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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 23 S E P T E M B E R 2 1 , 2 0 2 0 F O C U S H E A L T H C A R E / W E L L N E S S Since 1989 Local Decisions Be Budget! 800.924.4229 www.bdtme.com Problems Solved. Budget Document Technology is an industry leader in providing digital solutions for document creation, production, and distribution. • Multi-functional Color & B&W Copiers • Printers & Scanners • Postage & Mailing Equipment • Software & Network Solutions • Managed Print Services Helping Maine get business done! Portland | Biddeford 207.774.2635 perkinsthompson.com As one of Maine's leading full-service law firms, Perkins Thompson provides legal council to hospitals, medical practice groups, residency programs, medical device manufacturers, and physicians on business, tax, employment and litigation matters. Issues facing the health care industry are complex. Let our experience and perspective guide you. Legal services and counsel for the healthcare industry. Health & Wellness C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E » Scramble for information To help employers keep up and adapt, Northern Light Health has been host- ing a Zoom conference series, called "Safe Return to Business." From June through September, Northern Light held 14 webinars covering topics such as risk mitigation and critical infrastruc- ture for safe operations, face coverings and screening for employees and cus- tomers and how to support employees' needs as they return to work. e series will continue through December, with the latest COVID-19 information, actionable information for business owners, and other health care areas that have been affected by the pandemic. e series was designed early in the pandemic to address the general scramble for information, says Dr. Ed Gilkey, a senior physician executive with Northern Light Beacon Health, who has been moderating the series and comes at it with a business under- standing thanks to his master's degree in business administration. Gilkey credits Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans for hosting a similar series that inspired Northern Light's. "If we think about March going into April, everyone was scrambling to become informed and understand what this pandemic is about," he says. e goal of the series is to arm employers with information on how to move forward safely in a rapidly changing situation. "Back in April and May, many of us were staying up 16 hours a day to keep up," Gilkey says. "We were getting information out of Italy. What are they learning in China? We were taking that information and putting it together and starting to be able to provide our busi- ness community with that information in an understandable way." Connecting with employers Health care providers throughout Maine have shared resources and expertise based on state and federal Centers for Disease Control guidance and also promoted use of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Develop- ment's COVID-19 prevention checklists, which provide guidance for businesses on how to operate safely and prevent the spread of the virus. In addition to its Zoom series, Northern Light has pivoted its occu- pational health program, called Work Health, to help employers tackle new concerns around keeping their workforce safe and how to prepare for reopening.

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