Articles by Holly Gartmayer-DeYoung
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More Than 60 Years of Doctoring Down East
Doctors stand ready to treat their patients every day and Eastport Health Care has a unique medical team made up of four physicians who collectively have given more than 60 years of dedicated service to Washington County. The doctors include, Dr. Laurie Churchill, family practitioner and medical director and Dr. ...
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EASTPORT HEALTH CARE AND CALAIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL JOIN FORCES TO GIVE NEWBORNS A “GREAT START” FOR DENTAL HEALTH
EASTPORT _ Eastport Health Care Inc. and Calais Regional Hospital have joined together to co-sponsor a program called “Get a Great Start,” a newborn dental health program. The program began with Eastport Health Care dental hygienist Sue Drew who saw a need to link the newborn dental needs with the ...
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BEING BLUE IN MARCH AND THE FIGHT AGAINST COLORECTAL CANCER
EASTPORT _ “Turning Washington County Blue,” is the focus of an Eastport Health Care campaign this month to draw attention to the importance of colorectal cancer prevention & screening. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and on Friday, March 15, EHC staff will be wearing blue to draw attention ...
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A NO-COST SCREENING THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
EASTPORT _ Cervical cancer is treatable if caught early and Eastport Health Care (EHC) hopes to do that for women in Washington County. In December 2102, EHC was awarded a $55,000 grant from the US Department of Health & Human Services through the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to ...
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A NO-COST SCREENING THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
CONTACT INFORMATION: Theresa Brown Chief Operations-QI Officer Eastport Health Care 30 Boynton Street Eastport, ME (207) 853-6001 EASTPORT _ Cervical cancer is treatable if caught early and Eastport Health Care (EHC) hopes to do that for women in Washington County. In December 2102, EHC was awarded a $55,000 grant from ...
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Eastport Health Care announces participation in the statewide Quality Counts Patient Centered Medical Home pilot
Submitted by: Holly Gartmayer-DeYoung and Diana Graettinger EASTPORT, Maine — Focusing on patients is the primary goal of the Eastport Health Center and now EHC is pleased to announce that it has received statewide and national recognition for its efforts. The health center recently was selected to be a part ...
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Hope for Mental Illness
Facing the mirror of truth, the health care delivery system for those with mental illness is fractured. Battling the ravages of mental illness is a shared effort that involves not only the mentally ill, but the community they live in. And humanizing that communal effort is what a group of ...
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Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
A better way to help people escape welfare
A letter to Michelle Obama in light of military sex assault epidemic
Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs
Military sex assault
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Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center
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Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online
Farmers markets embracing food stamps with the help of USDA
Arguments over gun control and abortion will never be settled
A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux