Donna Greenwood, M.D.

Greenwood earned her medical degree from the University of Vermont, College of Medicine and returned to Maine to complete her residency in Internal Medicine at Maine Medical Center. Greenwood is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and currently resides in Scarborough.

Located at 43 Baxter Boulevard, Portland Internal Medicine specializes in primary and preventative care and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The practice is currently accepting new patients.

The Mercy Primary Care Network also has offices in Falmouth, Portland (Fore River and Baxter Boulevard), Gorham, Standish, Westbrook, West Falmouth and Windham.

About Mercy Health System of Maine

Mercy Health System of Maine is a growing community of health care professionals who provide clinically excellent, compassionate care.  A recognized leader in quality, safety, innovation and patient experience, Mercy operates campuses throughout southern Maine, offering a broad range of medical and surgical services, as well as primary and specialty care.  The story of Mercy includes Mercy Hospital, Gary’s House, McAuley Residence, Mercy Recovery Center, and VNA Home Health Hospice. For more information, please call (207) 879-3486 or visit www.mercyhospital.org.

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Daniel Merson, M.D.

Merson earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont and his medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed both his internship and residency at Lansing General Hospital in Michigan and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

Merson has previously worked at his own well-established private practice in Portland and was active in the teaching program at UNE. He currently resides in Falmouth.

Falmouth Internal Medicine is located at 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 106 in Falmouth, and specializes in primary and preventative care. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is currently accepting new patients.

The Mercy Primary Care Network also has offices in Falmouth, Portland (Fore River and Baxter Boulevard), Gorham, Standish, Westbrook, West Falmouth and Windham.

About Mercy Health System of Maine

Mercy Health System of Maine is a growing community of health care providers who provide clinically excellent, compassionate care.  A recognized leader in quality, safety, innovation and patient experience, Mercy operates campuses throughout southern Maine, offering a broad range of medical and surgical services, as well as primary and specialty care.  The story of Mercy includes Mercy Hospital, Gary’s House, McAuley Residence, Mercy Recovery Center, and VNA Home Health Hospice. For more information, please call (207) 879-3486 or visit www.mercyhospital.org.

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Gray, MAINE (January 9, 2012) – Patient Advocates, LLC announces the hiring of Katie Bernier as a Communications Specialist.

Katie Bernier

In this new position, Bernier will be responsible for creating and delivering communication materials to support the ability of patients to better utilize the various health programs offered by Patient Advocates. Bernier will also assist in developing presentations and maintaining a strong social media presence. Bernier is experienced in using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects computer programs.

“Katie is a great addition to our team,” says Jim Ward, President of Patient Advocates, LLC. “Her high energy level and strong skill sets with computers and communications will serve our company, clients, and patients well.”

Bernier holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of Maine at Farmington, a Master’s of Science from the University of New England, and a Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts and Design from Full Sail University.

About Patient Advocates
Patient Advocates LLC has been helping clients navigate the health care system since 1995. Employers trust PA to help manage their costs while ensuring the highest quality of care for their employees. Built on the premise that access to the highest quality health care results in greater cost-savings over time, Patient Advocates offers innovative patient advocacy and disease management services, award-winning wellness programs and creative benefit plan designs with third-party administration. www.patientadvocatesllc.com

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Rita Kamra Paquin, M.D.

Paquin graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia before completing her internship in British Columbia, Canada. Paquin graduated from Maine Medical Center’s Family Practice program and practiced medicine locally for seven years before moving to Michigan. This summer, Paquin returned to Maine with her family and joined SuAnne Hammond, D.O., Patrick Pierre, M.D., and Heather Tolman, NP-C, at Mercy Windham primary care practice.

Windham Primary Care is located at 409 Roosevelt Trail in Windham, and specializes in a full range of first-line medical care. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is currently accepting new patients.

The Mercy Primary Care Network also has offices in Falmouth, Portland (Fore River and Baxter Boulevard), Gorham, Standish, Westbrook, West Falmouth and Windham.

About Mercy Health System of Maine

Mercy Health System of Maine is a growing community of health care providers who provide clinically excellent, compassionate care.  A recognized leader in quality, safety, innovation and patient experience, Mercy operates campuses throughout southern Maine, offering a broad range of medical and surgical services, as well as primary and specialty care. The story of Mercy includes Mercy Hospital, Gary’s House, McAuley Residence, Mercy Recovery Center, and VNA Home Health Hospice. For more information, please call (207) 879-3486 or visit www.mercyhospital.org.

