Curbing obesity with healthy choices

Pen Bay, Waldo County medical practices named Let’s Go! sites of distinction

Fri, 12/21/2018 - 12:15pm

BELFAST/ROCKPORT — Several medical providers within Waldo County General Hospital and Pen Bay Medical Center have been recognized as sites of distinction by MaineHealth’s Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0 program.

Let’s Go! is an obesity prevention initiative working with communities to create environments that support healthy choices.

Practices are recognized as sites of distinction by participating in all three of the following Let’s Go! initiatives:

  • Displaying Let’s Go! posters in their waiting rooms and all exam rooms where pediatric patients are seen;
  • Determining body mass index (BMI) BMI percentile and weight classification for patients age two years and older at well-child visits; and
  • Using the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Habits Questionnaire at all well-child visits.

Recognized within Waldo County General Hospital are Arthur Jewell Community Health Center, Donald S. Walker Health Center, Lincolnville Regional Health Center, Stockton Springs Regional Health Center and Waldo County Medical Partners Family Medicine.

Recognized through Pen Bay Medical Center are Pen Bay Family Medicine, Pen Bay Pediatrics, Robert Merrill, MD, and Waldoboro Family Medicine.

For more information about Let’s Go!, visit letsgo.org.

 

Waldo County General Hospital

Waldo County General Hospital is a 2017 Becker’s Hospital Review Critical Access Hospital to Know that operates as a family of services with Waldo County Medical Partners and Penobscot Shores Retirement Community. 

Through these organizations, we are committed to providing excellent care for patients and their families in a friendly, caring atmosphere. 

Services are provided as efficiently as possible with an eye on the future and in collaboration with other community-minded agencies. Waldo County General Hospital is a member of the MaineHealth system and Coastal Healthcare Alliance.

For more information, visit wcgh.org.

 

Pen Bay Medical Center

Pen Bay Medical Center is a not-for-profit, community hospital in Rockport, Maine. Pen Bay Medical Center operates as a family of services that also includes Pen Bay Physicians & Associates, Quarry Hill Retirement Community and the Knox Center.

Through these organizations, and with a staff of more than 100 outstanding physicians and more than 1,500 healthcare professionals, we are able to provide the people of Midcoast Maine with a continuum of both routine and specialty patient-centered medical services. Pen Bay MedicalCenter is a member of the MaineHealth system and Coastal Healthcare Alliance.

For more information, visit pbmc.org.