Annual Report - Mount Desert Island Hospital

Mount Desert Island Hospital
Annual Report 2011/2012
Letter from the President
Welcoming the new dawn of health care
Arthur J. Blank, President/CEO
of Mount Desert Island Hospital
Despite challenges,
our team never
ceases to excel,
innovate, and serve
as champions
for our patients.
www.mdihospital.org
The one constant in health care is that change is inevitable. How we embrace, guide and adapt to the ever- changing political, technical,
and social landscape of medicine is critical to fulfilling our mission to serve our community. In reviewing the past year, we see that
change is neither good nor bad, but necessary.
The global and local economies ask us all to do more with less while national and state-level policy influence how we allocate those
shrinking resources. Yet despite the challenges, I am proud to report our team never ceases to excel, innovate, and serve as champions
for our patients.
For an unprecedented 10 years in a row, MDI Hospital received the Overall Best Performer Award from Avatar International and is
the only hospital in the nation to hold that distinction. Our hospital was also one of only 10 critical access hospitals nationwide to
earn the VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence. Both of these accolades speak directly to the focus our team instills upon our
patients at every opportunity.
We also marked an important milestone when our Prescription Assistance Program surpassed $1 million in free medications for those
who would not otherwise have had access to them.
Within the year we expect to begin construction on our new Women’s Health Center, which will be a shining example of our
community pulling together for the betterment of all. As the importance of outpatient care grows, this facility will be vital to meeting
our current and future patient needs.
Technology, especially in medicine, is all around us and we have brought it directly to patient care. Each of our Health Center exam
rooms is now equipped with a computer to provide instant access to a patient’s electronic medical record for improved accuracy and
efficiency. We have also joined HealthInfoNet, Maine’s statewide health information exchange to give our team and other providers
access to a patient’s vital information regardless of where they receive their care.
Our relationship with Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania continues to evolve into a model on how to bring researchbased
innovation directly to rural medicine. This summer has brought expanded opportunities for training and collaboration in the
Emergency Department, Behavioral Health Center, and throughout the organization.
Many of these innovative programs and facilities would not be possible were it not for the generous financial support that is bestowed
upon this organization. Our Annual Fund continues to raise the bar higher, which in part, enables us to provide care for those who
could not otherwise pay for it. Our new Women’s Health Center facility will be funded entirely through community support, with the
Auxiliary kicking off formal fundraising with an inspiring $50,000 pledge!
Cooperation makes our community stronger — which is something all of us at MDI Hospital are proud to be a part of. We hope you
enjoy learning more about our organization from the proceeding pages as we look back on 2011-2012 and welcome the challenges and
successes that lie ahead.
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Throughout his
career, Dr. Haynes
has embraced
the quintessential
country doctor
lifestyle and
methods.
Thank you, Dr. Haynes, for 36 years of service
Whoever said you can’t have your cake and eat it, too? When
O. Lee Haynes, MD, arrived in Bar Harbor nearly four decades
ago, he was looking to be “the modern equivalent of a country
doctor” where he would truly know his patients and practice
medicine at the highest levels.
For 36 years and four generations of patients numbering in
the thousands, Dr. Haynes has been exactly that, finding the
community of the greater Mount Desert Island area to be ideal
for his personality and profession. In mid-2012, Dr. Haynes
made the difficult decision to retire from his day-to-day internal
medicine practice that connected him with so many families
within the community.
“Really being part, the immersion in the community, is one of
the best parts of the experience,” Dr. Haynes said about serving
his community’s medical needs. “I have had the privilege of
taking care of the same patients for decades and taking care of
families of patients, and extended families and really getting into
the community in that way. The real joy of it is taking care of
folks long-term.”
Throughout his career, Dr. Haynes has embraced the
quintessential country doctor lifestyle and methods. His patients
give him photos to post in exam rooms, for example, and he
makes house calls for those who cannot come to him. “There’s
no better way to find out how someone lives than by visiting
them in the home,” he said.
Known for his imposing stature, trademark baritone voice, and
a passion for country music, Dr. Haynes discovered Bar Harbor
during a visiting residency program and practically never left.
“I don’t think I’ve ever regretted coming to Bar Harbor to work
and staying here. Most physicians usually go through three
jobs before they find the one they settle in. Around here, that
hasn’t been the case at all,” he said in reference to some of MDI
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Hospital’s other long-time physicians including Ed Gilmore, MD,
who he met in medical school at Harvard and helped introduce
him to the area.
Originally from West Virginia, Dr. Haynes’ first introduction to
Maine came during his residency at Mass General Hospital. A
program offered by nearby Tufts University offered new doctors
the chance to visit and practice in rural Maine hospitals for two
weeks in the summer in hopes of attracting the fresh physician to
the area permanently. Dr. Haynes’ first stop was in Rumford in
western Maine. “I liked the doctors a lot, loved the patients. I had
a wonderful time. They offered me a job but I wasn’t ready to
settle down yet,” he said.