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With January traditionally being a month with low levels of blood donations, teens from MYL are encouraging community members in Portland and Bangor to stop by the donation centers to give blood during the drive.  The Bangor American Red Cross Blood Donation Center is located at 73 Hammond St. in Bangor. The Portland American Red Cross Blood Donation Center is located at 524 Forest Avenue in Portland.

For more information, please contact Ben Sprague at 207-852-1405, Frankee Chapa at 207-221-3196 or email info@maineyouthleadership.org.

About Maine Youth Leadership
Since 1980, Maine Youth Leadership has worked with Maine youth to seek out, recognize and develop their leadership skills. Their goal is to motivate Maine’s future leaders and create a network of civic-minded students who will better their communities through volunteering. Through its annual 4-day leadership seminar and other activities, Maine Youth Leadership encourages and assists students at critical times in their quest for self- identification and development, providing give-and-take discussions with thought leaders and role models from across Maine society. For more information please visit the website www.maineyouthleadership.org or email info@maineyouthleadership.org.

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Peter Fendler shivered as he got into his car on Thursday morning. The overnight temperature had dropped to the low teens in Cumberland, ME, down from a balmy 52 degrees the day before. As he switched on his radio and heard reports on the continued shortfall in Federal and State Funds for low income heating assistance, he wondered how people less fortunate than he survived the cold Maine winters without adequate heat.

Entering his office at Norton Financial • Insurance in Cumberland, he resolved to do something to see if he and his company could make a difference. “I started doing some online research, and I came upon several organizations that are committed to helping Mainers stay warm. I started emailing my business partners, and they responded with a resounding, ‘Let’s do it!”‘

So, today Norton Insurance • Financial made five gifts totaling $7,000 to provide heating assistance to Mainers. Norton contributed $2,000 to the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation in Bangor. That foundation matches all gifts up to $70,000 received to provide heating assistance for Bangor area residents. Norton also contributed a total of $5,000 to Community Concepts Fuel Assistance Program and three Maine Community Action Agencies – Waldo Community Action Partners, Western Maine Community Action, and Penquis – all of which provide heating assistance programs in their communities.

“With the matching gift from the King Foundation, we were able to turn our $7,000 gift into a $9,000 gift,” said Fendler, President of Norton Financial. “As financial and insurance professionals, we just love it when we can produce that kind of return on our investment. We encourage other Maine business who have been fortunate during difficult times to do the same.”

For more about Norton Insurance • Financial:

http://www.nortonne.com/about-us/

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Ted Darling, Ethos
tdarling@ethos-marketing.com
(c) 207-671-9638

Louis Hanson, D.O.

Hanson attended the University of Kansas before graduating from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He completed his Internship at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine and is Board Certified in Family Medicine. Hanson practiced medicine in Cumberland for 32 years and was very active in local and State professional activities, including serving four years as Chief of Staff at OHM (now Brighton Medical Center). He currently resides in Durham.

Mercy Yarmouth offers multiple services, including primary care, express care, as well as radiology and lab services to residents in Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, South Freeport and beyond. The primary care practice is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Express Care is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, seeing anyone in the area who is in need of non-emergency medical attention.

The Mercy Primary Care Network also has offices in Falmouth, Portland (Fore River and Baxter Boulevard), Gorham, Standish, Westbrook, West Falmouth and Windham.

About Mercy Health System of Maine

Mercy Health System of Maine is a growing community of health care providers who provide clinically excellent, compassionate care. A recognized leader in quality, safety, innovation and patient experience, Mercy operates campuses throughout southern Maine, offering a broad range of medical and surgical services, as well as primary and specialty care.  The story of Mercy includes Mercy Hospital, Gary’s House, McAuley Residence, Mercy Recovery Center, and VNA Home Health Hospice. For more information, please call (207) 879-3486 or visit www.mercyhospital.org.

