The Edward Little High School graduates’ gift will support construction of an adult behavioral inpatient unit.
St. Mary’s Health System
Furloughed workers return to area hospitals
Both Central Maine Healthcare and St. Mary’s Health System say most of their employees are back on the job and the rest are expected to return soon.
St. Mary’s filled positions while planning layoffs
A hospital system spokeswoman said just two new hires were affected in Lewiston. Employees say there were more.
St. Mary’s outsourcing jobs, leaving 78 without placement
Covenant Health Systems, the parent organization of St. Mary’s Health System, announced Wednesday that it was partnering with a revenue cycle company starting in October, leaving 78 Lewiston employees without a position.
New St. Mary's president focused on patients, community and collaboration
Steve Jorgensen, the new president of St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston stands in front of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Steve Jorgensen had spent little time in Maine when he interviewed to become president of St. Mary’s Health System. But in Lewiston-Auburn, the Minnesota native immediately […]
HealthSteps members ask St. Mary's to keep it
LEWISTON — More than two dozen people gathered in a St. Mary’s Health System conference room Wednesday to urge St. Mary’s to keep its HealthSteps program. They suggested the hospital system better publicize HealthSteps, which offers an array of fitness classes for adults. They suggested classes run only in the fall and winter, when people […]
St. Mary's ends HealthSteps
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System is ending its once-popular HealthSteps program. For good this time. St. Mary’s this week notified members that the program, which offers an array of fitness classes for adults, will end Aug. 31. Spokesman Jason Gould said participation has dropped steadily in recent years. A summer session three years ago, […]
St. Mary's, Dream Foundation team up to grant wish
LEWISTON — The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at St. Mary’s Health System recently teamed up with the Dream Foundation to help patient, John Wing, fulfill his dream of seeing his favorite band, ZZ Top, in concert. Wing was suffering from stage 3A lung cancer that worsened. Wing had played in a band with […]
Hayes earns national credential
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, a Covenant Health member, announces Erin Hayes has earned the designation of certified professional in healthcare risk management from The American Hospital Association Certification Center. This is a national credential that distinguishes individuals as part of an elite group of health care risk management professionals. To earn the certification, […]
St. Mary's $12M project creates new psych units
LEWISTON — On the children’s psychiatric unit at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, nurses looking out of their enclosed station face a wall and a few rooms. To see down the hallway — where a child might be yelling or crying or trying to hurt herself — they have to leave the station and peer […]