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News Releases
Wednesday, June 29, 20222022 Cochecho Arts Festival buttons are available!
The buttons are only $10 and come with a lot of benefits! Purchase them at the Chamber office (550 Central Ave) or at a Friday headliner show. With each Wentworth-Douglass Hospital CAF button purchased, you gain entry into the season-long raffle where one lucky winner will receive a SPIRIT E-330 Gas Grill sponsored by 97.5 WOKQ! Show your button at the Blue Dolphin Screenprint and Embroidery Box Office at each Friday headliner series concert and receive a free bottle of water from Kennebunk Savings. You
Friday, June 24, 2022Wentworth-Douglass Launches New Brand Identity
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital unveiled its new brand and visual identity on June 22, representing its enhanced collaboration with colleagues throughout the Mass General Brigham system. “Over the past five years, our partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Brigham has been critically important to our success and has noticeably expanded the depth and breadth of care we offer our community. That exceptional care, combined with access to world-renowned experts, continues to make an
Tuesday, June 21, 2022Wentworth-Douglass’ Emergency Department Earns Regional Recognition For Being ‘Pediatric Ready’
The Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Emergency Department has earned “pediatric ready” status with Always Ready for Children (ARC), a program focused on creating a regional approach to pediatric care to unify care standards across states and allow for collaborative improvements in pediatric readiness. Hospitals recognized as being “pediatric ready” by a recognition program scored higher on the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment (NPRA), and the establishment of such recognition programs demonstrated
Wednesday, June 15, 2022Wentworth-Douglass Diabetes Program Earns Full CDC Accreditation
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s ‘Prevent Type 2 Program’, which targets those most at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, has received full accreditation from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Prevent Type 2 Program is a 12-month lifestyle change program that Wentworth-Douglass launched in 2018 as part of the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. Wentworth-Douglass offers the program as a free community health benefit that targets individuals with prediabetes. “It’s really all
Monday, June 06, 2022Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Earns Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital was recently recognized as an accredited Geriatric Emergency Department by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The team at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s Emergency Department initiated the effort the obtain the Level-3 Geriatric Emergency Room Certification in response to the region’s aging demographic. According to the 2020 US Census, New Hampshire is the fourth oldest state in the country. In the Wentworth-Douglass organization overview report it was identified