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Gray, MAINE (December 27, 2011) – With the addition of clients located in new areas of the country, Patient Advocates has expanded its Centers of Medical Excellence designations into Texas, Florida, North Carolina and New York/New Jersey. Relationships with these Centers of Excellence are designed to give patients access to the latest medical advances and state of the art technology. These facilities are world class and represent excellent options for patients.

“Each of these facilities are world-class in their treatment of specific medical conditions and are the places any of us at Patient Advocates would look to for care of ourselves or a loved one.” says Jim Ward, President of Patient Advocates, LLC.

Expanded Centers of Medical Excellence comprise the following states and facilities:

• Maryland

John Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)

• New York/New Jersey

New York Presbyterian (Manhattan)
Cornell Weill Medical Center (Manhattan)
Morristown Memorial Hospital (Morristown, NJ)

• North Carolina

Duke University Medical Center (Durham)
Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy (Charlotte)

• Texas

Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
M.D. Anderson (Houston

About Patient Advocates
Patient Advocates LLC has been helping clients navigate the health care system since 1995. Patient Advocates offers innovative patient advocacy and disease management services, award-winning wellness programs, and creative benefit plan designs with third-party administration. For information, go to www.patientadvocatesllc.com or call (207) 657-7733.

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In what is the only program of its kind in Maine, Patient Advocates, LLC, now offers advocacy services to employers who buy group health insurance on the open market, a service previously offered only to large self-insured employers. Nurse advocates from the company work on behalf of plan members to help them better understand their conditions and what treatment options are available to them.

“Employers tell us that their plan members need more help navigating the health care system and timely access to specialty care is an issue,” says James Ward, President of Patient Advocates, LLC. “Our nurse advocates help patients find the right care, at the right time, when they need it. As a result of our long-standing relationships with regional centers of excellence, patients learn about medical choices they might not have known about as well as have opportunities for quicker access to specialty care.

“Recently one of our clients was hospitalized with meningitis symptoms said to be complications of his treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Facing a wait time of six weeks for a follow up appointment with his doctor, our nurse advocates were asked to help. They arranged an appointment with the Clinical Director of Rheumatology at Massachusetts General for a second opinion in just five business days. This patient was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and with proper diagnosis and management of his disease, the patient is now feeling well.”

Patient Advocates has been offering this service to self-insured companies for many years. They have now extended that service to employers who buy group coverage through commercial insurers. Employers purchase advocacy services directly from Patient Advocates and offer this program to plan members as an additional employee benefit.

“Advocacy is great for the patient and helps make sure health dollars are spent wisely,” Ward said. “Accessing the proper treatment quickly leads to the best results for both the patient and the employer.”

About Patient Advocates

Patient Advocates LLC has been helping clients navigate the health care system since 1995. Patient Advocates offers innovative patient advocacy and disease management services, award-winning wellness programs, and creative benefit plan designs with third-party administration. For information, go to www.patientadvocatesllc.com or call (207) 657-7733.

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Gorham, Maine (December 15, 2011) – John Brewer, D.O., will join Mercy Hospital’s Gorham Crossing facility as a primary care provider, specializing in family practice medicine on Dec. 27.

Mercy Gorham Crossing is located at 19 South Gorham Crossing (intersection of County Road and South Street). The practice offers residents of Gorham, Scarborough, Buxton, and beyond a convenient, accessible location for a wide range of health care services

John Brewer, D.O.

including primary care, express care, radiology services, and laboratory services. The primary care practice is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Express Care is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, seeing anyone in the area who is in need of non-emergency medical attention.

Dr. Brewer is a Michigan native and earned his medical degree from the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine. Brewer completed his residency in Family Practice at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland, before opening a private practice in Gorham.

Dr. Brewer is Board Certified in Family Practice, has been a Clinical Faculty member at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine since 1986, and has served as President of the Maine Osteopathic Association. He currently resides in Portland.

About Mercy Health System of Maine

Mercy Health System of Maine is a growing community of health care providers who provide clinically excellent, compassionate care.  A recognized leader in quality, safety, innovation and patient experience, Mercy operates campuses throughout southern Maine, offering a broad range of medical and surgical services, as well as primary and specialty care.  The story of Mercy includes Mercy Hospital, Gary’s House, McAuley Residence, Mercy Recovery Center, and VNA Home Health Hospice. For more information, please call (207) 879-3486 or visit www.mercyhospital.org.

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