The MaineHealth food pantry at the former Greyhound bus station in Portland is getting a refrigerated ‘healthy foods’ truck, paid for with federal funding.
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MaineHealth to roll out updated names of hospitals, practices to reflect ‘unified identity’
Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick will be renamed to MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital.
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National advocacy group blames hospital consolidation for Maine’s high health care costs
Hospitals contend other factors – such as Maine being the oldest state – are driving up costs in the state.
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Bath Iron Works hires former MaineHealth executive for new chief information officer role
Julie Berry worked as a vice president overseeing information technology at MaineHealth.
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UNE and MaineHealth team up on effort to improve care for chronic pain
The University of New England and the state’s largest hospital network will create a registry to aid in research that could lead to enhanced medical care.
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MaineHealth Care at Home backs decision to fire nurses, despite staff’s no-confidence vote
Amid what they consider union tactics and misrepresentations, MaineHealth Care at Home is upholding a decision to fire two longtime nurses. The disciplinary action prompted a no-confidence vote by staff.
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Over 60 MaineHealth clinicians vote ‘no confidence’ in at-home care leadership
The nurses and other staff with Portland’s MaineHealth Care at Home are calling for change following disciplinary action against 6 pediatric providers and the firing of 2 longtime nurses.
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Commentary: Not knowing where new nurses will come from is no excuse for no new nurses
The proposal that would introduce nurse-to-patient ratios in Maine is one of the few interventions that can repair perilous working conditions for nurses.
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Maine nurses split over whether state mandate of staff ratios would help
Some see the controversial bill in the Legislature as a means of improving working conditions at badly understaffed hospitals; others say the flexibility is what allows them to do their jobs.
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Brunswick homeless shelter receives $500K donation for new facility
Tedford Housing is building the $8.3 million shelter in Brunswick on Thomas Point Road.