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Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inHealth, News
Doctors doing face-to-face house calls – over the Internet
Maine health insurer Anthem makes virtual visits a covered benefit, and the cost-saving, convenient trend may catch on.
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Posted inMaine, News
Patient advocacy group slow to report abuse case at Maine’s Riverview Hospital
Critics say the Disability Rights Center, protector of patients at the Riverview Psychiatric Center, let down the vulnerable victim of a pepper-spray incident.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Riverview psychiatric patients, looking for refuge, find isolation instead
The Augusta-based facility has relied on the use of seclusion and restraints at comparatively high rates, even as national experts have discredited the methods as harmful to mental health.
Posted inMaine, News
First case of enterovirus confirmed in Maine
State officials say the child is out of the hospital, and send advice to schools on taking precautions.
Posted inHealth, News
Maine insurance co-operative accelerates plans to cover New Hampshire
Maine Community Health Options will offer health policies throughout New Hampshire in 2015, building on its success in the first year of the federal insurance marketplace.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage removes doubt: He will attend gubernatorial debates
Analysts say it’s smart for him to appear so he can clarify his views on Social Security and welfare.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police release names of deceased, state police troopers in Chester shooting
The Maine Attorney General’s Office will investigate the police shooting of the knife-wielding man.
Posted inMaine, News
Nurses at Maine’s Riverview Psychiatric Center face discipline for not reporting abuse
The nurse who blew the whistle on their alleged failure to follow the law after a pepper-spray incident says she was pressured by Riverview superintendent Jay Harper to not turn in her colleagues.
Posted inMaine, News
Legislative committee votes to investigate Maine’s Riverview Psychiatric Center
A watchdog agency will examine policies, incident reporting and workplace culture at the state hospital, where employees have reported abuse and neglect of patients.