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US News ranks the best hospitals in Maine, and nationwide

WebMaine health care institutions received generally high marks in the annual report card on the country's best hospitals. But the state's top ranker received a lower …

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MaineHealth enters $400M 10-year contract with supply chain …

WebMaineHealth, the largest integrated health system in northern New England, announced Monday it has entered into a 10-year, $400 million prime vendor distribution agreement …

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MaineHealth Cancer Care Network launched with $10M Alfond …

WebThe MaineHealth Cancer Care Network, as the collaboration is now called, is being launched in part with a $10 million grant from The Harold Alfond Foundation. In a …

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Maine Med is again 'best hospital' in the state, but what do the US

WebMaine Medical Center, the Portland flagship facility of MaineHealth, outscored other hospitals in the state according to the annual rankings by U.S. News & World …

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MaineHealth hires its first chief medical and transformation officer

WebMaineHealth has hired a Colorado physician as chief medical and transformation officer, a newly created role. Chris Thomson most recently served as vice …

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Maine’s health care industry steps up effort to recruit and retain

WebTravel RNs in Maine earned an average of $3,374 per week as of May 2021, about 238% of the $1,416 per week earned by regular RNs, according to health care …

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SMHC plans $34M construction project at Sanford medical center

WebSouthern Maine Health Care plans to invest $34 million in construction and upgrades of the SMHC Medical Center in Sanford. The plan includes construction of a new, modern long …

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MaineHealth picks Virginia physician as new CEO, after pandemic …

WebA family physician who recently headed a group of four hospitals in Virginia has been tapped as the next CEO of MaineHealth. The state’s largest health care …

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HealthInfoNet expands info-sharing system for long-term care

WebThe technology organization that manages the state's health information network is aiming to improve care for Mainers in long-term care facilities with the addition …

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EMHS to rebrand as 'Northern Light Health'

WebBy Staff. Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, commonly referred to as EMHS, will become Northern Light Health in October. The name change …

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Here's how federal CMS rates Maine's 34 hospitals for quality

WebBy James McCarthy. Three of Maine’s 34 hospitals have received the top quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its newly updated …

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Martin's Point Health Care prepares to open at Brunswick Landing

WebPortland-based Martin’s Point Health Care Inc. on Tuesday said it’s on track to open a new, 54,000-square-foot health care center in Brunswick in October, replacing two smaller …

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Closing the rural health care access gap in Jackman, and

WebThe program, while in some ways unique to Jackman, may be a model that will help solve rural health care access issues in Maine and beyond, says Lori Dwyer, …

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Community Health Options' founders take a consumer-oriented

WebPHOTo / Tim Greenway Kevin Lewis, CEO of Community Health Options, left, and Robert Hillman, COO, in the nonprofit health insurer's headquarters within …

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MaineHealth and Dana-Farber partner to improve cancer care in …

WebA partnership between Portland-based MaineHealth and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston will provide expanded access to cancer care and clinical research trials of new …

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$61M rehab hospital proposed for Bangor by fast-growing …

WebEncompass is currently on a building spree, having constructed and opened 24 rehab hospitals since 2021. Up to 40 more are planned by 2027. The company, which …

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Maine Behavioral Healthcare hires from within for newly created …

WebMaine Behavioral Healthcare, which serves 20,000 patients at more than 30 locations throughout southern, western, and midcoast Maine, said it named Maria Hadjiyane to the …

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New director hired to lead fight against mental illness in Maine

WebThe former president of Health Equity Alliance in Bangor has been hired to lead the Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Jennifer Thompson …

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Dora Mills fired from MaineCare post Mainebiz.biz

WebDora Anne Mills, the former longtime head of the state's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has been fired from her new position as medical director of MaineCare. A …

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The lawyer behind 'CALL JOE,' Joe Bornstein, dies at age 74

WebBy Staff. Joseph L. Bornstein — one of Maine’s best-known lawyers, whose slogan became a catch phrase over his nearly half-century career — died Thursday, Oct. …

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