There seem to be few to no protections that ensure patients continue to get care for the most urgent health matters while hospital cyber systems are offline.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering education and health. She graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in journalism in 2019 and started working for the Sun Journal in 2023.
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Lewiston balloon festival kicks off with no launch Friday morning
Though conditions were not right Friday morning, festival staff are hopeful conditions will be better to get some rides in over the course of the three-day festival.
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St. Dom’s parent claims diocese broke Canon Law when closing school
Canon Law is a set of laws and regulations that govern internal affairs in the Roman Catholic Church.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
St. Mary’s helping more people get into detox with new intake process
Patients can be quickly admitted into the medically managed withdrawal unit through its Rapid Access Center.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Rumford Falls Times
Central Maine Healthcare notifies patients of data breach in June
While the hospital system’s computers were down following the breach, patients reported barriers to care and medications for urgent health concerns.
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Central Maine Healthcare tells employees it’s planning layoffs, source says
Officials with the hospital system declined to comment publicly on the announcement Thursday.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Longtime Lewiston preschool to close, citing Medicaid shortfalls
‘There is unfortunately no financially viable path forward to keeping the program open,’ a company official said.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
St. Mary’s new mental health program offers path ‘to heal and grow’
The behavioral health day program aims to give patients a level of care between inpatient and outpatient services, and take stress off emergency departments.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston’s Central Maine Healthcare hit with lawsuits over alleged data breach
A motion to consolidate the class action lawsuits into one was still being considered by the court as of Friday.
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Wife’s quick action helps save husband after accident in Raymond
Christina Keilt gives half the credit to her husband for helping walk her through applying a tourniquet to his bleeding leg, working as a team.