Meanwhile, of 4,500 employees in the MaineGeneral Health system, about 140 are expected to be working from home, once software is set up for them to do so.
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MaineGeneral has first publicly announced COVID-19 death
Of 4,500 employees in the MaineGeneral Health system, about 140 are expected to be working from home once software is set up for them to do so.
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Employers flock to 80-year-old apprenticeship program amid workforce crunch
Rapidly growing participation in the state-administered program is raising concerns that it will become overwhelmed.
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MaineGeneral says more data may have been accessed
AUGUSTA (WGME) — MaineGeneral Medical Center has determined additional protected health information impacting some individuals may have been accessed in the cyber attack on its computer network last November. Letters to those impacted are being sent Friday, explaining the stage of the investigation, and ways individuals can protect themselves, including access to free credit monitoring […]
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Officer shoots unruly client at mental hospital’s outpatient clinic in Augusta
AUGUSTA — An officer asked to assist mental health professionals at Riverview Psychiatric Center’s outpatient clinic with an unruly client ended up shooting the man, officials say. Officer Laura Drouin was dispatched at 3:40 p.m. to East Chestnut Street “at the request of mental health professionals who needed assistance with transporting a client to the […]
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More money, less money: the effects of not expanding MaineCare
The head of the Portland Community Health Center and her chief financial officer sat down last week to figure out which bills they could pay. They don’t have the money to pay all of them. More than half of their patients are uninsured, up from about 30 percent a few years ago. The health center […]
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New Augusta hospital eliminating 128 jobs
AUGUSTA (AP) — The chief executive of Maine’s newest hospital says it is eliminating almost 130 jobs and laying off 16 people this summer. Chuck Hays, chief executive of MaineGeneral Health, said the Alfond Center for Health that opened in Augusta in November is busy but overstaffed. The budget that MaineGeneral officials are developing for […]
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Doctor loses appeal in civil rights case
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court refused to clear an emergency room physician of a Richmond woman’s claim that he violated her civil rights. Linda Clifford sued Dr. Scott Kemmerer and MaineGeneral Medical Center about her treatment at the Augusta hospital’s emergency department on Sept. 25 and 26, 2007. She said she was […]
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Hospital furniture sale attracts bargain hunters
AUGUSTA (AP) — A chance to pick up bargain furniture and other items from the old MaineGeneral Medical Center attracted so many shoppers that officials canceled plans to extend the sale for another day. The Portland Press Herald reports that about 1,000 items sold in less than three hours Saturday, prompting Sunday’s sale to be […]