Features
From inside the Pen Bay Healthcare website

November is Diabetes Month
Learn more for yourself & your loved ones

Nearly 21 million children and adults in the United States are living with diabetes, and another 54 million people are at risk. Around the world, diabetes affects 246 million people; especially hard hit are people in developing countries. Read a press release.

Here in Maine, nearly 100,000 people have been told by their doctor that they have diabetes.  Learn more at the Pen Bay Healthcare Diabetes & Nutrition Care web page, pbmc.org/diabetes. Click here.

Ways to give
Your gift will make a difference

Pen Bay Healthcare greatly appreciates any and all contributions and welcomes you to browse our web pages to explore how you can make a difference.  Learn more about (click each):

Annual Giving.                                     Planned Giving.                             Volunteering.

Nationally recognized & accredited
Pen Bay Healthcare is proud of these achievements

The Pen Bay Healthcare Diabetes and Nutritional Care Center has received the prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its diabetes self-management education program. Learn more.

Penobscot Bay Medical Center has a blue ribbon from the Maine Health Management Coalition's (MHMC) Pathways to Excellence (PTE) Hospital Measurement and Reporting Initiative. Learn more.

Our Primary Stroke Center is nationally recognized by two organizations. Visit the Stroke Center web page to learn more.

And PBMC itself has a Gold Seal of Approval from the national Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization which sets national standards for healthcare quality and safety. Learn more.

Kno-Wal-Lin has received a 2008 OCS Vision Award in recognition of the creative use of the insight provided by data to improve patient outcomes, overcome challenges and achieve organizational goals. Read more now. 

For the third consecutive year, Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice has been named to the 2008 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home healthcare providers in the United States. This annual review identifies the top-performing 25 percent of agencies. Read more now.

Community health events
Clinics, screenings & more

Kno-Wal-Lin Home Care and Hospice has announced its schedule for public flu clinics. Clinics start on Friday, Oct. 10, and continue through early December at various locations in Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties. See clinic details & schedule. 

Take a new look at Pen Bay
Our new ad campaign

We are pleased to share the new ad campaign -- TV, radio and print -- featuring Penobscot Bay Medical Center.  Click for more.

Employee of the year
Suzanne Miller of Rockland works at Quarry Hill

Suzanne Miller, of Rockland, RN, CCM, Health Services Coordinator at Quarry Hill Retirement Community in Camden, has been named Pen Bay Healthcare Employee of the Year for 2008. Read the press release.  


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When it comes to your health care,
comfort and understanding makes a real difference.


AT PEN BAY HEALTHCARE, WE BELIEVE
superior health care comes from combining a personal touch with the best medical resources available -- and then making sure it's convenient for you.

With capacity for nearly 300 patients and more than 1,200 professional and support staff, we provide comprehensive medical care with the attentiveness you expect. In fact, we designed our system of care specifically for the comfort and ease of our patients and residents.

That means that in the hospital you'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for diagnosis and treatment. When you're ready to leave, we'll help you take the next steps -- even facilitating your move to a rehabilitation and skilled care facility or home care.

At  Pen Bay Healthcare, we're committed to offering services that meet our community's healthcare needs.  Click to read our annual report (new window) 

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We work together to make sure
you get the care you need,
when and where you need it. 

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Pen Bay Healthcare is

It all started with an 11-bed hospital in Rockland, Maine, in 1901. Would you like to read  more about the history of Pen Bay Healthcare?
Click here.