EMHS ENGAGES WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HEALTH SYSTEM
01/31/2012 - EMHS announced today its new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) will be known as Beacon Health, LLC, to reflect the success of the federally funded Bangor Beacon Community Project. EMHS also announced it has enlisted Geisinger Health System of Pennsylvania, to partner with EMHS and Beacon Health. ...

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EMHS Welcomes Michael Donahue to New Role
01/18/2012 - BREWER, ME (January 18, 2012) – EMHS president and CEO M. Michelle Hood, FACHE is pleased to announce that Michael Donahue, MBA has accepted a position with EMHS effective immediately. In his new role, Donahue will continue work he initiated ...

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EMHS Invited to Participate in Pioneer ACO Model
12/20/2011 -  EMHS is very pleased to be one of the 32 organizations across the United States invited to become a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). M. Michelle Hood, FACHE, president and CEO of EMHS, said the up to five year demonstration project is intended to improve the coordination, efficiency, effectiveness, quality, and cost of healthcare.
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Partnership with Guiding Stars® Nutrition Guidance Program to Help Improve Community Health
12/07/2011 - (Brewer, Maine)  – EMHS (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems), and Guiding Stars®, the world’s first storewide nutrition navigation program, announce a partnership to implement the program throughout its system of hospitals. The partnership seeks to benefit the health of local communities ...

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Hampden Native to Chair World Congress Leadership Summit
10/25/2011 - October 25, 2011 (Brewer, Me) – Amy Cotton, nurse practitioner and director of Operations and Senior Service Quality for EMHS Continuum of Care, will chair The World Congress Leadership Summit on Innovative Care Delivery Models for the Aging Population November ...

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Maine Nurse Chosen as Mentor for National Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy
10/18/2011 -  October 18, 2011 (Brewer, Me) – EMHS is proud to announce that Amy Cotton, nurse practitioner and director of Operations and Senior Service Quality for EMHS Continuum of Care was one of twelve national mentors selected for Sigma Theta Tau ...

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Best Selling Author TR Reid to Speak in Bangor
10/17/2011 -   Dispelling the Myth – How America can Achieve High Quality, Lower Cost Healthcare (Brewer, ME) October 11, 2011 There perhaps is no other topic that has led to more impassioned discussions than that of healthcare. From access and cost, ...

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EMHS Earns Best Places to Work in Maine for Fifth Consecutive Year
10/14/2011 - BREWER, ME (October 14, 2011) – Innovation and team work are at the corner stone of everything we do at EMHS (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems). So we are especially pleased to not only be named a Best Workplace in Maine ...

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Five of Six Walmart Clinics to Close
08/29/2011 -  August 26, 2011 NEWS RELEASE(BREWER, ME) – Since 2009 EMHS hospitals have owned convenient care clinics located inside six Walmart supercenters throughout central, eastern, and northern Maine.  This week we informed Walmart that we intend to close five of the ...

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Scott Oxley Fills New AHS VP Position
08/29/2011 -  NEWS RELEASEAugust 26, 2011(BREWER, ME) EMHS president and CEO M. Michelle Hood, FACHE and Affiliated Healthcare Systems (AHS) president and CEO Miles Theeman have announced that Scott A. Oxley, EMHS vice president and chief accounting officer, and interim chief financial ...

The Aroostook Medical Center - TAMC Selected to Participate in Innovative Medicare Pilot Program
02/06/2012 - The Aroostook Medical Center (TAMC), as a member of EMHS, was one of 32 healthcare systems recently selected to participate in a program to trial a new model of care that will benefit Medicare patients who use TAMC. ...

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Eastern Maine Homecare - Pathfinders Announces Spring Session
02/03/2012 - Grieving Children Find Hope and Help with Pathfinders Pathfinders Support for Grieving Children, announces its Spring, 2012 Session, being held Mondays beginning March 5 and ending May 14 from 6 00 p.m. – 7 30 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church ...

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Blue Hill Memorial Hospital - Bucksport Family Medicine Expands Hours
02/01/2012 - Bucksport Family Medicine, a practice of Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, is expanding its hours.    Deborah Hatanpa, MD, will see patients beginning at 7 00 a.m. Monday through Thursday.  “We hope that these early morning appointments will be especially helpful to ...

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Inland Hospital - Inland supports new event to raise heating oil funds
01/27/2012 - Inland Hospital joins the United Way, Kennebec Behavioral Health, People’s United Bank, and Best Western Plus to sponsor a new event to help raise funds for heating oil for local people in need. The event, “KEEPING HEARTS WARM COMEDY SHOW ...

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Blue Hill Memorial Hospital - BHMH To Host Blood Drive on February 9
01/26/2012 - Blue Hill Memorial Hospital will again host the American Red Cross Blood Donor Bus on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 9 00 a.m. – 2 00 p.m.   There is a critical need for all blood types, especially types O ...

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Blue Hill Memorial Hospital - Tradewinds Marketplace Supports BHMH Cancer Patients
01/26/2012 - Tradewinds Marketplace on South Street in Blue Hill will be encouraging customers to buy paper hearts to support Blue Hill Memorial Hospital’s oncology program.  The program is affiliated with Eastern Maine Medical Center’s CancerCare of Maine.   Tradewinds owner, Chuck Lawrence, ...

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Eastern Maine Medical Center - EMMC's Phones are Working
01/25/2012 - Eastern Maine Medical Center's phones are back up following an upgrade to the phone system. If you have any questions or concerns, please call 973-7000.  ...

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Healthcare Charities - Cancer Survivor pens support book
01/25/2012 - Published in Bangor Daily News - Orono cancer survivor pens support booklet for cancer patients Contributed photo Mart Lapin of Orono enjoys a summer day with his wife, Mary, and their dog Gracie. Mr. Lapin recently wrote the booklet, "Four Down and None to Go (So Far): A First-person Account of One Ma ...

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Acadia Hospital - DHHS PUBLIC NOTICE of Services Review
01/24/2012 - PUBLIC NOTICE   Department of Health and Human Service’s Licensing will conduct a Substance Abuse Services Review of the agency named below on the dates indicated.     The purpose of the licensing review will be to evaluate the agency’s ...

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The Aroostook Medical Center - TAMC to Host American Red Cross Blood Drive
01/23/2012 - On Tuesday, February 7, TAMC will host a blood drive from noon until 5 p.m. at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. Walk ins are welcome, but to save time call 1 800 GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org to ...