The Pediatric Well-Care Companion: An Innovative Information Gathering App
Charlotte Helvie, a pediatrician at Memorial Hospital, envisions improving connectivity for families while minimizing care team burn out. The Challenge Recognizing [...]
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 home health [...]
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 than people [...]
Tackling the Opioid Overdose Crisis: Post-Partum Patients Equipped with Naloxone First Aid Kits
As opioid overdoses continue to take the lives of drug users in the U.S., healthcare workers are looking for [...]
Picture This: Health hazards stand out with simple stickers
Heather Carll, of Maine Medical Center’s (MMC) Environmental Services (EVS) department, manages a team that comprises many employees who are [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rekindling Curiosity: Dr. Sam Woodworth’s Innovative Approach to Medical Education
Sam Woodworth, MD Sam Woodworth, MD, an Attending Physician at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Hospital Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor [...]
The Pediatric Well-Care Companion: An Innovative Information Gathering App
Charlotte Helvie, a pediatrician at Memorial Hospital, envisions improving connectivity for families while minimizing care team burn [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Optimizing the Workforce with Artificial Intelligence: Olive
Since joining MaineHealth as the Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) in 2014, Paul Chausse has implemented innovation methodologies to streamline his team’s [...]
A Low-Cost Cancer Screening Solution: Lediscan
Well-versed in global health, Obieze “Obi” Nwanna-Nzewunwa, MD, MS, brought unique experience and a desire to continue helping underserved communities to MMC when he [...]
Breathe Easier: The Oxygen Therapy Band
Deb Flint, RRT with an early design of her Oxygen Therapy Band innovation. Deb Flint, RRT, has been caring for patients [...]
Containing COVID-19: Collapsible Aerosolized Particle Enclosure
Imagine a busy hospital emergency department (ED) filled with patients, many of whom have or may have COVID-19. The need to contain the spread [...]
Busting Vaccine Myths! A Novel Approach to Engaging with Vaccine-Hesitant Healthcare Workers
A sample quiz developed by Dr. Plourde Andy Patstone, President of Western Maine Health, leaned on Dr. Carolyn Plourde’s expertise as an [...]
Better Tools for Better Brains: The “Smart” Robotic Clot Retriever
“To be an innovator or entrepreneur was not exactly my intent,” says Rob Ecker, MD, MBA, Chief of Neuroscience at MaineHealth and Director of [...]
