On Saturday, May 3, 2014, the Maine Association of Physician Assistants (MEAPA) awarded the Millinocket Regional Hospital with their OUTSTANDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AWARD. It was presented to our emergency room physician assistant group which is not typical as it was received as a group award rather than as an individual award. This award is
Read more →After conducting a nationwide executive search, the Millinocket Regional Hospital (MRH) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Robert Peterson as chief executive officer. A seasoned healthcare executive with more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience, Peterson will assume his new duties at MRH on June 9, 2014. “Bob brings extensive leadership experience in community
Read more →Millinocket Regional Hospital has once again earned high marks from their patients. Recent patient survey results on satisfaction show Millinocket Regional Hospital ranked 3rd in the state, and 7th in New England. The annual Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, also known as the HCAHPS Survey, is a government sponsored survey that looks
Read more →Local and state officials will join officials from the Millinocket Regional Hospital (MRH) this Thursday to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the commission of their wood pellet powered steam boiler which began using renewable energy for the hospital on December 4, 2012. The project is part of the Wood 2 Energy Grants Program
Read more →Millinocket Regional Hospital CEO, Marie Vienneau, today announced budget cuts to counter the Hospital’s $1.5 million dollar budget short fall for the year that ended June 30. Vienneau stated that the hospital will have an approximate one-half million dollar loss on operations this year, the first negative margin since the Great Northern Paper Co. Bankruptcy
Read more →Millinocket Regional Hospital, Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, and Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln have collaborated to improve regional access to ear, nose and throat medical and surgical care through the recruitment of Brian Miller, M.D. Dr. Miller, an otolaryngologist–head and neck surgeon, will be jointly employed by all three hospitals on a full-time basis, starting
Read more →Millinocket Regional Hospital is about two months from going online with a fully integrated, electronic patient information system, said CEO Marie Vienneau. The $850,000 investment in technology is another building block needed in the movement of making a patient’s medical records totally electronic providing health care providers with the most up-to-date information as soon as
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