Show that you care for our community and wear a mask to keep our region healthy! Our region’s health and human services leaders encourage you to follow the CDC’s recommendation to wear a mask in public spaces and try your best to keep 6 feet apart from others. Wearing a reusable, cloth face covering and […]
We are pleased to announce our new eHealth patient portal! This portal will be easy, secure and convenient for our patients to access their personal health information. This Simple and intuitive tool will give our patients the ability to review their information from their computer, phone or any other electronic device at any time, day […]
Hannah Billings, Physician Assistant, joined PCHC in the summer of 2018. Ms. Billings’ practice centers on all aspects of high-quality family medical health care. Ms. Billings received her B.S. in Pre-Professional Biology from the University of Tennessee of Chattanooga and her M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies from Elon University in North Carolina. When she is not […]
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 […]
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 […]
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that Walk-In Care Services at Helen Hunt Health Center, 242 Brunswick Street, Old Town, are now better than ever thanks to a recent expansion and renovation of the space, as well as the addition of new acute care staff. “We’re always looking for new ways to […]
We are pleased to announce that Pamala Pellon-Irwin, MSN, APRN-BC, FNP-C, has joined the medical staff of PCHC’s Community Care & Geriatrics, whose multi provider team serves patients in area nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, or for in-home visits. Ms. Pellon-Irwin’s practice centers on all aspects of high-quality geriatric care. Ms. Pellon-Irwin received her undergraduate degree […]
We are pleased to announce that the providers and staff of Seaport Community Health Center, 53 Schoodic Drive, Belfast, have again achieved the highest level of recognition, Level III, as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Seaport Community Health Center providers and staff first earned recognition from NCQA as […]
Dr. Patricia S. Doyle, MD, received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1984. Since completing her family medicine residency at Maine Dartmouth Family Practice in 1987, she has been practicing at the Jackman Region Health Center as its medical director, and also providing emergency/urgent care and nursing home care. During that […]
New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiative that cuts costs and puts patients at the center of their care – Medicare accountable care organization initiatives to improve how the health system cares for patients Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants – representing 49 states […]