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  <title><![CDATA[Tier 1 Status Means Improved Access for Health Care]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Down East Community Hospital has been granted Tier 1 Status by the Maine State Employee Health Commission.&nbsp;<br />
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cancer Survivor Tells Story]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tina Bridgham told of her battle with cancer at Down East Community Hospital on Saturday during Cancer Survivors Day.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hospital Board Gains 4 New Members]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On May 23 Down East Community conducted its Annual Meeting to elect new members to our Board of Trustees and to speak with our Corporators about accomplishments from the past year and about our vision moving forward.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cardiac Rehab Expands Services]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The <strong>Cardiac Rehabilitation</strong> Department at Down East Community Hospital recently expanded its services.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[DEC and OB Friends Share Open Dialouge]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Down East Community Hospital reaches out even more to Washington County&rsquo;s young family population.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Doula Program Begins at DEC]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Down East Community Hospital is excited to announce our modified doula program. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Local Agencies Launch SAFER Project]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Down East Community Hospital partnered with Sunrise Care Facility, Moosabeec Ambulance, and Machias Ambulance to create a nursing facility transfer form for safer patient transfers that is now being utilized by Sunrise Care Facility for all patients being transferred to the Down East Community Hospital Emergency Department.&nbsp;Through the development and use of this form, vital patient information is readily available for EMS and emergency department personnel.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Importance of Red Line Project]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Down East Community Hospital is implementing a new technique when it comes to patient safety.&nbsp; This new process is important because now the healthcare worker will have more frequent interaction with the patient and there will also be a time and a costs savings.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Down East Community Chooses CNO]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rob Janssen, RN, BSN, CEN assumed the position of Chief Nursing Officer at Down East Community Hospital. Mr. Janssen replaces Karen Labonte who ended her tenure as Chief Nursing Officer in June, 2011.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Telemedicine Debuts in DEC Emergency Department]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Telemedicine equipment made available through a grant awarded to Eastern Maine Medical Center has been installed in Down East Community&#39;s emergency department and became operational on December 1. Physicians and nurses are being trained to use this valuable technology that provides real-time audio and video communications with subspecialists at Eastern Maine. The technology allows practitioners at Eastern Maine to converse with caregivers and patients in our emergency department and with physicians who have been individually credentialed to provide services in this manner.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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