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Wabanaki Health and Wellness receives $1.4M in federal funding
September 24, 2021Wabanaki Health and Wellness received the additional funding to help improve health services in tribal communities.
September 24, 2021
More health care workers are getting vaccinated in Maine, but not everywhere
September 23, 2021New data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows employee vaccination rates are up, especially at hospitals. But five weeks before the state-mandated vaccination deadline, not all health care providers have made progress.
September 23, 2021
$940K federal grant will fund MaineHealth research into COVID testing
September 20, 2021The research, with an award from the National Institutes of Health, will explore how to remove barriers to testing and encourage people from Maine immigrant, low-income and homeless populations to get tested.
September 20, 2021
How Maine companies are supporting mental health in the workforce
Updated: September 20, 2021The pandemic is the latest source of mental health challenges for many employees and their employers. Mainebiz checked in with a few businesses to see how they're coping.
Updated: September 20, 2021
Building health: New needs are driving construction projects at Maine hospitals
Updated: September 20, 2021Aging facilities, growing numbers of patients, and the demands of new technology and care practices are all forcing Maine's health care systems to make big investments in their buildings and infrastructure.
Updated: September 20, 2021From the Editor: No break for the health care industry or its wellness counterparts
Updated: September 20, 2021The past 18 months have validated the need for good hospital systems and wellness sites. COVID exposed the gaps in the health care system and prompted a slew of changes and new investment.
Updated: September 20, 2021Health care providers eligible for $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief
September 13, 2021The funds include $8.5 billion to set aside for rural providers and $17 billion for providers who can document revenue losses and expenses related to the pandemic.
September 13, 2021
Aroostook Mental Health Center to receive $1M for fighting opioid crisis
September 9, 2021Opioid abuse resulted in the deaths of over 500 Mainers last year. The health care nonprofit helps nearly 5,000 residents annually.
September 9, 2021
St. Mary’s Health and MaineHealth expand clinical services partnership
September 9, 2021The agreement brings general surgery, cardiology and cancer care specialists and services from MaineHealth to Lewiston-Auburn. The area is currently experiencing high COVID-19 infection rates.
September 9, 2021
Mercy Hospital redevelopment in Portland gets final approval
September 8, 2021The 1940s-era hospital building and two neighboring ones are expected to ultimately add 270 units of housing to Portland's West End. With the final green light received, the development team hopes to begin construction early next year.
September 8, 2021
Martin's Point Health Care prepares to open at Brunswick Landing
September 8, 2021The new outpatient care center and medical office complex broke ground in 2020. When open, it will nearly double the space Martin's Point currently has at two smaller locations in Brunswick.
September 8, 2021
Caribou rural-living nonprofit gets $260K from USDA
September 7, 2021The money will be used to purchase and rehabilitate a facility to be used as a women's recovery home as well as another facility to serve as the men's recovery house. The facilities are the first of their kind in Aroostook County.
September 7, 2021
Maine hospitals, nursing homes will get $146M to help fill staff shortages
September 2, 2021The funding includes a mix of federal relief and state funds, and can be used by hospitals and long-term care facilities to address workforce gaps that have grown worse during the pandemic.
September 2, 2021
Philanthropist Donald Sussman pledges $2M to modernize Blue Hill Hospital
August 27, 2021The gift is a lead donation toward the planned $19.3 million hospital overhaul. Sussman, who has a home on nearby Deer Isle, has made previous donations in support of the 25-bed critical access facility.
August 27, 2021
CEO of statewide mental health care provider to step down next month
August 26, 2021The head of the nonprofit mental health care provider, which is based in Saco and serves roughly 20,000 clients throughout the state each year, will leave her position next month in order to relocate outside Maine.
August 26, 2021
COVID-19 strikes workplaces from US Senate floor to Maine DHHS office
August 20, 2021Three U.S. senators including Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, on Thursday received positive tests for exposure to the disease. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services shut down a local office after an employee there tested positive.
August 20, 2021
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