Primary care doctors are leaving their offices to work in hospitals and nurses are staffing screening tents as the entire industry adapts to the coronavirus.
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MaineHealth asks state’s manufacturers to produce medical equipment, supplies
Several have said they may be able to produce masks, face shields, gloves and other equipment to help in the coronavirus fight.
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Target date for Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger delayed, but moving ahead
The Brunswick hospital announced its merger with MaineHealth, a health care group with more than a dozen hospitals and medical offices stretching across the state and into New Hampshire, in February 2019 and hoped to be fully integrated by Jan. 1, 2020.
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Parent company of Maine Med forms cancer network
MaineHealth Cancer Care will be located in Biddeford, Sanford and South Portland.
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MaineHealth completes hospital consolidation
MaineHealth, the nonprofit parent of Maine Medical Center and other hospitals in the state, on Wednesday finished merging its systems, unifying budgets under one umbrella organization and creating a more centralized health care system. One reason for the initiative is to help preserve health services in rural areas of Maine, hospital officials said. “The real practical […]
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Maine med school students find love in class of their own
On their first day in the Maine Track MD program at Tufts University, Ryan Lena took a seat next to Emily Follo in the orientation lecture hall. As she remembers it, he cracked a joke and she laughed. As he remembers it … well, he doesn’t really. “When Emily reminds me of that, I remember […]
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Franklin Community Health board explains governing changes at forum
FARMINGTON — Like many small, rural Maine hospitals, Franklin Memorial Hospital is losing money, interim President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy Churchill said at a community forum Tuesday. In the past fiscal year, he noted, the 36 hospitals in Maine had a combined operating income of $29 million. However, when the two largest hospitals, Maine […]
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MaineHealth consolidation takes giant step forward
PORTLAND — MaineHealth, the largest health care system in the state, is moving forward with a proposal to consolidate all member hospitals under a single authority, a move that has the potential to affect hundreds of thousands of Mainers. Nine of MaineHealth’s 10 hospital groups have voted to keep exploring consolidation and to bring the proposal […]
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MaineHealth proposal ‘raises eyebrows’ in Farmington
FARMINGTON — When the leaders of the Franklin Community Health Network considered joining a larger hospital system two years ago, local control was a significant concern. Franklin, the parent organization of Franklin Memorial Hospital, was small and independent, and beloved for that. If it joined one of the big guys, it would no longer be […]
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Farmington health network adds Web page about Ebola
FARMINGTON — Franklin Community Health Network has launched a new page on its website about the Ebola virus. It includes information about how it is transmitted, symptoms and who is at risk of contracting the virus. Users can also view a slideshow developed by the Franklin Memorial Hospital Education Department and download fact sheets on […]