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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.

Cheryl Dedian has been named Southern Maine Health Care’s 2022 Caregiver of the Year. Dedian is a Respiratory Therapist at the Biddeford Medical Center.

This year’s golf tournament raised $14,732.65 for SMHC’s Center for Breast Care. Overall, the Biddeford Saco Country Club Ladies have contributed over $140,000 to support care for breast cancer patients in their community.

Food Bank and Southern Maine Health Care Launch Community-Driven Strategies to End Hunger

Innovative robotic technology allows surgeons to personalize total knee and total hip replacement procedures to each patient.

Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC), part of MaineHealth, has expanded their mammogram screening services to reach all women in York country, whether or not they are current patients.

Project DHARMA is a collaboration between MaineHealth and several other organizations across the state to prevent overdoses and infections through harm reduction programs.

Videographer Charlie Berg won in the category of health/medical-short form content for the story entitled, ‘Inside View of Maine Medical Center ICU Nurses Caring for Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients.’

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This recognition marks the 9th consecutive ‘A’ for Southern Maine Health Care.