About HAME — Healthcare Alliance for Medical Education

Before HAME existed, Enid Rivera Soto had already spent two decades planning medical meetings for societies and healthcare organizations in Puerto Rico and the United States. She saw a need for accredited CME that combined educational rigor, bilingual capability, and a deeper understanding of the communities being served.

So she founded HAME in 2014 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, headquartered in Chesterfield, Virginia. From the beginning, HAME was built around the belief that bilingual capability and accreditation rigor should not be treated as a tradeoff. Clinicians deserve education delivered clearly in English, Spanish, or both, while held to the same high standards.

"Every CME activity is a chance to serve clinicians and the medical societies they belong to. We take that seriously."

For a decade, HAME developed and delivered CME activities through joint providership arrangements with accredited providers. During that time, we built a track record, refined our process, and developed innovative formats — including an escape room-based CME activity that became a signature part of HAME’s educational design work.

In 2025, HAME earned ACCME accreditation. After years of working within accredited CME systems, HAME could now operate as an ACCME-accredited provider while continuing to partner with medical societies, foundations, and healthcare organizations.

That's where we are now.

2014

Founding

HAME is founded as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Enid Rivera Soto founds HAME with a clear mission: to support high-quality, bilingual medical education in partnership with medical societies and the communities they serve.

2024

Format innovation

First Escape Room CME activity debuts at SEIPR

HAME develops its first Escape Room CME experience for the Sociedad de Enfermedades Infecciosas de Puerto Rico, focused on Hepatitis C clinical decision-making. The hands-on format becomes a signature part of HAME’s educational design.

2025

Accreditation

HAME earns ACCME accreditation

After years of developing CME activities through joint providership relationships with accredited providers, HAME earns ACCME accreditation as Provider #0008322. The next phase begins.

2025

Signature work

Operation: Hidden Strain debuts

HAME’s HIV-focused Escape Room CME, built for SEIPR 2025, draws interest from a medical school exploring how the format could be adapted for its curriculum.

2026

Expansion

Expanding partnerships across the United States

HAME continues expanding its joint providership work with medical societies, foundations, and healthcare organizations across the country, bringing accredited CME support to partners serving diverse clinician audiences.

Education built around real clinical needs.

We start every activity with a clear understanding of what clinicians need to know and be able to do. Learning objectives, faculty conversations, and evaluations are designed to serve that goal — not just to meet hourly credit requirements.

Bilingual capability from day one.

HAME was built to support education in English, Spanish, and bilingual formats. Our workflows, evaluations, certificates, and faculty support can be designed in both languages from the beginning, so language is part of the strategy — not an afterthought.

Accreditation discipline serves the learner.

ACCME standards exist to protect clinicians from bias and ensure educational integrity. We treat the rigor as a feature, not a burden. It's part of what makes accredited education worth the credit hour for everyone involved.

Partnerships should feel like partnerships.

We stay focused enough for leadership to be involved in strategy calls and key decisions. We are intentional about the organizations we work with, because every joint providership relationship is one HAME stands behind.

Enid Rivera Soto, PMP

Founder & Executive Director

Founder of HAME and medical meetings professional with more than twenty years of experience planning educational activities for medical societies and healthcare organizations. Enid leads HAME’s accreditation strategy, partner relationships, educational planning, and overall direction.

Roy Soto, PE, PMP

Co-Founder, Strategic & Operations Advisor

Roy brings senior-level project management and operations experience from the public sector, with a focus on structure, systems, timelines, and execution. He advises HAME on operational planning, process improvement, and the kind of organizational discipline that helps accreditation work scale responsibly.

Haydee Rivera

Administrative & CME Activities Manager

Haydee supports HAME’s administrative and program workflows, including communications, documentation, timelines, and activity coordination. She helps keep the behind-the-scenes details organized so each activity moves forward smoothly.

2025

ACCME Accredited

501(c)(3)

Nonprofit status

EN / ES

Bilingual delivery

We built HAME for accredited medical education that works in English and Spanish.

Twenty years of medical meetings, one mission that hasn't changed.

How we got here.

HAME is founded as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

First Escape Room CME activity debuts at SEIPR

HAME earns ACCME accreditation

Operation: Hidden Strain debuts

Expanding partnerships across the United States

Four things that shape every decision we make.

Education built around real clinical needs.

Bilingual capability from day one.

Accreditation discipline serves the learner.

Partnerships should feel like partnerships.

Small by design. Focused by choice.

Enid Rivera Soto, PMP

Roy Soto, PE, PMP

Haydee Rivera

The credentials, in one place.

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