Hospital and nursing home administrators will pick the first vaccine recipients.
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Sanford Medical Center opening psychiatric center to help ease shortage
Some patients needing mental health crisis beds have to wait days or weeks to get served in Maine.
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Maine Voices: Reach out and help someone – suicide prevention is everyone’s responsibility
In a time of crisis, we must do a better job accepting mental illness as a disease that is no different from diabetes or a broken limb.
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Maine health care systems to defy CDC shift, continue testing anyone exposed to virus
The federal CDC said last week that testing isn’t necessary for people suspected of being exposed if they show no symptoms of COVID-19.
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MaineHealth retains A+ bond rating despite pandemic challenges
Ratings agencies S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service each endorsed MaineHealth with strong credit ratings.
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MaineHealth commits to solar power for half of its energy needs
The state’s largest health care system has signed deals with 3 solar developers and says it expects to save $1 million a year in electricity costs.
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MaineHealth receives $800,000 telehealth grant
The parent company of Maine Medical Center will use the grant from the Federal Communications Commission to acquire videoconferencing equipment and expand its existing telehealth programs, which have seen a huge surge in use during the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue at low level across much of Maine
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston saw an uptick, although its daily patient count still averaged less than 3.
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COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
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MaineHealth program helps jobless Mainers find health care and insurance
The health care system said it can connect patients with a range of options during the coronavirus pandemic.