Central Maine Heart & Vascular Institute’s goal is to improve the health status for individuals who live and work in Central and Western Maine.

Through our community education programs, we provide information and resources to enable people to gain control over conditions that affect their health.

CMHVI’s Prevention and Outreach promotes programs that enhance quality of life through education and wellness activities. We are actively involved in community health fairs, screening events and other special activities, such as the River Valley Expo’s Living Well in the Valley.

CMHVI’s ScoreKeeper program screens for five major risk factors for cardiovascular disease high blood pressure, high cholesterol, current or past tobacco use, physical inactivitiy, poor nutrition, overweight and diabetes.

The Prevention program uses strategies to keep risks low or manage them as effectively as possible.

Rumford Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital vital to the River Valley and key to a rural healthcare network of two rural health centers, Swift River Health Care and Elsemore Dixfield Center, and Rumford Community Home.

Rumford Hospital offers acute inpatient, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation services including physical, occupational and speech therapies. Its Emergency Department is certified-physician staffed 24/7. Rumford Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Diabetes Education programs help people live as normally as possible with those diseases.

CMHVI and Rumford Hospital are both part of Central Maine Healthcare , a family of diverse healthcare and healthcare-related service companies. Central Maine Medical Center, CMH’s flagship company, serves as a regional referral center for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin Counties and surrounding areas.