, NACHC sponsors National Health Center Week (NHCW) to celebrate and increase awareness of America’s 1,400 Community Health Centers. NHCW is an opportunity to highlight the commitment and passion of Community Health Center staff, board members, and supporters who make it possible to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients across 14,000 communities annually. Come by if you are in the area!

Mahalo to Ohana Family of Living God's Pastor Virgil and Senior Pastor Sage Chee from Hau'ula for sharing a wonderful meal at our Keauhou Shelter. They also had friends from New Jersey helping out.

Mental illness can affect people of all races and ethnicities. Obstacles for many include a lack of health insurance, less access to treatment, and stigma. At Waikiki Health, we provide quality behavioral health care for everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity or the ability to pay. Call us today at 808-922-4787 to schedule an appointment.