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Published
June 11, 2024

New device, medication help Maine paramedics improve baby delivery

Former EMS protocol required paramedics to transport mothers and babies in separate ambulances. Now crews can carry them together, giving a mother and her child more time to connect.
Published
May 16, 2024

Maine Med to open 8-story tower as final piece of massive expansion

The Malone Family Tower is scheduled to open next month, completing an 8-year $588 million expansion.
Published
May 6, 2024

MaineHealth helping test new Lyme vaccine

A researcher says earlier tests on vaccine show promise. If proven safe and effective, it could be ready for public rollout in 2 to 3 years.
Published
January 4, 2024

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.
Published
September 25, 2023

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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Published
August 30, 2023

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.
Published
August 14, 2023

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.
Published
July 14, 2023

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.
Published
July 11, 2023

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.
Published
June 18, 2023

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.