Health care

Our latest issue includes a cover story about Maine business leaders turning setbacks into superpowers and an in-depth look at the emerging trend of direct primary care.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, professional services firms and health care institutions in Maine.

A growing number of health care providers are embracing direct primary care, a health care model that’s gaining ground as health care costs soar and access becomes ever more uncertain.

In Androscoggin County, St. Mary's Health System’s and MaineGeneral's Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care are collaborating on cancer care. For Kennebec and Somerset counties, Sweetser will run Kennebec Behavioral Health’s mobile crisis services.

The facility will provide 24/7 intensive care to Maine youth under 21 with acute behavioral health care needs. The center will have 16 beds and be staffed with psychiatrists, behavioral care and mental health providers and nursing staff.

The 17,000-square-foot facility, to be located at 40 Waterville Commons Drive in a former Staples office supply store, is expected to open later this year.

An ambulance that provides simulation training is making the rounds in rural Maine this summer, thanks to a Northern Light Health program.

Troy Trejo has been named CEO of Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital of Bangor, a 50-bed inpatient facility under construction at 1017 Union St.

The grant from the National Institutes of Health will support research and mentorship focused on the impact of so-called forever chemicals on children and adolescents.

Researchers will use the funding to address a critical gap in Parkinson's disease research.