RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital announces that it has presented its inaugural Larry Hopperstead Award for Excellence in Patient Care to Alfred Riel, M.D. The Larry Hopperstead Award for Excellence in Patient Care is named in honor of longtime Central Maine Healthcare surgeon Dr. Larry Hopperstead, FACS. In his tenure at CMMC, he was instrumental in […]
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Rural hospitals earn honors
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare’s critical access hospitals in Bridgton and Rumford have been recognized by the Chartis Center for Rural Health/iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health, reflecting top quartile performance among all rural hospitals in the nation. Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital received recognition for performance in […]
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Heating program offered LEWISTON — Catholic Charities Maine has announced that it will offer a heating assistance program, Spread the Warmth, for local families this winter. Members of the community may nominate individuals and families who need a new heating system but can’t afford one. The homeowner will receive and have installed a new furnace […]
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Sunshine Award goes to Thibodeau
Rumford Hospital presented its Sunshine Award to Carrie Thibodeau, a medical assistant at Elsemore Dixfield Family Medicine. The award was established to reward and celebrate the extraordinary skills and compassionate care given by technical support staff. Recipients consistently demonstrate compassion, patient- and family-focused care, passion about life, patient advocacy, and their support of all health […]
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Crawford honored with DAISY Award
RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital presented its most recent DAISY Award to David Crawford, RN. The DAISY Award nurse honorees at Rumford Hospital personify remarkable patient experience. DAISY Award nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and extraordinary compassionate care, and they are recognized as outstanding role models in the nursing community. Crawford was nominated […]
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Rumford Hospital Junior Volunteer chosen as Maine Youth Volunteer of Year
RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital Junior Volunteer, Colby Volkernick, was selected as the exemplary honoree of Maine’s 2017 Youth Volunteer of the Year Award. Volkernick was honored in a ceremony at the State House in Augusta, on April 24, as part of the Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism. Volkernick was inspired to volunteer at Rumford […]
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Western Maine hospitals seek new ways to combat nursing shortage
Hospital officials in western Maine are steeling themselves for an experienced nursing shortage as many reach retirement age. On Feb. 14, the Nursing Leaders of Maine, the American Nursing Association of Maine and the Maine Nursing Action Coalition announced the results of the 2016 Maine Nursing Forecaster, which looked at the demographics of Maine’s existing […]
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'Moving Freely' donation
Rumford Hospital Vice President of Operations Rob Slattery presented Patty Duguay, executive director of River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition, and Mitzi Sequoia, class facilitator, with a check to support the “Moving Freely” program. The six weeks of classes focus on helping seniors increase flexibility, joint stability, balance, coordination, agility, muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance. Classes […]
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Funding cuts would damage hospitals
We are deeply concerned and distressed that the Legislature is once again debating additional Medicaid cuts to hospitals. The latest round of cuts proposed — totaling more than $60 million per year — is unsustainable. More importantly, they are unnecessary. We manage four hospitals in the relatively small Maine communities of Bridgton, Rumford, Norway and […]
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Health care leader hired to guide Rumford, Bridgton hospitals
LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare, parent company of Central Maine Medical Center, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital, has hired a Tennessee health care executive to oversee the operations and business development of the Bridgton and Rumford hospitals. Robert “Rob” Slattery joins CMH as former CEO and president of Integrated Solutions Health Network, a subsidiary of […]