Health Index Report Card
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Health Index Initiative

The Health Index initiative engages the MaineHealth system and its partners in using data and health indicators to:

  • Identify the most important health issues and needs of people and communities in the MaineHealth service area
  • Help identify opportunities for strategic and collaborative actions to address Maine’s most pressing health issues
  • Monitor and routinely assess the progress made on improving the health of people and communities in the MaineHealth service area

Health Index Priorities

Through the Health Index initiative, MaineHealth is taking actions to address these high-priority population health issues:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Cancer
  • Diabetes
  • Behavioral Health
  • Healthy Aging: Falls Prevention
  • Child & Adolescent Immunizations
  • Tobacco & Nicotine Dependence
  • Obesity
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • COVID-19

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Two MaineHealth Hospitals Earn 2023 Leapfrog Top Hospital Awards

Maine Medical Center in Portland received a Top Teaching Hospital distinction and Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick received a Top General Hospital award for quality and safety.

MaineHealth Names Britt Crewse, MBA, MHS, CPA as new Regional President

Crewse, CEO of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, will oversee Maine Medical Center in Portland and Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford and Sanford. He begins in January, 2024

SMHC Adds Donor Milk to Maternity Services

New parents who would like to breastfeed their babies exclusively but cannot will now be able to access pasteurized donor breast milk while in the hospital.

Dr. Lee Wolfrum Appointed Medical Director of Spring Harbor Hospital

Maine Behavioral Healthcare today announced the appointment of Lee Wolfrum, D.O., as Medical Director of Spring Harbor Hospital.