2023 Impact Statement
February 5, 2024
This is PCHC
January 13, 2023
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words but we wanted to go a step further and introduce you to our organization by showing you the work that we do through video. Please enjoy the following videos that we’ve curated for your enjoyment. We hope that our passion for taking care of all […]
2022 Over The Edge Photo Gallery
October 21, 2022
Please enjoy the photo gallery from our 2022 Over The Edge fundraising event. In order to save a picture to your computer right click on the photo and select save image. This will bring up a pop up window that will allow you to select where to save it. If you have any questions please […]
National Pharmacy Week: Primary Care Pharmacists Provide Critical Voice in Collaborative Care
October 20, 2022
At PCHC – our health care providers pride themselves on a collaborative model of care, with a number of roles, and specialties working together along with the patient to provide the greatest possible care. In honor of National Pharmacy Week, we wanted to shed light on a new role brought to these care teams, called […]
Seaport’s Sam Gilligan First Statewide Theresa Knowles Honoree
October 5, 2022
Samantha “Sam” Gilligan, FNP, medical director at Seaport Community Health Center and a widely admired provider and colleague, has been honored with the first statewide Theresa Knowles Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence. The award was to be presented this week at the Maine Primary Care Association annual meeting in Rockport, but Sam learned of her […]
PCHC Welcomes Three New Providers
October 3, 2022
PCHC welcomed three new this week, as Erika Wentworth, PMHNP, Annie Powers, MD and Dale Walker, MD all started on Monday. Wentworth, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, joined Penobscot Community Health Center after most recently working at Acadia Hospital in Bangor. Wentworth has spent much of her career in Maine, including a stint at […]
Our Cancer Journeys: PCHC Employees Share Their Stories
September 13, 2022
We were fortunate to be able to sit down with Executive Clinical Director for Dental, Matt Offman, DDS and Care Management’s Mindy Tibbetts, RN to talk about how the disease has affected them and to stress the importance of consistent primary care and how it played an integral role in their journeys. Click on the […]
Grant from New Balance Foundation Supports Childhood Obesity Clinic in Bangor
August 30, 2022
BANGOR, Maine—The New Balance Foundation is generously continuing its support of Maine’s premier childhood obesity clinic at Penobscot Community Health Care. A new $100,000 grant, awarded last month, will fund the WOW 4 Wellness clinic that helps kids and families throughout Maine. “Investing in childhood obesity research, treatment and prevention is critical to our mission […]
2022 Employee of the Year
August 8, 2022
During our August Spirit Week, PCHC is excited to announce our 2022 Employees of the Year! Each day from Aug. 8 – 12 – we will announce a batch of EOTYs from our locations and departments. On Friday, Aug. 12 we will announce our organization overall winners. Please check out our daily annoucements and writeups […]
Cervical-Cancer Screening Supported by $100K Grant
August 3, 2022
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 […]