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Marc Glass, who has been a communications leader at the University of Southern Maine and University of Maine at Farmington, was named director of communications and public affairs at MBH.

MMC makes this change as community transmission of COVID-19 continues to rise.

Project’s service area includes Franklin County, Androscoggin County, Oxford County, and bordering towns in Kennebec and Somerset counties

As AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ seeks to limit the spread of COVID-19, vaccination will be a requirement for employment, with very few exceptions, as of Oct. 1, 2021.

U.S. News & World Report has named Maine Medical Center (MMC) as the best hospital in Maine for 2021-2022. It is the ninth consecutive year that the hospital has been named as a “Best Regional Hospital.� MMC also was recognized as “high performing� in 13 common procedures and conditions included in the annual survey of U.S. hospitals.

Memorial Hospital held its 41st Annual Golf Tournament on July 22 at the North Conway Country Club with 132 golfers in attendance.

Franklin Community Health Network’s annual Health Care Golf Classic was held July 12 at the Sugarloaf Golf Club netting approximately $17,500 in proceeds to benefit the Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) of Greater Franklin County and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center.

In addition to a base wage increase for nearly all employees, the minimum pay rate across the health system will rise from $14 to $17 an hour, and market adjustments will be made for hard-to-fill roles.

Franklin Community Health Network (FCHN), a member of AOAÌåÓýƽ̨, is pleased to announce that Ross Isacke, DO, will join the organization as chief medical officer (CMO), beginning September 7.

Memorial’s emergency status � a ‘Code White� � ends Friday July 16, 2021 after 494 days. Earlier this month, Memorial scaled back its COVID-19 vaccine administration and ended, at least for now, COVID-19 testing except as part of a health visit in the emergency department or walk-in clinic.