LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System is getting a new leader. Officials of Covenant Health Systems, St. Mary’s parent company, announced Tuesday that they hired Peter Holden as interim president for the Lewiston-based health system. Holden replaces Chris A. Chekouras, who recently resigned to take a job out of state to be closer to family. […]
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St. Mary's CEO resigns
LEWISTON — After two years on the job, St. Mary’s Health System’s CEO is leaving. Chris A. Chekouras has resigned effective Oct. 6. Chekouras was not available for comment Wednesday. A spokeswoman for St. Mary’s parent, Covenant Health, said he had accepted a position elsewhere to be closer to family. “He originally is from the Mid-Atlantic […]
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St. Mary’s consolidates admin with Covenant to save money
LEWISTON — Covenant Health members, including St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, are consolidating human resources, billing and other administration to save money and help pay for a new $75 million electronic medical records system. Covenant is also standardizing care across its hospitals, including at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. “We’re all being touched […]
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Nancy D. Ouellette
AUGUSTA — Nancy Diane Ouellette, 82, of Augusta died Friday, March 31, after a brief illness. Nancy was born in Waterville in 1934, the daughter of the late David and Cecile (LaFlamme) Sylvain. She was educated in Lewiston schools. On Nov. 11, 1950, she married the love of her life, Roger Ouellette, and they shared […]
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Harvard Pilgrim awards nearly $2.5M in grants
WELLESLEY, Massachusetts — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has announced it awarded nearly $2.5 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations in more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 2016. In 2016, more than $1.4 million in grants was distributed to the Foundation’s Healthy Food Fund initiatives within […]
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Sharing ideas for better community health
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities have been identified as one of 10 “communities of promise” in the country by the American Hospital Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As a result, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and its partners have been invited to participate in a two-year Culture of Health Learning Collaborative that will bring the 10 […]
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St. Mary’s named as Gold Level Fit-Friendly
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center was recognized as a Gold Level recipient of the American Heart Association’s Fit-Friendly Worksites recognition program. The program is a catalyst for positive change. Worksites throughout the nation can be part of the initiative by making the health and wellness of their employees a priority. St. Mary’s was […]
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New St. Mary’s CEO relishes history, looks toward future
LEWISTON — In the three months since Chris A. Chekouras became the newest president and CEO of St. Mary’s Health System, he’s met with dozens of people. Hospital leaders. Doctors. St. Mary’s board members. Community members. About 100 in all, and all consistently positive, eager to talk about St. Mary’s care, compassion and commitment. But […]
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MaineHealth, St. Mary’s partner with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
MaineHealth, the state’s largest health care system, is partnering with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to provide local patients with “streamlined access” to specialty cancer care and clinical trials through the Boston facility. The agreement includes 11 MaineHealth member and affiliated hospitals. St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston is among them. According to a statement […]