Patient Centered Medical Home
“Patient-centered” means that you, our patient, are the focus of everything we do. “Medical home” describes what we want to be for you – a place to go for help with any health issues you face. Caring about you is your teams’ number one job. The care your medical home offers is all about you and your health needs.
You have easy access to care:
- Our staff can be reached around the clock
- You can get in touch with us by phone or through our secure patient portal, MyChart
- You can schedule same day appointments
We’ll take the time to get to know you by:
- Learning about you and your health
- Listening to you and what’s important
- Talking about your health care choices with you
- Helping you understand your health conditions
- Offering you tools to help you take care of yourself
Your health care team works together and will:
- Get you help with specialist appointments
- Talk to others involved in your care
- Share test results with you
- Access the largest collection of skilled providers in Maine
- Make a smooth transition between everyone involved in your care
- You
- Your doctors
- Your nurses
- Health educators
- Family caregivers
- And many more
It’s important that you feel you can:
- Ask us questions
- Let us know if you are getting care from another doctor
- Stop us if you don’t understand something
- Be honest with us so you get the best possible care
- Provide us with your complete medical history, including a list of your medicines and information about care you have received outside of Western Maine Pediatrics
- Transfer your medical records to us
- Learn how you can be as healthy as possible
- Follow your health care plan
We’ll make sure that we:
- Give you time to ask questions and answer them in a way you understand
- Understand all your choices for care
- Help you choose what care is best for you
- Ask for your feedback on the care you are getting from us
- Create a health care plan that will help you stay healthy
- Make sure you leave the office with the tools you need to keep healthy
- Help you set goals for your care, and help you meet your goals one step at a time
- Tell you about classes, support groups and other services to help you manage your health
A variety of interpreter services are available at all Maine Medical Partners practices. Please speak with your doctor’s office if you need interpreter services.
There are many services available in Maine Medical Partners communities that our patients find helpful, and some popular ones are:
Help paying for health care:
CarePartners Financial & Medication Assistance
Phone: 877-626-1684
Learn about healthy living:
MaineHealth Learning Resource Center
Maine Tobacco Helpline
Phone: 800-207-1234
Raising Readers Program