LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center earned the highest grades for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit, independent watchdog organization. CMMC has received an A from the organization for every biannual review since fall 2018, making this their ninth consecutive top mark, hospital officials said in a […]
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Face Time: CMMC nurse Kailey Norcross — being the ‘best nurse that I can be’ for patients
Kailey Norcross, an Auburn native and a registered nurse at Central Maine Medical Center, recently earned international recognition for her work with patients.
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Central Maine Healthcare launching tuition reimbursement program for nursing students
The program launches this month for nursing students at the Maine College of Health Professions who commit to working at CMH after graduation.
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Universal masking remains in place at local hospitals
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated their guidance for health care settings to make universal masking optional when community transmission is not at a high level.
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Maine Urgent Care in Topsham to close, consolidate with Lewiston location
The move will allow the organization to increase staffing and urgent care access in Lewiston, according to a press release from Central Maine Healthcare.
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Local coalition working to bring awareness to dangers of vaping
The use of e-cigarette and vaping products, such as Juul, “exploded” among middle and high schoolers during the pandemic, said the director of Healthy Androscoggin.
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Hospital workers are expected to ‘tolerate a level of abuse’ unacceptable anywhere else
There is a cultural expectation that health care workers, especially in hospitals, tolerate abusive behavior, making them less likely to want to pursue a criminal case and law enforcement and district attorneys less likely to prosecute, hospital workers told the Sun Journal.
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Maine CDC asks for patience as COVID vaccine rollout for preschoolers gets started
The first batch of orders for vaccines for children as young as six months old were delivered to pediatric practices by Tuesday morning.
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Maine, with one of the highest cancer rates in the country, is struggling to attract oncologists
Finding young physicians willing to move to Maine, especially to rural areas, is next to impossible, some providers say.
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Central Maine Healthcare updates agreement with Aetna
Central Maine Healthcare officials said Monday the new agreement takes effect this month and applies to patients covered under an Aetna commercial plan.