Healthcare Review

The Central Maine Medical Center: launches a new dental health program for young children.
Created for children from 6 months to 6 years of age, the new service involves the application of fluoride varnish to areas where tooth decay may damage primary teeth. This program is offering the service with the assistance of a grant from [...]

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Copley Hospital’s New Utility Plant
Copley Hospital hosted an open house of its new $1.9 million Utility Plant.  More than 40 community members turned out for the guided tour.  This new state-of-the-art technology is more energy efficient and allows for one boiler to do the job of four.  Its advance technology allows for Copley Maintenance personnel [...]

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HIV prevention program for former prison inmates becomes national model
Program has roots at The Miriam Hospital

Training geared toward community-based providers, local and state health departments
Aims to reduce HIV/STD risk for people re-entering the community after being incarcerated
Rhode Island was one of four sites nationwide that participated in the original study

PROVIDENCE – An HIV prevention program [...]

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Laconia Savings Bank Joins “Socks & School Supplies for Sam” Effort
LACONIA – In mid-January, LRGHealthcare vascular surgeon Dr. Sam Aldridge left for a four-month deployment to serve with a medical unit in Afghanistan.  Before he left, Dr. Aldridge agreed to email home “Letters from Afghanistan,” to keep the many people in the LRGHealthcare family who [...]

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Bariatric and Weight Management Program leads to successful weight loss for patients
Medford, Ma – If you are considering weight loss surgery, Hallmark Health’s Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford has the nationally recognized program you’ve been looking for.
The Bariatric and Weight Management Program, which includes Sheldon Randall, MD, Andras, Sandor, MD and Khaled Yehia, MD, has [...]

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Statement of CEO Jennifer Jackson Opposing Hospital Tax
While Connecticut’s hospitals appreciate the difficult budget challenge facing the legislature, the proposal approved by the Appropriations Committee imposing a 5.5 percent tax on hospitals is deeply disappointing.  This tax does nothing to improve the quality of care provided by hospitals, which should be our top priority.  Instead, [...]

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