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Hospitals and Health Care

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Established in 1967, Waikiki Health (WH) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose mission is to provide quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. WH targets underserved populations and welcomes everyone, regardless of race/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, economic status, or other consideration. In 1992, WH was designated as the first FQHC in the State of Hawaii, and today serves the highest-risk populations of all 14 Hawaii FQHCs. WH’s three largest clinics are each accredited a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Company size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Honolulu, Hawaii

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

1967

Specialties

Primary medical care, HIV/Early Intervention Services, Traditional Hawaiian Healing, Healthcare for the Homeless, Youth Outreach, Social Services, Behavioral Health, Tobacco Cessation, Optometry, PATH Clinic for Women, Next Step Homeless Shelter, and Pre/Post Prisoner Release Program

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277 Ohua Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815, US
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935 Makahiki Way
Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, US
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845 22nd Ave
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816, US
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415 Keoniana St
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815, US
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1020 Isenberg St
Honolulu, Hawaii 96826, US
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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
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! #waikikihealth #40Under40
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.
Waikiki Health (WH) had the privilege of visiting with several other Community Health Centers (CHC) from the PACIFIC ISLANDS PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION (PIPCA) at a recent event hosted by NACHC CEO, Dr. Rhee. CHCs from the US-affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPIs) were also at the reception, visiting Oahu for their annual meeting. According to National Association of Community Health Centers (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 HPCA at: https://www.hawaiipca.net/ and PIPCA at: https://lnkd.in/g4h_9FSJ.
Mahalo, PBN Publisher, Leianne "Lei" Pedro, for hosting the Executive Insight breakfast last week at the Prince. We are proud to have our new CEO, Alexis Charpentier, MPH, represent Waikiki Health.

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Deeply grateful for the opportunity to engage with esteemed Hawaii leaders who are just as passionate and dedicated to our beloved home. It’s an honor to be in the company of professionals featured in Pacific Business News’ Executive Insight. Our mission is to help businesses grow, advance careers and simplify professional lives and we do this by providing connections through Hawaii business news and intelligence everyday online and weekly in print. Mahalo nunui for the connections, engaging dialogue, strategies and collaboration. Mahalo Prince Waikiki Sean Ganhinhin and @Cora Kim for your terrific breakfast service and hospitality 🍳☕️Alexis Charpentier, MPH Ian Kitajima Gwen Yamamoto Lau Jesse C. Miller, MBA, CPM®, CAPS, NAAEI, ARM®, CAM, NALP, SHCM, ACoM Linda MikiEric KawadaA. Kam Napier Wendy Shewalter Vassilis Syrmos Dr. Kanoe NāoneChing Jen L.Roseann Freitas#ExecutiveInsight #WeLiveHereweGiveHere #ThisisOurHome
Mahalo to Dr. Kyu Rhee, CEO of National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for taking time during his visit to Hawaii (with his family) to tour our clinic locations including our Ohua and Makahiki Clinics, and our Keauhou Homeless Shelter in the McCullly/Moiliili. Great to see such strong support from NACHC's CEO for our dedicated staff at Waikiki Health.

