We're working harder at working together–sharing information and resources, focusing our energies and technology on your health and medical care.  Whether it's developing partnerships or delivering services, MaineHealth is working together so that our communities are the healthiest in America. 

Some of our partner programs include:

CarePartners is comprised of a volunteer network of hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers who donate their medical care to persons with limited incomes who have no insurance.  They also provide support services, care management, and affordable pharmaceuticals to enrollees.

For more information:
1-877-626-1684
CarePartners

The Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI) brings together a team of highly qualified individuals who focus on linking smokers to the most effective methods to quit. Our Center provides direct treatment services, offers consultation for health systems and employers, conducts research, and educates health professionals about tobacco use and dependence & how to help smokers quit.  Our programs are components of MaineHealth, Maine Medical Center, and the Maine Medical Center Research Institute . 

For more information:
(207) 662-7154 www.tobaccoindependence.org
 

From The First Tooth is a Maine-based program which seeks to improve the oral health of Maine children.

Because baby teeth matter!

For more infomation:
www.fromthefirsttooth.org 

Let's Go! is involved in 12 Greater Portland communities - Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Gorham, Falmouth, Freeport, North Yarmouth, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook, Windham and Yarmouth. In each of these communities, Let's Go! partners with others to work across six sectors to increase physical activity and healthy eating.  Currently there are other sites also using Let's Go! materials and the Let's Go! model in other communities in Maine.  For more information on Let's Go! outside of the twelve Greater Portland communities, click here.

MaineHealth, the Maine Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA), and the Maine Parkinson Society have established the Parkinson's Information and Referral Center as a central resource for people with Parkinson Disease and their families, from all over the state.    They offer free professional assistance for Parkinson's information; a lending library of books, videotapes, reference materials and brochures; seminars and classes on managing your disease; a referral list of professionals and community resources; and a partnership with the MaineHealth Learning Resource Centers where additional health education and services are available. 

For more information:
(207) 781-1735 or
1-800-832-4116 www.parkinsonsmaine.org  
 

Raising Readers is a statewide health and literacy program serving all of Maine’s youngest children, regardless of economic means. Funded by The Libra Foundation, the Program  provides new, hardcover books to all babies at birth, and subsequently through well-child check-ups with their healthcare provider.  Providers coach parents on the importance of reading aloud frequently to their child.  The Program is a collaboration of MaineHealth and Eastern Maine Heathcare Systems and has distributed over 865,000 books.

For more information:
1-800-397-3263
www.raisingreaders.org