Brandon and Tyler Giberson were recently recognized by the American Heart Association for their volunteer work and research on cardiac arrest at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Both brothers say they plan to return to central Maine one day to practice medicine.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rolls into Iowa
He arrives fresh from his role in the standoff over health care.
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New health website boss says it’ll be fixed by December
The management is reorganized after the exchange is plagued by delays and errors.
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Designers of health care website: Full testing done far too late
Federal officials decided to ‘go live’ despite the brief test period, causing a chaotic rollout, a congressional panel is told.
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FDA seeks new rules for hydrocodone
The agency recommends restrictions on the highly addictive painkiller that mirror those for other narcotic drugs.
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Maine experts think website was doomed from start
Besides inadequate testing, the system for finding the best technology contractors is complicated and doesn’t work, they say.
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16 Maine hospitals receive top safety rankings
The Leapfrog Group rates hospitals annually on 28 safety measures.
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Designers of health care website: Full testing done far too late
Federal officials decided to ‘go live’ despite the brief test period, causing a chaotic rollout, a congressional panel is told.
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Northern New England telemedicine system hits milestone
The broadband network connects hospitals, community health centers and other facilities in primarily rural locations so they can share medical information.
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Let Mainers sign up for health insurance on our website, insurer says
That would help people avoid the troubled federal site, the company says, as it awaits a response from the U.S.