The decision came after a lengthy debate and testimony from service providers, recovery advocates and business owners about whether needle exchange programs should be regulated locally.
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Central Maine Healthcare acquisition will improve care, foundation says
In its application to the state, Prime Healthcare Foundation says it will inject new funds into the system and lower costs as well.
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Cyber incidents at Lewiston hospitals caused ambulances to be diverted
Some fire chiefs and ambulance services said they had no idea the cyber incidents were behind the diversions.
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Lewiston-area patients left waiting for care after hospital cyber incidents
Two health care systems were breached in subsequent weeks, leaving many patients scrambling. What — and who — caused them remains unknown.
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Why cyber attacks are increasingly targeting hospitals
The incidents that caused outages at two Lewiston-based hospital systems come at a time when cyber attacks on health care organizations are skyrocketing.
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Our coverage of how cyber incidents disrupted Lewiston-area hospitals and patients
The hospitals are working to return to normal after what leaders have described as recent cybersecurity incidents.
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Central Maine Healthcare’s future depends on its acquisition, CEO says
Speaking at a chamber breakfast Thursday, Central Maine Healthcare CEO and President Steve Littleson did not comment on the hospital system’s ongoing system outage.
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Updated: The cyber ‘incident’ at area hospitals. Here’s what patients need to know
UPDATE: St. Mary’s announced on Monday, June 30, all systems were fully restored.
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Bangor man sues hospital, Covenant Health over data breach
The class-action lawsuit, filed in Penobscot County, says St. Joseph Hospital and its owner should have done more to protect patients’ private information.
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Systems remain down at Lewiston’s hospitals. Have you been impacted?
The Sun Journal wants to hear from patients whose care has been disrupted amid a ‘cyber incident’ at the city’s two biggest health care systems.