FARMINGTON — Longtime Franklin Memorial Hospital nurse Taffy Davis has been awarded certification in nursing informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This certification is designed for registered nurses who have a strong background in both nursing and informatics, according to a news release from the hospital. Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science […]
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FMH change means more funds to be reimbursed
If the proposed change to Critical Access Hospital is approved, it will mean Franklin Memorial Hospital will be reimbursed 101% for Medicare/Medicaid patients instead of the current rate of 30-40%.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital president explains change of license to critical access hospital status in Farmington
The change is expected to take place on Oct. 1, 2023.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital will continue obstetric service, deliver babies if license changes
Hospital representatives intend to apply for Critical Access Hospital status and reduce its bed count from 65 to 25, if license changes.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital intends to apply for critical access hospital status, reduce beds
There will be a public forum from 5-6 p.m. June 28 in the Bass Room at the hospital that will include an overview of the proposal and a question and answer period.
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More hospitals part of new CNA training program
REGION — Spruce Mountain Adult and Community Education, MaineHealth and the Maine Community College System have partnered to offer a new CNA [Certified Nursing Assistant] training program that pays students while they learn. “We couldn’t keep doing what we had been doing, waiting for another entity to get CNAs out there,” Tania Dawson, Franklin Memorial […]
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Diversity, connections separate chaplaincy and parish work
FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital now has two chaplains after Rev. Susan Taylor was hired to assist Rev. Tim Walmer in providing hospital-based spirituality services. The hospital hired the first paid chaplain in 2004, Jill Gray, MaineHealth communications & public affairs manager, noted. Taylor sat down with The Franklin Journal on Tuesday, May 23, to […]
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Orthopedic surgeon joins Franklin Memorial Hospital
FARMINGTON — Dr. Ian Dickey has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as an orthopedic surgeon, providing patient care at Franklin Health Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery at the hospital. Dickey was most recently employed as an orthopedic surgeon at Anschutz Medical Center in Colorado and the Department of Veterans Affairs at Eastern Colorado Health […]
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Children are ‘languishing’ in hospitals while waiting for mental health services, providers say
Children with mental and behavioral health needs end up ‘languishing’ in hospitals for months on end thanks to long waiting lists and administrative barriers to treatment.