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Health care

Published
October 25, 2013

Maine experts think website was doomed from start

Besides inadequate testing, the system for finding the best technology contractors is complicated and doesn’t work, they say.
Published
October 24, 2013

16 Maine hospitals receive top safety rankings

The Leapfrog Group rates hospitals annually on 28 safety measures.
Published
October 24, 2013

Designers of health care website: Full testing done far too late

Federal officials decided to ‘go live’ despite the brief test period, causing a chaotic rollout, a congressional panel is told.
Published
October 24, 2013

Northern New England telemedicine system hits milestone

The broadband network connects hospitals, community health centers and other facilities in primarily rural locations so they can share medical information.
Published
October 24, 2013

Let Mainers sign up for health insurance on our website, insurer says

That would help people avoid the troubled federal site, the company says, as it awaits a response from the U.S.

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Published
October 24, 2013

Maine expo offers healthy information and recognizes heroes of care

The Health and Wellness Expo on Nov. 3 also will benefit the Good Shepherd Food Bank and Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital.
Published
October 23, 2013

Obama calls Mr. Fix-It to help health care site

Jeffrey Zients, who has a knack for taming bureaucratic backlogs, has come out of a temporary retirement and quietly dived into his new assignment.
Published
October 23, 2013

MaineCare rides contractor understated complaint numbers

But the company says it was not being deceptive when it reported a small fraction of the 3,662 calls in August for erratic service.
Published
October 22, 2013

Builders of Obamacare website saw red flags

Insider interviews and a review of technical specifications finds a mind-numbingly complex system put together by harried programmers.
Published
October 22, 2013

MaineCare complaint log: Serious consequences for ride glitches

There's also a discrepancy between the official log, which shows 266 complaints, and the thousands of complaint calls actually made.