The organizations plan to enter a long-term partnership that will enable a greater investment in value-based models of care, emphasizing preventive services and chronic care management for MaineHealth’s senior patients.

The health care system is using the latest science to set standards for return to work protocols for care team members who contract COVID-19.

Long term trends in the labor market and a surge in demand are making it hard for health care organizations to meet a growing demand for care.

As MaineHealth seeks to limit the spread of COVID-19, vaccination will be a requirement for employment, with very few exceptions, as of Oct. 1, 2021.