Noah Nesin, MD announces new program Bangor, Maine — Noah Nesin, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, announced that Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) will provide a prescription for Narcan for any person in Maine who requests it, at the pharmacy of their choice. Narcan, the brand name for Naloxone, is a safe, highly effective […]
PCHC believes in inclusion, dignity, and the fundamental importance of everyone we serve and we want to reaffirm our values and commitment to the Jackman community and Jackman Community Health Center. Here is a message PCHC President and CEO, Lori Dwyer, Esq., shared with PCHC employees regarding the recent news around the racist, xenophobic, and […]
President & CEO Lori Dwyer shared the following message with PCHC staff today: Good afternoon! I want to take just a minute to mark Martin Luther King Day by thanking you for your services to the most vulnerable among us, for your commitment to equality, kindness and compassion, and for your love of each other, […]
PCHC’s Hope House Health & Living Center, in collaboration with the Hammond Street Congregational Church and the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, will sponsor a Homeless Vigil at Hammond Street Congregational Church, 28 High Street, Bangor on Friday, December 22nd at 6pm. A few members of our local community will speak and share stories of and […]
We are pleased to announce that the Skowhegan Savings Bank Charitable Foundation recently awarded PCHC a $25,000 grant to support renovations to the Jackman Community Health Center facility at 376 Main Street, Jackman. The funding will support overall building upgrades, including utility and energy efficiency improvements. “We are grateful for the support of the Skowhegan […]
We are pleased to announce that James Cash, DC, Chiropractor, has joined the clinicians and staff of Helen Hunt Health Center, 242 Brunswick Street, Old Town. Dr. Cash’s specialty practice centers on all aspects of high-quality chiropractic care, which involves a variety of treatment approaches and adjustments to the spine and other areas of the […]
PCHC has received The Guideline Advantage™ Hypertension Control and Diabetes Management Achievement Award for attaining specific quality improvement metrics supported by American Heart Association Hypertension Guidelines and American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. The Guideline Advantage is a quality improvement program in collaboration with American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and American […]
We are pleased to announce that Kelley Strout, PhD, RN, has joined our Board of Directors. Dr. Strout is Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, School of Nursing where she is actively involved in the health needs of the greater Bangor community and coordinates all clinical placements for community and public health at UMaine School […]
We are pleased to announce that Amy Langley, Family Nurse Practitioner, was the 2017 recipient of the Maine Primary Care Association’s (MPCA) Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award. The Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award is presented to the clinician who exemplifies the best of primary care medicine for the underserved, reaches high standards of quality care, adopts and advances […]
Community Care Partnership of Maine (CCPM), an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) comprised of 11 member health care organizations throughout Maine, is pleased to announce the achievement of shared savings in its first year of participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). For the 2016 performance year, CCPM achieved $4.3 million in total savings for […]