Staff Development Team Creates “Operation: No Harm Index”
The excitement was palpable as the day of the Skills Fair arrived, and the Operation: No Harm Index game took center stage, continuing [...]
Southern Maine Health Care Tackles Length of Stay
“More than ever, we need to focus on taking time to listen to other’s perspectives, especially when their expertise differs from [...]
NeuroCOPE: Bringing Hope to the Neuro ICU Care Team
APP Program Manager Angela LeClerc and her team at Maine Medical Center are addressing the lack of information on post-ICU patient [...]
Reinventing Home Health Care Delivery: The Home Health Portable Workstation
Jim Byrne, a physical therapist at CHANS Home Health & Hospice, addresses an opportunity to reinvent the delivery of essential [...]
Easing the Transition from Hospital Care: Community Partnership Helps Patients with Unstable Housing
People who have unstable housing or experience homelessness after hospitalization have 30 percent more visits to the ER after discharge [...]
Dementia Blankets: Cozy Comfort Calms Patient Confusion
When a patient with dementia enters the emergency department (ED), they may feel especially unsettled. They often don’t know [...]
Tech Time: Phone Use Offers Freedom and Therapy for Patients
The TV and "tech" room at Mid Coast Hospital’s Behavioral Health Unit (BHU). Imagine being without your [...]
Partnership Spotlight: Jeremy Qualls and the MIST Lab
Jeremy Qualls, PhD, Dean of the College of Science, Technology, and Health and Professor of Physics at the University of Southern Maine (USM), [...]
Staff Development Team Creates “Operation: No Harm Index”
The excitement was palpable as the day of the Skills Fair arrived, and the Operation: No Harm Index game [...]
Southern Maine Health Care Tackles Length of Stay
“More than ever, we need to focus on taking time to listen to other’s perspectives, especially when [...]
NeuroCOPE: Bringing Hope to the Neuro ICU Care Team
APP Program Manager Angela LeClerc and her team at Maine Medical Center are addressing the lack of [...]
Adventure Awaits: SMHC’s Escape Room Combines Collaboration and Learning
UNE: Chancel Diazenza, Morgan Desmond, Cameron Mann, Matthew McDonald, Izzi Marcea, and Kyle Woodruff. SMHC: Jennifer Smith, Sarah Warner, Melissa Allen, Kathleen Sheehan-Tartre, [...]
Easing Anxiety: VR helps pediatric patients through scary procedures
When pediatric patients require infusion therapy, the experience can often make them feel anxious or nervous. Infusions require placing an IV in the child’s [...]
The FRST Tool: Assessing Risk of Violent Behavior in ED Patients
Doug Johnston, MD (left) and Chris Racine, MD (right) reviewing a FRST screening. Assessing the risk of violence in behavioral health patients [...]
Mid Coast Care Team Makeover: New Staffing Strategy is a Win-Win
Left to right: Leah Bauer, MD; Jorie Catlin, PMHNP; Alyssa Rouleau, PMHNP; Sara Jacobson, PMHNP; David Dettmann, DO Providers at Mid Coast [...]
Telehealth Cart: Innovative Collaboration Makes Patient Care Successful
When the MaineHealth IT team identified the need for a telehealth solution that was affordable, easy to use, and interfaced with internal MaineHealth technology, [...]
Bridging the Health Gap for Rural Youth: The School and Community Health Advisory Council
Children and teens in rural areas often face barriers, such as travel time, when accessing healthcare, whether they’re sick or seeking preventive treatment. In [...]
