FARMINGTON — CarePartners Plus, a new access-to-care program at Franklin Memorial Hospital, offers health insurance with a CoverME.gov Marketplace provider (Community Health Options or Harvard Pilgrim) and MaineHealth Free Care working together to provide free or low-cost health care and prescriptions. Patients get to choose a Silver-level Marketplace plan that works best for them, plus […]
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Health care networks, universities to receive $2.3 million in funding to expand rural education opportunities
Collaborative groups of health care networks, the University of Maine System and St. Joseph’s College will receive a combined total of nearly $2.3 million to expand medical training in communities like Farmington, Norway, Bridgton and Blue Hill.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital holds open house for new food pantry
The new location continues to offers healthy options for patients that may not have access to food.
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Tradition carried on at FMH block party
The Fall Block Party returns to Franklin Memorial Hospital after coronavirus pandemic halted the free family-oriented educational event.
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Farmington’s Franklin Memorial Hospital welcomes Dr. Anfin Erickson
Franklin Memorial Hospital announced Anfin Erickson, MD, a general surgeon, is providing patient care at Franklin Health Surgery and surgery at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. Besides general surgery, Erickson’s specialties include thyroid/parathyroid and colon surgery. A high honors graduate of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Erickson completed his general surgery internship and […]
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Hannaford gives $350,000 to MaineHealth to support Food As Medicine program
Hannaford Supermarkets and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation donated $350,000 to MaineHealth on Tuesday in support of its Food As Medicine program, which prioritizes wholesome, fresh and nutritious foods as part of a comprehensive health care plan for under-resourced individuals and families with chronic health conditions. The donation is one component of an overall $1.5 million […]
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Hannaford donates $350,000 to MaineHealth in support of Food As Medicine program
Funding will increase access to nutritious food for needy individuals with chronic health conditions in greater Franklin County.
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Hospital workers are expected to ‘tolerate a level of abuse’ unacceptable anywhere else
There is a cultural expectation that health care workers, especially in hospitals, tolerate abusive behavior, making them less likely to want to pursue a criminal case and law enforcement and district attorneys less likely to prosecute, hospital workers told the Sun Journal.
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Hospital workers say they experience assault, threats of violence nearly every day
While the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to a rise in incidents, violence against health care workers was an issue long before it started.
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Franklin Memorial Hospital eases visitor restrictions
The health care facility implemented changes Wednesday.