Mainehealth

He will be able to quickly acclimate to this critical role,” said Dr. Andy Mueller, CEO of MaineHealth, in a statement.

MaineHealth is confident it can quickly administer vaccinations to its care team members across the system as soon as doses become available.

While Maine still has nine remaining independent hospitals, the overall trend is to join a network, such as MaineHealth or Northern Light.

Harris said MaineHealth has been implementing the Opioid Health Homes program into its primary care practices over the past two years.

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