News | MaineHealth Waldo Hospital

To help introduce their expanded team of certified nurse midwives (CNMs) to the community, MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals will hold a “Meet the Midwives” event on Thursday, March 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. The event will be held at MaineHealth Obstetrics and Gynecology Rockport, located on the MHPBH campus in Rockport at 3 Glen Cove Drive, Suite 1.

As part of MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital’s continued effort to help those experiencing food insecurity, the hospital has added a new Help Yourself Shelf inside MaineHealth Behavioral Health Rockland, located at 12 Union Street in Rockland.

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland is named a Top Teaching Hospital and MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital is named a Top Rural Hospital.

Previously associate vice president for philanthropy at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, Erin Brown will lead MaineHealth’s new system-wide development team.

Four care team members from MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals were recently honored with employee awards during ceremonies held on the hospital campuses.

MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.

As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, MaineHealth Pen Bay and Waldo Hospitals will be open for CT lung cancer screens as part of National Lung Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, Nov. 9.

In the fight against the disease, MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital (MHPBH) recently installed a new, state-of-the-art mammography machine in its Radiology department in September and, with it, became the first hospital in Maine to begin using new Genius AI Detection (GAID) 2.0 software in scans.

Steinbarger earned his bachelor’s degree in medicine from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1999. Before that, he spent six years in the United States Navy from 1988 to 1994.

Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital have expanded their cardiac rehab class offerings, making it easier for patients to take care of their heart health.