health care
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedJanuary 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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