FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network awarded its 2016 Community Health Leadership Award to Roger Wells, director of security at Franklin Memorial Hospital, during Monday’s annual meeting. Wells, of Wilton, was recognized as an outstanding member of the organization and community, L. Clinton Boothby, chairman of the FCHN board of directors, said when presenting the […]
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Amazing program at FMH
I recently completed my sophomore year of high school at Washtenaw International High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan. During the first week of my summer vacation, I was granted the privilege of attending the 10th Annual Summer Scrub Club in Farmington, held at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Myself and the other 50 students attending performed intubations, sutured […]
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Renaud joins Franklin Memorial
FARMINGTON — Christopher Renaud, DO, became a member of the medical staff at Franklin Memorial Hospital on July 5 and will offer anesthesiology services. Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. Renaud completed his medical degree in 2009 […]
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FMH pharmacists get advanced training
FARMINGTON — Two pharmacists at Franklin Memorial Hospital have recently completed advanced training in anticoagulation and antithrombotic therapy, medications that prevent the blood from clotting as quickly or as effectively as normal. Both pharmacists are certified in anticoagulation therapy management. Bruce Williamson, RPh, completed the six-week anticoagulation therapy management certificate program offered by the University […]
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FMH nurses recognized for excellence
FARMINGTON — Nursing leaders and peers recognized five Franklin Memorial Hospital nurses recently by nominating them for the organization’s fifth annual Excellence in Nursing Award. The award was established to recognize contributions by FMH nurses who support the advancement of nursing. Nominees included: Mary Cyr, wound care; Valerie Farrington, Intensive Care Unit; April Smith, Medical/Surgical […]
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FMH receives ‘A’ for safety
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital has been awarded an “A” grade by the national patient safety watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group. The grade reflects the hospital’s focus on protecting patients from errors, injuries and infections. The hospital was one of 798 hospitals nationally to receive an “A,” ranking it among the safest in the U.S. “Hospitals […]
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LD 633 deserves Legislative support
Like most health care organizations, Franklin Memorial Hospital is a place hugely impacted by the Affordable Care Act, what many call Obamacare. One of those impacts is a change in federal reimbursements — something that affects all hospitals, but especially those serving rural communities. And when we combine these reimbursement changes — intended to help […]
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Belair rejoins Franklin Women’s Care
FARMINGTON — After a year’s absence to provide obstetrical hospitalist services in California, Jacques Belair, MD, is rejoining the medical staff of Franklin Health Women’s Care and Franklin Memorial Hospital on May 2. Belair is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist who first joined the women’s care practice and Franklin Memorial Hospital in 1999. He has […]
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Evans elected to MeSHP board
FARMINGTON — Maria-Ausilia Evans, a pharmacist at Franklin Memorial Hospital, has been elected to the 11-member board of directors of the Maine Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Evans is the Region 2 director, representing Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford and Sagadahoc counties. She has been a member of the nonprofit organization since 2009. Evans earned her Doctor of […]