central maine healthcare
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
Blood shortage forces Maine Med to reschedule surgeries
The hospital says it rescheduled fewer than a dozen operations over the past three weeks because of a national supply chain shortage of blood products caused by severe weather.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2020
Doctors try to keep up with flood of COVID-19 research
The disease is new, but scientists around the world are studying how to combat it.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2020
Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn't necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2020
Central Maine Healthcare CEO: Topsham surgery center will be high-quality, low-cost option
The public has until Aug. 21 to submit comments on the proposal to the Maine DHHS.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Midcoast-Parkview opposes CMHC surgical center for Topsham
Midcoast-Parkview officials say there aren't enough patients to go around and that they'd lose revenue.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
CMHC proposes $14M surgical center in Topsham
The outpatient center would be near its Care Center and Maine Urgent Care.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Numbers of virus patients in Maine hospitals continue to flatten and decline
Restricting activity in the state has flattened the COVID-19 curve and taken the pressure off hospitals, a Press Herald analysis finds, but dangers remain.
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PublishedApril 14, 2020
Maine Voices: Thank medical workers by helping to make sure they get paid
At least 15% of the total federal bailout should focus on health care organizations.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
Central Maine Healthcare furloughs 300 workers
The temporary leave affects about 10% of its workforce.
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PublishedApril 7, 2020
As health care shifts, so do health care employees
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.