Aloha Hawai’i-Pacific Chapter!

This year is proving to be a busy one filled with a variety of education offerings. ACHE's 2018 Congress on Healthcare Leadership recently wrapped-up followed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Conference. ACHE/AONE 2018 Annual Conference - Leadership in Action will be held for a single day this year on Friday, November 9 at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The education committee has been hard at work planning the chapter's first On-Location education program to be held on Monday and Tuesday, August 13-14 at the Queen's Conference Center. The program focus is on Leadership Strategies.

If you have any recommendations for future events, please reach out to one of our education committee co-chairs! Contact information is provided at the bottom of this article.

Advancement to Fellow Local Study Options:

A key part of our Chapter Mission is to not only grow active members, but also to support the advancement to Fellow as well. Bottom line: we are here to support you! 

To meet this end, in 2016, our chapter purchased three sets of the Board of Governors (BOG) Exam Study set as found on the ache.org website (a $240 value). We currently have them staged at Wilcox Medical Center (Kauai), Queens Medical Center (Oahu) and Hawaii Pacific Health (Oahu). Recently, we received a donation set available for us at Kaiser Medical Center! To sign-out for usage, you simply have to be a current member of ACHE, a member in our Hawai'i-Pacific Chapter, and be eligible (or near eligible) to test for the BOG Exam. Simply send me an email and I will connect you with the right POC. Direct POC information will be posted on our website soon! 

NOTE: If any other member wishes to donate or share their books with ACHE Hawai’i-Pacific members, please contact me anytime. 

Advance to Fellow/Recertification Reminders:

Education Requirements are 36 credit hours (12 Face-to-Face & 24 Qualified Education Credits), every three years if recertifying.

Below are some direct ACHE links to make your advancement to fellow a whole lot easier:

• Steps to Advance (New Fellows)

• Steps to Recertifying (Current Fellows)

• BOG Reference Material

• BOG Study Set ($240 per set)

• BOG ACHE Review Course (19 Face-to-Face Credits/$1475)

As always, the education committee seeks energetic, detail-oriented individuals to help create, coordinate and/or volunteer at events. If interested, let us know!

With regards,

Charlene Rueben, Capt, USAF, MSC
Co-Chair, Education Committee
Email: charlene.rueben@us.af.mil