The 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment also highlights concerns about mental health, access to health care and rising rates of substance use.
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Posted inHealth
Hospital workers say they experience assault, threats of violence nearly every day
While the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to a rise in incidents, violence against health care workers was an issue long before it started.
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Posted inAmy Calder, Columns
Reporting Aside: A labor of love for one Winslow couple
Steve DuBois and his wife, Sue, have been through more than most people can imagine, living life with hope and love, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Time is running out for deal between Anthem, MaineHealth, CEO says
Unless something changes, the state’s largest health care provider is ready to drop the state’s largest insurance plan from its network next year.
Posted inMaine
Justice Department says Maine breaking law by over-institutionalizing disabled kids
The state lacks adequate community-based services for children who need mental health care or have developmental disabilities, according to the agency.
Posted inMaine
The heartbreak, hope and courage of a Maine transgender child
Their lives in a largely rural state can be especially difficult. They face bullying and isolation, and health resources are hard to come by.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine launches incentive programs to boost state’s medical workforce
Gov. Janet Mills announces newly funded student loan repayment and scholarship programs for health care professions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Winthrop nursing home placed on federal ‘special focus’ list
Two patients wandered out of the Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center last year, and one was killed by a truck.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Just another statistic – why I’ve chosen to leave the medical profession
The pandemic was a breaking point for those of us who practiced medicine day in and day out in a pared-down environment where colleagues and staff were burning out and demoralized
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’ve had an illegal abortion and a legal one. The experiences couldn’t have differed more.
I am a grandmother now, and I know the disastrous consequences for younger women if we outlaw the procedure again.