Help Us Provide Free Vaccinations for Kids

Did you know that the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program provides vaccines at no cost to eligible children? This program is offered by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which means that program participants must abide by the CDC’s vaccine storage and handling guidelines. The Boothbay Region Health Center is seeking donations for a vaccine […]

Free Car Seats

Qualifying families can receive FREE car seats for infants and children. Robyn Ham, one of the Center’s Health Coordinators, has qualified as a Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) and registered the Health Center as a designated car seat distribution location through the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety. That means that income-eligible families can make an […]

Conquering Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases

The Boothbay Region Health Center is committed to becoming “lyme-literate” because we know that we live in an endemic area for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. We intend to be the first place patients think of when they suspect they’ve been bitten by a tick and/or begin to feel symptoms that might be the result […]

What if Patients Designed their own Medical Care?

By JANE CARPENTER, News Contributor, Boothbay Register The diagnosis and treatment of certain illnesses can be daunting for patients and their medical providers. Add limitations imposed by medical insurance and common practice and it becomes even more difficult to navigate, especially for anyone whose energy is sapped by a chronic condition. This is especially true […]

Tick-Borne Disease Workshop: Sunday, Sept. 16th

The Boothbay Region Health Center and the Community Center are co-sponsoring an interactive workshop to help patients learn more about preventing, diagnosing & treating tick-borne diseases, and to help the Health Center staff provide the services needed on our peninsula. Come to the Meadow Mall on Sunday, September 16th from 2 to 5 pm for […]

Boothbay Region Health Center, Urgent Care, or Call 911?

The new community-owned Boothbay Region Health Center welcomes all of our summer residents, summer visitors, and summer workers. We are located in the Meadow Mall, across from Hannaford’s and next to the Family Dollar Store. We provide the most inexpensive, quality primary care on the Boothbay peninsula. We take most insurance, and we offer a […]

Help us Match the Rotary Foundation Foundation Grant!

The Boothbay Region Health Center recently received a $2,500 “community matching grant” from the Rotary Foundation. There’s a deadline of June 15th for the Health Center to raise another $2,500 from the community, in order to receive the Rotary Foundation Grant. Contributions are tax-deductible. The grant will be used to replace the dangerously fraying 20-year […]

Come to our Open House: Sunday, June 10th

The new Boothbay Region Health Center invites you to an Open House from 4:00 to 5:30 pm on Sunday, June 10th. Come check out our offices, enjoy healthy snacks, meet our physicians, nurse practitioners, and health coordinators, and get educated about tick-born diseases by our board member, Paula Jackson Jones. The Health Center is conveniently […]

Panel Discussion on Healthcare March 27

Looking for answers about the projected changes to the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and Medicare? On Tuesday, March 27th from 5 to 6:30 p.m., representatives from LincolnHealth and the Boothbay Region Health Center will join in a panel discussion at the Rotary Club headquarters at 66 Montgomery Road, Boothbay Harbor. Speakers include Jim Donovan, CEO […]

Boothbay Region Health Center opens at Meadow Mall

Boothbay Region Health Center opened on Monday, Jan. 8 in the same office as Dr. Nancy Oliphant’s practice at the Meadow Mall. Practice manager Lynn Thompson said Oliphant, who remains at the office under the new banner, carries her 800-some-odd patients into the non-profit health center. By noon, said Thompson, there were already 10-15 inquiries […]