Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell recently announced $36.3 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 1,113 health centers to recognize health center quality improvement achievements and invest in ongoing quality improvement activities. Penobscot Community Health Care received a $92,379 award for its quality improvement efforts. “This funding rewards health centers that have […]
Seaport Community Health Center (SCHC), a practice of Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC), is excited to announce the addition of an on-site full-scale pharmacy to its practice at 53 Schoodic Drive in Belfast (on the athenaHealth campus). The pharmacy is open to patients and the community Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm and Tuesday 8:30am […]
PCHC’s Hope House Homeless Shelter in collaboration with the Hammond Street Congregational Church and the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter will sponsor the Homeless Vigil at Hammond Street Congregational Church, 28 High Street, Bangor on Sunday, December 21st, Bangor’s Annual Homeless Memorial Day. Please join us in remembering those who passed away in homelessness this year. […]
PCHC welcomes the public to join them for their annual tree lighting at Helen Hunt Health Center, to include the singing of festive holiday favorites, warm refreshments, and a visit from a special guest – Santa, on Monday, December 1, 4:30 pm, in front of the health center, at 242 Brunswick Street, Old Town. You […]
PCHC has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” for the fourth year in a row in the Healthcare Equality Index, an annual survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual […]
PCHC invites you to help kick off the 2014-2015 Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment period at 2pm on Thursday, November 13th at Brewer Medical Center. Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace runs from November 15, 2014 through February 15, 2015. Thousands of Mainers are still without adequate health insurance coverage and PCHC alone has […]
PCHC and Eastern Area Agency on Aging have teamed up to provide Medication Brown Bag Days at 450 Essex Street, Bangor, from 9am-3pm on October 28, November 10, and November 19. The event is free and open to the public. Seniors are encouraged to drop by with all of their medications and pharmacy staff will […]
Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation has generously awarded PCHC’s Jackman Community Health Center a grant in the amount of $25,000 to help fund a new Urgent Care entrance so that it is safe and accessible for patients and the community. Jackman Community Health Center provides the only Urgent Care and Walk-In Care within many miles, and […]