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Maine hospitals get good grades in latest Leapfrog ratings
Updated: April 30, 2021Maine ranked No. 3 among states for the highest percentage of hospitals receiving the top grade from the Leapfrog Group, a national health care watchdog group.
Updated: April 30, 2021
On the Record: Portland attorney-entrepreneur Krystal Williams is 'embedding equity'
Updated: May 3, 2021Every entrepreneur needs a community, says the founder of law and business advisory firm Providentia Group. Williams is working to create such a community for entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous and people of color.
Updated: May 3, 2021
MedRhythms to test digital therapy for acute stroke, add hires
April 28, 2021The Portland-based company, which employs 17 people with plans to add several more hires in coming months, announced the trial amid an ongoing study into its solution for chronic stroke.
April 28, 2021
Maine delegation urges timely construction of veterans' mental health facility at Togus
Updated: April 26, 2021A letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough raises concerns about a possible delay to building a new 24-bed treatment center at Togus and asks for the project to be expedited.
Updated: April 26, 2021
Jackson Lab's president and CEO will step down next February
April 21, 2021Edison Liu has led the lab for a decade and plans to remain as a professor. Under his guidance, JAX expanded substantially, and Liu has directed JAX's response to the pandemic, including its production of lab mice for COVID research.
April 21, 2021
Sports-themed video campaigns urge Mainers to get vaccinated
Updated: April 19, 2021New public service announcements, by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Northern Light Mercy Hospital, feature sports celebrities urging Maine residents to get inoculated.
Updated: April 19, 2021
Mercy Hospital in Portland receives $250K grant toward campus consolidation
April 15, 2021A grant from the Lunder Foundation will provide a one-to-one match for the hospital's ongoing relocation to its Fore River Parkway campus. That project is expected to be complete later this year.
April 15, 2021
How a Maine maker of COVID swabs hit the ground running in Tennessee
April 15, 2021Puritan Medical Products, which has three factories in Maine, was urged by the federal government to set up one in a central U.S. location. Tennessee offered industrial space, a good transportation network and a well-trained workforce.
April 15, 2021
On the Record: Lori Dwyer, of Penobscot Community Health Care, is innovating at the front lines
Updated: April 19, 2021As CEO, Dwyer has led a series of dramatic changes at the federally qualified health center. She talks with Mainebiz about how the pandemic has "forced and accelerated innovation," and some of the further changes ahead.
Updated: April 19, 2021
Puritan grows southward: Workforce, incentives made Tennessee 'right fit' for expansion
April 14, 2021The Guilford-based medical products company looked at several states when the federal government granted $146.8 million in Defense Production Act money and asked the company to expand its COVID-19 swab testing production outside of New England.
April 14, 2021
WEX agrees to acquire Illinois benefits administration company for $275M
April 14, 2021WEX unveiled an agreement to acquire benefitexpress, a provider of configurable, cloud-based benefits administration technologies and services. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
April 14, 2021
Portland health startup MedRhythms grows pipeline with new clinical trial, scientific board
Updated: April 14, 2021A new study will evaluate the company's digital therapeutics for use in treating walking impairment related to Parkinson's disease. MedRhythms' technology has also been studied for other neurological conditions, such as stroke and multiple sclerosis.
Updated: April 14, 2021Northern Light Health gets $1M from FEMA for vaccine clinic operations
April 12, 2021The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it is awarding the grant as reimbursement for the first three months of operation at the clinic, which Northern Light stood up at Cross Insurance Center.
April 12, 2021
Central Maine Healthcare CEO Brickman announces retirement
April 9, 2021In his five years at the helm, Jeff Brickman has moved the state's third-largest health care system from the brink of a financial cliff to a position of strength characterized by community engagement, growth and innovative programs.
April 9, 2021
Medical office building with stable tenants a winning combination for buyer
April 4, 2021The property went on the market in 2020, receiving immediate interest from investors across the country. “The strength of the tenants was really attractive,” said the buyer, who is based in Portland.
April 4, 2021
After a year of change at York Hospital, new CEO gets to work
Updated: April 5, 2021Dr. Patrick Taylor comes from Florida to head the community hospital, which has been led by two joint interim CEOs since the departure of Jud Knox one year ago. In that time, the hospital has also been busy dealing with another challenge: COVID-19.
Updated: April 5, 2021
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