Welcome
The goal of HealthReach is simply to provide quality, affordable, patient-centered health care in medically underserved areas in Central and Western Maine. The assurance of access to health services for Central Maine is, quite frankly, increasingly critical to sustaining and developing our communities and a cause worthy of all of our efforts. Today, across America, we are finding that access to health care is increasingly challenging, sadly, in some cases an exceedingly difficult and distant possibility. HealthReach, however, provides essential health services and treatments in our communities that make all of our lives better. I am honored to serve on the HealthReach Board of Directors and look forward to assisting as the Board Chair. The success of HealthReach rests largely on the shoulders of the professionals who work in the health centers and the HealthReach offices. We, as a Board, are formed to assist and support all of them in any way necessary to sustain the success. The HealthReach Community Health Centers’ Board is collectively proud of the people who serve everyday to make all of the Health Centers better. Sincerely,
Directed by boards with majority consumer membership, CHCs focus on meeting the basic health care needs of individual communities. We provide treatment regardless of income or insurance coverage. Since the early 1960s, CHCs have worked closely with local people to identify unmet health care needs and to help meet those challenges. The original intent of the health center movement was and continues to be to provide access to quality health services. Our centers serve as a gateway to health services by providing geographic access to patients (many of the HealthReach practices are located in rural areas where primary care services are not readily available) and financial access to health services for patients through our Affordable Care Program. HealthReach opened our first center in Bingham, Maine in 1975. Since then we have expanded health care access across many Central and Western Maine communities through 11 health centers and two dental centers. At HealthReach, we are proud of our medical and dental providers and the quality of care they deliver. Our experienced family practitioners focus on preventive care and developing partnerships with patients that enhance their overall health status. We serve patients from birth through retirement and beyond. During 2010, our organization will complete the implementation of an electronic medical records system which will enhance the care provided at our health centers. This year also marks the initiation of behavioral health services at a number of our locations. With the integration of primary care, dental and behavioral health services, our health care team will be able to more fully address the needs of our patients. I encourage you to explore our website and visit frequently. Take a look at our patient stories, press releases and Community Report. Learn about us and the services we make available in your community. Let us become one of your resources for wellness, health care, and linkage to other community and state services. Enjoy your visit and email your feedback. To keep up with announcements, health tips, classes and more, sign up for HealthyEmail, our newsletter delivered to your personal email address. |
I am a patient, customer, and beneficiary of HealthReach services. I think it is important to recognize that HealthReach’s services extend far beyond the direct care provided by our health care professionals to include the impact on quality of life and business across Central and Western Maine, our area of coverage. My family has used one of the eleven locations of HealthReach Community Health Centers as our primary medical care provider since my retirement from the U.S. Army and return to home in Central Maine and I am glad and honored to be a part of this organization.
Welcome to the website of HealthReach Community Health Centers. We provide acute, chronic and preventive medical services to over 30,000 Maine residents and visitors each year. We are part of the United States Public Health system that provides primary care to 18 million Americans in 1,200 Community Health Centers (CHCs) spread across 50 states.