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Maine Medical Center (MMC), recognized as a Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News and World Report for 2022-2023, is a complete health care resource for the people of Greater Portland and the entire state, as well as northern New England. Incorporated in 1868, MMC is the state’s largest medical center, licensed for 700 beds and employing more than 9,600 people. MMC's unique role as both a community hospital and a referral center requires an unparalleled depth and breadth of services, including an active educational program and a world-class biomedical research center. As a nonprofit institution, Maine Medical Center provides nearly 23 percent of all the charity care delivered in Maine. MMC is part of the MaineHealth system, a growing family of health care services in northern New England. For more information, visit www.mmc.org.

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Physicians Join Maine Medical Partners

Maine Medical Partners announces the following new hires: Jeffrey Howard, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Linnell, MD and Meredith Baker, MD.

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TUSM-MMC Maine Track Holds Match Day in Maine

Of the 39 students in the Tufts University School of Medicine – Maine Medical Center Maine Track program, 12 will be spending their residencies in Maine.

Physicians Join Maine Medical Partners

The NEXT 150 | Campaign for Maine Medical Center has raised $179 million in designated funds for MMC’s facilities, education and innovation needs.

Thank you! More than $179 million raised

MMC Surpasses Philanthropic Fundraising Goal

The NEXT 150 | Campaign for Maine Medical Center has raised $179 million in designated funds for MMC’s facilities, education and innovation needs.

MaineHealth Purchases Union Station Plaza

MaineHealth, parent company of the state’s largest hospital, Maine Medical Center, has no plans to develop the property at this time.

The Leapfrog Group Names MMC, SMHC As 2022 Top Teaching Hospitals

Maine Medical Center (MMC) and Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) each have been named a 2022 Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. This national award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive for health care quality and safety. The news also comes just weeks after Money.com, in partnership with Leapfrog, named both hospitals to its list of Best Hospitals in America for Billing Ethics.

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Buy a Christmas Tree, Benefit The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital

The restaurant in Portland’s West End is selling a limited number of locally-sourced trees with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.

MMC Earns an ‘A’ For Safety from Leapfrog Group

This is the fifth consecutive six-month period in which Maine Medical Center has received the highest hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group

MaineHealth, Northern Light Health warn of strained capacity from RSV, other illnesses

The unprecedented rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among babies and toddlers in Maine is now creating a significant strain on pediatric inpatient capacity across the region.
Medical experts from both health systems ask families to take steps to stay healthy this winter.

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Congress Street Detour set for Nov 4 & 5

Congress Street will be closed between Forest and Weymouth streets on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 and 5, to accommodate the removal of the large tower crane that has been used to construct Maine Medical Center’s new Malone Family Tower.