BANGOR, Maine July 21—A generous grant from the Maine Cancer Foundation will support a new cervical screening program, making exams and pap smears—potentially life-saving procedures–readily available as part of primary care. Penobscot Community Health Care, which serves 60,000 Mainers, announced this week that the $100,000, two-year grant will support development of the program at four […]
Noah Nesin, M.D., longtime family doctor and former chief medical officer at Penobscot Community Health Care, was honored by the state of Maine this week for his work treating substance use disorder. Gov. Janet Mills, addressing the 2022 Opioid Response Summit, announced that the Governor’s Award would go to Nesin “in grateful appreciation” of his […]
Proving that the best community partners can pivot beautifully when circumstances change, Good Shepherd Food Bank didn’t bat an eye when it learned its grant for new refrigeration at Hope House Health and Living Center wouldn’t cover the whole cost of a new cooler. In February, Good Shepherd Food Bank awarded Hope House $29,000 for […]
JACKMAN, Maine July 1—An innovative project employing paramedics as urgent care providers—connected via telehealth to emergency room physicians 100 miles away—has launched successfully in one of Maine’s most remote communities. The federal grant-funded project has been up and running for about a month in this frontier community (pop. 823) less than 20 miles from the […]
Reproductive health care is a human right. Today’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, which for 50 years was settled law protecting a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, jeopardizes the health and well-being of women in this country, threatens disproportionately the lives and health of low-income women and women of color, and marks a […]
Our friends at the Bangor Daily News ran a story about our Bangor School-Based Health Center, on Thursday, and spoke with Executive Division Director, Donna Neste about the need for increased access to care for our school children, and how PCHC is meeting that need. Check out the full article: In-school health care clinic will […]
The month of May is mental health awareness month and Executive Clinical Director for Psychotherapy, Colleen Owens joined us to talk about how all of us, no matter who we are or where we come from, deal with our mental health on a daily basis. Check out the video and the resources below to learn […]
One of the new programs designed to improve both internal and external operations at PCHC Dental Center, the Dental Assisting Training Program, celebrated its first cohort of graduates this week, Abby Pelotte, Brooklyn Tompkins, and Michaela Stewart, successfully completed a rigorous eight-week training program, with the goal of providing on-the-job training to get health care […]
Every Kid Healthy Week Flier Take Action for Healthy Kids Tips Created in 2013, Every Kid Healthy Week is an annual observance that celebrates school health and wellness achievements. At PCHC we’re recognizing this important week by giving out branded Frisbees to encourage playtime outdoors and resource sheets to those coming in for a pediatric […]
This week is Medical Lab Professionals Week, and we’d like to celebrate and honor a group that plays such a vital role in caring for our community members. Our small but mighty lab staff works tirelessly to process tests and data to give our providers the information needed to treat our patients. Hear from some of […]