CEO of NACHC | Mission-Driven Physician Leader, Educator, Scientist, and Innovator | CMO at CHCs, HHS, IBM, and CVS | Primary Care | Health Equity | Health Tech | Public Health | Board Member
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Reflecting with gratitude last week when my family and I had the opportunity to visit Waikiki Health with the wonderful and thoughtful CEO Alexis Charpentier, MPH. Since being founded in 1967 as the 1st Community Health Center (CHC) in the great state of Hawaii and originally named the "Waikiki Drug Clinic", they have been providing compassionate healing and expert care for ALL in their island community. With the mission "to provide quality medical and social services that are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of ability to pay," they provided 63,768 patient visits in 2023 through an integrated primary care care model of medical, dental, mental health, substance abuse, vision, and enabling services (e.g., care coordination, health education, shelter visits). Their commitment and impact of serving as the "Employer, Provider, and Partner of Choice" in their community for nearly six decades was evident in our conversation and the extraordinary work that their committed and caring workforce are delivering every day. I am thankful for the opportunity to listen, learn, share, and spend time with their amazing leadership team in their administrative offices during their monthly leadership team meeting. On another day, my family (who took the photos below) and I met and spoke with the dedicated staff at 3 of their busy, beautiful sites, including their Keauhou (Keauhou means "new beginning") Shelter site that provides emergency housing using the Housing First model. This model enrolls the unhoused straight from the street and then assists them with their broader determinants of health including primary care. Keauhou holds 75-85 people in a dormitory-type arrangement with shared bathrooms and showers, shared kitchen, and laundry spaces. We learned and discussed how this work is so important as the broader context and need on the island of Oahu is estimated to be around 3-5K people who are unhoused (https://lnkd.in/eEAry6Qf.). CHCs like Waikiki Health serve over 1.4M people who are unhoused across the nation. Please learn more and support them at: https://waikikihc.org/.National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) believes that CHCs like Waikiki Health are the best, most innovative, most resilient, and most diverse part of our health system. We stand united with CHCs for and with the people we have served and will serve as “the best is yet to come.” Please learn more and support the CHC movement at: https://www.nachc.org.#HealthCenters #ValueCHCs #FundCHCs #WeAreNACHC
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Mahalo to Dr. Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, for taking time during his recent trip to Hawaii to stop in for a visit and tour of Waikiki Health. Dr. Rhee, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Community Health Centers (pictured in center) met with our leadership team to discuss challenges and opportunities facing Community Health Centers (CHCs) like Waikiki Health. FQHCs (Federally Qualified Health Centers) including Waikiki Health, along with 1,400 other CHCs across the country, provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients annually. Staffing remains one of the biggest challenges CHCs face nationwide. Click here for employment and benefit opportunities at Waikiki Heath: https://lnkd.in/gwCmt-_bMahalo, Dr. Rhee, and aloha until you visit again #FQHC #NACHC
Congratulations our Director of Native Hawaiian Healing, Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, and to all the 2024 Ka‘ōnohi Award winners selected and presented by Papa Ola Lōkahi at a reception last week at Washington Place in Honolulu. Named for Dr. Alexander F.K. Ka‘ōnohi, a naturopathic physician, botanist and Hawaiian healer, the awards were presented to those who have made significant contributions to Hawaiian health and well-being. Recipients represented excellence in health care, traditional healing, research, education, activism, advocacy, workforce development and health promotion. https://lnkd.in/giz5Q7Z9
The Kaʻōnohi Awards 2024 https://www.papaolalokahi.org
We at Waikiki Health would like to congratulate a member of our Board of Directors, Ashley Noji, on being honored with a Pacific Business News “40 Under 40, Class of 2024” Award. This award recognizes young leaders throughout the state for achievements in their professional lives, as well as in the community. Ashley has been a dedicated and active Board member since January of 2015, holding various positions, including prior service as Board Vice President. As SVP of Product Strategy and Analytics at Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, Ashley is responsible for the credit union’s analytic insights and oversees the various loan, card and deposit share products, including strategic planning, pricing, market position, sales and marketing initiatives. Ashley is a deserving awardee, and we look forward to her being celebrated at the 40 Under 40 Awards Dinner in August. #40Under40 #Waikikihealth
On May 22, 2024, Alexis Charpentier, Waikiki Health’s Chief Executive Officer, graduated from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health with a master’s in public health degree. She graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA and was inducted into the prestigious Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Alpha Chapter through a highly selective process that assesses a person’s outstanding performance and devotion to the field of Public Health. Honorees must demonstrate qualities of outstanding leadership in public health and a potential for making significant contributions to the field of public health. At her commencement, students at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recited a declaration of Health Rights, which states: “Access to affordable health care is a human right. Health services should be effective, safe, equitable, and responsive to individual needs. Achieving health equity is everyone’s responsibility and requires a commitment to advancing the physical, environmental, economic, social, and political conditions necessary to support all people in the work attaining their full health potential”. This statement perfectly reflects both Alexis and Waikiki Health. Congratulations!

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