Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce a two-year grant award from the Maine Cancer Foundation in the amount of $100,000 to support efforts to improve colorectal cancer screening rates. Colorectal cancer is Maine’s third leading cause of new cancer cases and cancer-related deaths. Screening is vital to the prevention and successful treatment […]
Trip Gardner, MD, Chief Psychiatric Officer and Medical Director for Homeless Healthcare Services, was awarded the Dr. Robert P. Allen Quality Award at PCHC’s Annual Meeting, held April 22, 2019, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bangor. Dr. Gardner was recognized for being singularly responsible for the initiation and implementation of PCHC’s integrated care model, for […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) was recently awarded a Rural Health Transformation grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) for continuing work to build a sustainable urgent care program in the Jackman region. MeHAF awarded three other projects in Franklin, Hancock, and Oxford counties with the intent of supporting programs that provide access to […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Michele Broadhurst, DC, has joined the providers and staff at Penobscot Community Health Center, 1012 Union Street, Bangor. Dr. Broadhurst has over 15 years of experience as a Chiropractor and is dedicated to providing compassionate, effective medical care to patients suffering from chronic pain. Her […]
Written By Dr. Noah Nesin and Dr. Kristen Martin, Special to the BDN • Published via the Bangor Daily News on February 26, 2019 The Bangor Daily News Feb. 19 article, “A Bangor pediatrics group has stopped sending doctors to visit newborns,” may have created confusion within the community. To provide clarity and assurance to our patients and […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is joining school-based health center providers and advocates from across the nation in recognizing the month of February as National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month is sponsored by the School-Based Health Alliance, a national organization that promotes and supports school-based health centers to assure all children […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce a grant award from the Maine Cancer Foundation in the amount of $12,174 to support efforts to improve the early detection of skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The two most common types of skin cancer – […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Sandra Ewer, FNP, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, has joined the providers and staff at Penobscot Community Health Center, 1012 Union Street, Bangor. Sandra has more than 20 years of nursing experience in the greater Bangor region and is dedicated to providing high quality, individualized women’s […]
Jackman, Maine— Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund recently awarded a $15,000 grant to make heating and cooling system improvements (heat pumps) in newly renovated space at Jackman Community Health Center. Jackman Community Health Center (JCHC) is located at 376 Main Street, Jackman, and is staffed by […]
Bangor’s Annual Homeless Memorial Day Bangor, Maine — PCHC’s Hope House Health & Living Center, in collaboration with the Hammond Street Congregational Church, the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, the Shaw House, and FACT (Families and Children Together), will sponsor a Homeless Vigil at Hammond Street Congregational Church, 28 High Street, Bangor on Friday, December 21nd […]