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V O L . X X V I N O. X X I I S E P T E M B E R 2 1 , 2 0 2 0 24 H E A LT H C A R E / W E L L N E S S F O C U S » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E WE'RE ALL BUSINESS. Eric Hansen Commercial Lending Neil Kiely CEO Deborah Avasthi Treasury Services Karen Hayden Chief Funding Officer Kelly Dorsey Treasury Services Here at Androscoggin, we get small business because many of us have owned one. In fact, some of us still do. The point is, we've been in your shoes. So connect with us on LinkedIn and let's start talking, because growing business is our business and business with us is good. AndroscogginBank.com/AllBusiness U PPER ROW, FROM LEFT: Ed Gilkey, Northern Light Beacon Health; Tasha Gardner, Sargent Corp.; Scott Biehn, Ntension. BOTTOM , FROM LEFT: Ryan Albert, Bangor Savings Bank; Carrie Meo, Anthony John's Day Spa and Boutique, Darling's Auto; Jeff Doran, Northern Light Medical Group and COVID-19 Incident Commander. S C R E E N S H O T / C O U R T E S Y N O R T H E R N L I G H T H E A LT H A Safe Return to Business Zoom presentation hosted by Northern Light Health e longstanding program has seven clinics across Maine. During the pan- demic, activities have included helping employers with coronavirus testing. "For example, we have a client where we've sent some Work Health folks to conduct COVID-19 testing at their locations," Bolin says. He adds, "Employers could experi- ence some level of COVID-19 impact," whether it's an employee, an employee's loved one or a customer becoming ill. "All of that is new to most employers. Work Health can provide guidance on what to do." Balancing demands Elsewhere, Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor started collab- orating with the business community, particularly seasonal businesses that were struggling to figure out how bal- ance public health needs with the those of their customers, says Art Blank, the hospital's president and CEO. In April, the hospital and Bar Harbor nonprofit Healthy Acadia convened the Downeast COVID-19 Task Force, which includes Jackson Laboratory, Acadia National Park, town and chamber of commerce lead- ers and state legislators. e group's programs include a pilot asymptom- atic testing program for front-facing employees and a facemask distribution program. Both call on the hospital's ability to procure supplies. "We provided technical support, through some of the public health oriented clinicians on our team, to discuss the best ways that businesses could mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, assuming that we were going to have people visiting our communities — some com- ing without knowing that they were asymptomatic carriers," Blank says. "We identified fairly early the need to provide education to businesses about the ways that front-facing employees could be best protected." MaineHealth, Maine's largest health care system, has been routinely convening a group of CEOs with health providers who can answer ques- tions and discuss issues, says Dr. Dora Anne Mills, the organization's chief health improvement officer.

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