Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Wuanita Elkins, Patient Service Representative at Capehart Community Health Center, and Danielle Reardon, MHRT, Clubhouse Unit Coordinator at Unlimited Solutions Clubhouse, were named PCHC’s 2018 Non-Clinical and Clinical Employees of the Year! Employees of the Year at PCHC are chosen for embodying the finest spirit,… Read more »
Adventure Fundraising Event to Be Held October 17 at Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) has partnered with Over the Edge to bring a brand new event to Bangor this October. R(a)pelling Stigma is an adventure fundraiser featuring an exciting opportunity for members of the public to rappel down the Cross Insurance… Read more »
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is proud to announce plans for a forthcoming opening of a state of the art infusion center at Penobscot Community Health Center, 1012 Union Street, Bangor. The infusion therapy center is expected to be open to everyone in the community, not just existing PCHC patients, by July 23, 2018. PCHC’s… Read more »
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC)’s Hope House Health and Living Center was pleased to receive a generous donation of $34,500 from Subaru of America and Quirk Subaru as part of the 2017 Subaru Share the Love Campaign at a check presentation on Wednesday. From November 16, 2017 and January 2, 2018, Subaru of America and… Read more »
Jackman, Maine — Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund recently awarded a $10,000 grant to help fund building renovations and improvements at Jackman Community Health Center. Jackman Community Health Center is located at 376 Main Street, Jackman, and is staffed by Patricia Doyle, MD. Lori Dwyer, Esq., President… Read more »
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce a two-year grant award received from the Maine Cancer Foundation in the amount of $100,000 to support efforts to improve colorectal screening rates. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of new cancer cases and cancer-related death in Maine. Screening is vital to prevention and successful… Read more »
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that the Libra Foundation Fund recently awarded a $10,000 grant in support of PCHC’s Brewer School Based Health Centers. With clinics at the Brewer Community School and Brewer High School, PCHC provides more than 1700 students access to medical, dental, and mental health services. Lori Dwyer,… Read more »
PCHC is pleased to make our Annual Report available to our patients, friends, and stakeholders. This report documents our success in 2017 and highlights PCHC’s integrated model of primary care behind every patient. Through our integrated care model, our hope and our mission is that each patient will be met where they are, will be… Read more »
PCHC joins only 418 healthcare providers nationwide to earn the “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) has been recognized for the eighth year in a row as a “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The designation was awarded in the 11th edition of the Healthcare Equality… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Megan A. Sanders, Esq., currently PCHC’s Vice President of Human Resources and Associate General Counsel has been named Vice President of Human Resources and General Counsel of the organization. Ms. Sanders, who has served PCHC since 2016, replaces Lori Dwyer, Esq., who was named PCHC President and CEO on September… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Maggie Vance, CPhT, Prescription Refill Specialist at Penobscot Community Health Center, and Abagail Smith, Housing Navigator at Hope House Health & Living Center, were named PCHC’s 2017 Clinical and Non-Clinical Employees of the Year! Employees of the Year at PCHC are chosen for embodying the finest spirit, mission, and… Read more »