Dr. Haynes returned to Mass General in Boston for his final year
of residency where he met Doug Collins, MD, who practiced in
Caribou for 20 years before returning to Mass General. “Gosh,
he was just the epitome of what you want to see as a doctor.
He knew everything and he was great with patients. It was a real
treat to see that you could go out and be in the community and
maintain your skills,” Dr. Haynes said.
“I told him how much I enjoyed my time up in Rumford and
Doug said, ‘Why don’t you go up to Bar Harbor. Ed Gilmore
is up there and he’s having a real good time.’ So I went back
to Tufts and said ‘Hey, can I do it again?’ Later that spring, Dr.
Haynes, wife, and new baby traveled back to Maine. “At the end
of the week they said ‘What would you think about coming to
work here?’ And I said, In a minute!”
After completing his military service in 1976, Dr. Haynes and
family moved to Bar Harbor where he joined medical school
colleague Ed Gilmore, MD, in practice at what are now known
as the Cooper-Gilmore Health Center and the Trenton Health
Center. The two doctors quickly found that they connected
professionally and personally. “In over 30 years, 15 years in the
same office, we’ve never had as much as a cross word,”
Dr. Gilmore said.
In contrast to his down home demeanor, Dr. Gilmore said
Dr. Haynes is a brilliant medical practitioner who was often
his collaborator on challenging diagnoses, which has greatly
contributed to the quality of care patients receive.
Even though Dr. Haynes is retiring from internal medicine, his
desire to help people is certain to continue into the next phase of
his life. After taking some time off, perhaps traveling the country
“in an old Toyota van” to listen to some of his favorite country
music artists, Dr. Haynes sees himself in a role where he can
use his listening skills and vast interpersonal experiences to offer
counsel to those in need, extending his interest in the well-being
of the community into the foreseeable future.
He is also committed to the non-profit organization, Local
Solutions, which he helped found to support children with
developmental disabilities after they graduate from high school
and lose the accompanying social, emotional and financial
support. Created in 2010, the organization has plans to build a
group home to provide a long-term, stable living situation for
those who cannot live on their own.
Many country music fans may also be familiar with the popular
concert series Dr. Haynes created with the Austin Acadia
Connection. As a way of bringing artists to town that he wanted
to see perform, Dr. Haynes booked and promoted concerts, often
hosted at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. For
several seasons, some of the top talent from Austin, Texas, would
venture to MDI, stay at Dr. Haynes’ home, and perform. “We
had a fabulous time,” Dr. Haynes said of his experiences with
many of his favorite artists.
On behalf of the entire community, Thank You Dr. Haynes, for
your contributions that continue to impact so many.

Jane Tawney, PA-C, is a provider at the
Women’s Health Center at MDI Hospital
and one of the Center’s founders.
The new Center will
recognize the fact that
women are different
and require a different
kind of care.
Tina Smith, the manager of a medical office and a
professional photographer, spent a couple of years feeling
sluggish all the time. In April 2011, the Franklin resident
was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. She was prescribed oral
medication to control her blood sugar, and she radically
changed her diet.
Still, she said, “One day, my doctor said, ‘If we don’t do
something, you’re not going to make it. You’ll be lucky if
you make it to age 42.’”
She began taking insulin shots four times a day. Because
of her busy schedule, it was hard to keep up with the new
routine. She constantly forgot to take the shots. Even when
she did, and even with the change in diet, the treatment
wasn’t entirely successful.
In March 2012, Mount Desert Island Hospital’s Diabetes
Education Program offered Smith an alternative. She
was prescribed an insulin pump with continuous glucose
monitor. MDI Hospital is the only facility east of Bangor
that is certified to offer these devices.
“I’ll tell you, it was the best thing I’ve ever done,” she said.
“Now I can control my blood sugar and, when I’m starting
to have a low blood sugar attack or I start to feel funny,
A new home for women’s health
“Twenty years ago when we started we didn’t have a patient population and we didn’t know how big we were going to get,” said Jane
Tawney, PA-C, one of the founders of MDI Hospital’s Women’s Health Center, and a current provider there.
Since that day back in 1993, the Center’s success has followed the classic movie mantra “build it and they will come.” Over the years,
the Center has served more than 5,000 women with compassionate, patient-centered care from the quaint little house on Wayman Lane.
“This seemed like the perfect little house,” Tawney said. “It met all the needs of hominess and all the things that women wanted.”
For many patients and staff alike, the Wayman Lane house was the perfect place. Today, it simply cannot accommodate the volume or
the personalization of patient care that is at the very core of the Center’s success.
