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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.
SMHC Names Caregiver of the Year
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.
Pink on the Links fundraiser raises over $14,000 for SMHC Center for Breast Care
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.
Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine Announces Investment of $100,000 to Combat Hunger in Biddeford
Food Bank and Southern Maine Health Care Launch Community-Driven Strategies to End Hunger
Southern Maine Health Care Now Offering Robotic-Arm Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery
Innovative robotic technology allows surgeons to personalize total knee and total hip replacement procedures to each patient.
SMHC Offers Self-Referral Screening Mammograms to Non-Patients
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.
MaineHealth Awarded $1.2 Million Federal Grant for Statewide Overdose Prevention
Project DHARMA is a collaboration between MaineHealth and several other organizations across the state to prevent overdoses and infections through harm reduction programs.
Emotional Message by MMC ICU Nurses Earns MaineHealth Videographer a Regional Emmy® Award
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.’
Kennebunk Walk-In Care Reopening
Will be open for Urgent Care needs Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. No appointment needed.
Southern Maine Health Care Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for safety
This recognition marks the 9th consecutive ‘A’ for Southern Maine Health Care.