BANGOR – Melodies for the Mind, a musical event to benefit Unlimited Solutions Clubhouse will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 10 at the Hampden Academy Performing Arts Center (PAC). The inaugural fundraiser will be held on World Mental Health Day, a day that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues around […]
BANGOR – Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC), the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine, has been recognized again as a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality. The distinction came from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRCFoundation) Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), which scores health care facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and […]
BANGOR – Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC), the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine, has been awarded a $50,000 grant with the purpose of helping to reduce death due to overdose, and encourage the process of recovery. The funds will be used to distribute naloxone, which is a safe, highly effective life-saving medication that […]
BANGOR – Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC), the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine, in partnership with The University of Maine School of Nursing in Orono, Harrington Family Health Center in Harrington, and Hometown Health Center in Newport and Dexter, has received a four-year grant award to support a Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency Program. […]
BANGOR – Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) says the former Verizon call center off Union Street in Bangor is on-track to open as its new, larger, Center for Pediatric Care. Frame Out tours were offered Tuesday for a first look at how the facility will be laid out once it opens its doors to patients […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC)’s Hope House Health and Living Center was pleased to receive a generous donation of $34,650 from Subaru of America and Quirk Subaru as part of the 2018 Subaru Share the Love Campaign at a check presentation on Wednesday. From November 15, 2018 and January 2, 2019, Subaru of America and […]
In 2014, Jackman Community Health Center became a practice of PCHC, a federally qualified health center. Jackman Community Health Center (JCHC) has been able to provide accessible and affordable primary health care services including family medicine, X-ray, care management, laboratory services, and 24/7 acute care. PCHC is committed to continue to provide access to primary […]
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 […]