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BIDDEFORD, Maine

黑料网911COM and Southern Maine Health Care receive certificate of recognition from Maine Quality Counts

The 黑料网911 College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料网911COM) and Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) were recently awarded a certificate of recognition in the Patient-Provider Partnership Initiative by Maine Quality Counts, the state of Maine鈥檚 health improvement collaborative.

This certificate recognized the Low Back Pain Initiative recently completed by 黑料网911COM鈥檚 Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. The program implemented a new patient-physician collaboration for low back pain management with an emphasis on patient ownership of health management.

Meghan Johnson, D.O., resident in 黑料网911's Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship program spearheaded the project under the supervision of Jane Carreiro, D.O., department chair, and Stacey Pierce-Talsma, D.O. . Chris Frothingham, DO, and Garrett Edwards, D.O. 

黑料网911 the 黑料网911

The 黑料网911 is Maine鈥檚 largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state鈥檚 top provider of health professionals and home to Maine鈥檚 only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.