To turn the page and step into a new chapter, the Women’s Health Center needs a new, larger home — one that addresses the physical
shortfalls of the old one. More space, bigger exam rooms, storage, better privacy, functional offices, and integration of technology are
all on the architect’s list, but only if a new building continues to foster the openness, comfort, and safety that women have coveted for
two decades. “We all love the little house in so many ways, it has such a great spirit,” Tawney said. “We want to keep that spirit and
just bring it to a new place and I think we can do that.”
The new Women’s Health Center will be sited on Main Street where the Cadillac Building once stood and feature nearly three times the
space, accommodate more outpatient services, and embrace the technological evolution that is ever-present in modern health care.
At the same time, the new Center will recognize the fact that women are different and require a different kind of care. Women are not
just bodies but people whose lives and relationships — with families, partners, mothers, and daughters — all impact their physical being.
The Hospital has pledged its full support to the project, rallying friends and neighbors to acquire the land and building site. Design and
engineering details are now in the final stages. Funding for construction is being sought directly from the island community to ensure
the right medical services are available to all who live and visit here.
As of late July more than a third of the $1.1 million goal has been pledged, including a $50,000 donation from the MDI Hospital
Auxiliary. Fundraising is anticipated to be complete by the end of 2012, which would enable construction to begin in Spring 2013.
Diabetes management technology brings new confidence
I can check my sugar. Every five minutes, it gives me the
most current number.”
At first, she said, she was nervous about the two devices,
the pump and a separate “personal sensor” that beams the
blood glucose results to the pump. Worn discreetly on her
person, she thought they would be uncomfortable.
Instead, she found that the ability to check her sugars
continuously, and to adjust her insulin if necessary, gave her
great peace of mind. Data from the monitor also streams to
her health care providers, who can analyze it for problems.
“For a long time, I was having trouble with my sugar
spiking in the middle of the night,” she said. “They were
able to tweak the levels. And now that my levels are better,
I feel better and I sleep so much better.”
The small pump — made by Medtronic, specialists in
technology for the treatment of diabetes — is worn externally
and can be discreetly clipped to a belt, slipped into a
pocket, or hidden under clothes. It delivers precise doses
of rapid-acting insulin. The device consists of a cartridge
connected to a reservoir that can hold enough insulin to last
for two to three days.
continued on page 5
Tina Smith of Franklin, enjoys a new sense of
confidence with an insulin pump she received
through MDI Hospital’s diabetes education program.
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mDi Hospital Board and Committees
Chosen for their special talents, Board and Committee members are volunteers and receive no compensation for the time they give to the hospital.
Thousands of hours are devoted yearly by men and women who serve on MDI Hospital’s Board and Committees.
BoArD of TrusTees
Michael Bonsey, Chairman
John Adams, MD, First Vice Chairman
Julian Kuffler, MD,* Second Vice Chairman
John Benson, MD
Arthur J. Blank*
Stewart Brecher
James Bright
Ray Chalifour*
Mary Dudzik, MD*
David Einhorn, Esq.
Kathleen Field
Elsie Flemings
Patricia Hand, Ph.D
Barbara Hannon*
Chrissi Harding*
O. Lee Haynes, MD*
Julius Krevans, Sr., MD
Ruth Lyons*
Vince Messer, Ph.D
Norma Murray
Terry Musson
Susan Ray, DHA*
Dean Read
Mickey Shattow
Noelle Wolf
DeveLoPmenT CommiTTee
Vince Messer, Ph.D, Chair
David Allman*
Loy Andrews
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
James Bright
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Alix Diana
Sarah Fina
Mazzie Gogolak
Julius Krevans, Sr., MD
Lani Naihe*
Noelle Wolf
Jane Zirnkilton
finAnCe CommiTTee
Dean Read, Chair
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
Stacy Brown*
Nat Fenton, Esq.
Kathleen Field
Barbara Hannon*
Chrissi Harding*
Stan Harmon
Terry Musson
Terry O’Connell
Mickey Shattow
JoinT ConferenCe
CommiTTee
O. Lee Haynes, MD, Chair*
John Benson, MD
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
Mary Dudzik, MD*
Kathleen Field
Lou Ingrisano, PA-C*
Mark Kandutsch, MD*
Julian Kuffler, MD*
Terry Musson
Dean Read
exeCuTive CommiTTee
Michael Bonsey, Chair
John Adams, MD
Arthur J. Blank*
Julian Kuffler, MD*
Vince Messer
Terry Musson
Dean Read
enDoWmenT CommiTTee
Dean Read, Chair
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
Chrissi Harding*
Nancy Ho
Andrew Shea
GovernAnCe CommiTTee
John Adams, MD, Chair
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
William Bromley, MD
David Einhorn, Esq.
