health care

Published
January 26, 2023

Skillings recognized as she retires from helm of Mid Coast-Parkview Health

Skillings worked in several nursing and leadership roles at Mid Coast-Parkview Health since 1979.
Published
January 15, 2023

Commentary: Failure to invest in residential facilities leaves Mainers with nowhere to go

Maine Medical Center is currently boarding 40 or more vulnerable patients who do not require the services of an acute care hospital.
Published
January 11, 2023

Commentary: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA must do more to expand access

Although last week’s action is encouraging, the FDA is maintaining other restrictions on this essential medicine without medical justification.
Published
January 8, 2023

Commentary: Maine’s rural hospital systems are suffering and urgent care is needed

As our legislators perform triage, the thousands of people on hospital wait lists are at risk of being sidelined further.
Published
January 8, 2023

Maine Voices: My patients need paid family and medical leave – and so do you

The current system of unpaid leave is damaging and stressful for both the patients seeking care and the people responsible for providing that care.
Published
January 5, 2023

Mid Coast-Parkview Health President Lois Skillings set to retire

Skillings officially retires Jan. 19, handing the reins over to emergency physician and former Mid Coast-Parkview Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christopher Bowe.
Published
January 4, 2023

From Mozambique to Portland: City’s new public health director brings global perspective

Dr. Alfredo Vergara, who opened the U.S. CDC's first office in Mozambique and until recently served as the agency's country director there, arrived in Portland in August.
Published
December 16, 2022

Flu cases, hospitalizations surpass prepandemic levels

Even if clinicians and public health experts had expected to see a surge in cases this season, flu and other respiratory viruses, such as COVID-19, are still flooding emergency departments, urgent cares and primary care physicians’ offices with sick patients.
Published
December 14, 2022

Health care networks, universities to receive $2.3 million in funding to expand rural education opportunities

Health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph's College will receive a total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington and Norway.
Published
December 12, 2022

Nursing home services may be consolidated at new, higher-cost facility in Damariscotta

Clippership Landing could help LincolnHealth stem years of financial losses at two existing long-term care sites. But the project comes with trade-offs, too.