Hundreds of employees have left since the system was acquired by Prime Healthcare Foundation. A Prime spokesperson says the turnover is ‘common.’
Hannah Kaufman
Staff Writer
Hannah Kaufman covers health and access to care in central and western Maine. She is on the first health reporting team at the Maine Trust for Local News, looking at state and federal changes through the eyes of patients. Hannah received a journalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and has finally forgiven Cooper Flagg for playing for Duke. She has been known to write a feature story, watch a movie, swim in a lake and have a palindrome for a name.
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Missed deadline stalls access to remote pharmacies in Maine
Roughly 45% of residents live in a pharmacy desert.
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How can Maine stem its healthcare gaps?
While health science has made great strides in improving the quality and length of life, one expert says the future calls for a ‘ginormous shift in public health.’
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Cancer treatment services restored at St. Mary’s hospital in Lewiston
The hospital stopped offering medical oncology services in 2024.
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Waterville to bring opioid treatment into the field as part of state pilot program
The medication has been proven to reduce fatal opioid overdoses by more than 60%.
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3 takeaways from Maine’s bid to not lose $190M in federal rural health funding
New funding opportunities, a fast-approaching deadline and Maine’s hospital-sustaining plans that didn’t make the cut.
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Feds should let Maine use grant to help rural hospitals, Sen. Collins says
The Trump administration has limited avenues for Maine to directly pay rural hospitals with grant funding intended to keep them afloat.
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EMS crews scramble as Maine hospitals end drug partnership
2 Maine hospital groups say the DEA is forcing them to stop supplying local EMS with critical drugs. The feds say they’re wrong. Local EMS crews are caught in between.
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With just $500, Maine’s syringe disposal program can’t get off the ground
Advocates say the state-run program could have taken a significant burden off municipalities and community organizations. Lawmakers hope it still can.
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With traumatic injuries, time matters. Here’s where Maine’s system falls short.
The explosion in Searsmont showed how the state’s health care providers work together during a crisis. Some say they need help.