Terry Musson
Dean Read
PLAnninG CommiTTee
John Adams, MD, Chair
John Benson, MD
Arthur J. Blank*
Michael Bonsey
Stewart Brecher
Ray Chalifour*
Kathleen Field
Barbara Hannon*
summary of revenues and expenses
mounT DeserT isLAnD HosPiTAL year ending April 30, 2012
Including Health Centers and Birch Bay Retirement Village
Amounts billed to our patients for services at
Mount Desert Island Hospital and Health Centers $72,846,216
Amounts that we did not receive from the Federal Medicare Program
and the State of Maine Medicaid Program and other insurance companies
that do not pay the full amount of their patients’ bills $17,969,253
Amounts provided to our patients at Mount Desert Island Hospital and
Health Centers whose bills partially or wholly exceeded their ability to pay $863,129
Other revenues received to support operations $2,534,849
Our total revenues were $56,548,683
Our total operating expenses for salaries, benefits, supplies,
interest,depreciation costs, and uncollected charges were $58,934,485
Which resulted in an operating loss of $(2,385,802)
We reCeiveD non-oPerATinG revenues
from THe foLLoWinG:
Losses from investment activities $(370,965)
Other non-operating revenue $417,941
Which resulted in a loss of $(2,338,826)
finAnCiAL HiGHLiGHTs for THe fisCAL yeAr
The MDI Hospital Organization provided 575 jobs and maintained a payroll of $26,019,018
Total capital expenditures $828,086
Free and uncompensated care $3,954,414
Unrestricted and restricted gifts received by the MDI Hospital Organization $1,623,146
Chrissi Harding*
Michael Heniser, DO*
Julius Krevans, Sr., MD
Ruth Lyons*
Vince Messer, Ph.D
Terry Musson
Susan Ray, DHA*
fACiLiTies suBCommiTTee
Stewart Brecher, Chair
Arthur J. Blank*
Mark Brown, MD*
Ray Chalifour*
Greg Corrow*
Barbara Hannon*
Chrissi Harding*
Joe Hasselbrack*
Mark Kandutsch, MD*
Ruth Lyons*
Terry Musson
Susan Ray, DHA*
HeALTH CenTers CommiTTee
Terry Musson, Chair
James Bright
Michael Healy
Lou Ingrisano, PA-C*
Diehl Snyder, MD*
QuALiTy AnD sAfeTy
CommiTTee
Patricia Hand, PhD, Chair
John Benson, MD, Co-Chair
Rob Shea, Co-Chair
John Adams, MD
Arthur J. Blank*
Elsie Flemings
Barbara Hannon*
Lou Ingrisano, PA-C*
Ruth Lyons*
BirCH BAy BoArD of TrusTees
Dean Read, Chair
Sherri Dyer, Vice Chairman
Arthur J. Blank*
Betty Bryer
Patricia Curtis
Gail Gee
Rob Shea
Bill Weir
HonorAry TrusTees
(lifetime appointment in recognition of their
outstanding service to MDI Hospital)
Loy Andrews
David Benson
Leslie Brewer
William Bromley, MD
Henry Brown
Roger Chagnon
Dwight Eaton
Donald Hobbs
George McVety
Erwin Soule
Helmut Weber
*MDI Hospital Staff
Board Chairman and CEO
are ex-officio members
of all committees

mDi HosPiTAL LeADersHiP
ARTHUR J. BLAnk
President & CEO
MICHAEL W. BOnSEy
Chair, Board of Trustees
STACy BROWn
Director, Fiscal Services
RAy CHALIFOUR
Vice President, Physician Services
FRAnCO COLELLA
Director, Revenue Cycle
SHIRLEy COnkLIn
President, MDI Hospital Auxiliary
GREG CORROW
Director, Physical Plant and Nutrition Services
CHRISTInA COSTELLO, BS, Rn, CEn
Director, Emergency and OB Services
BARBARA HAnnOn, Rn, MSn,
M.ED, nE-BC, CEnP
Vice President, Nursing
JOAnnE HARRIS, SPHR
Director, Human Resources
JOSEPH HASSELBRACk
Director, Health Centers Operations
Lynn LEIGHTOn, Rn
Director, Health Centers Clinical Operations
LEOnARD LyAkHOVICH
Director, Surgical Services
RUTH LyOnS, Rn
Vice President, Quality and Safety
CHRISTInA MAGUIRE-HARDInG
Vice President, Finance and Support
MIkE MAHAn
Executive Director, Birch Bay Retirement Village
THOMAS MOCkUS, Rn
Director, Medical and Rehabiliation Services
JEFFERy M. MURAD
Director, Laboratory and Medical Imaging
SUSAn RAy, Rn, BSM, MBA/MHCM, DHA
Vice President, Ancillary and Support Services
DEAn S. READ
Chair, Birch Bay Retirement Village
AIMEE B. WALLS, Rn
Director, Care Management
MARk WHITE
Director, Information Technology
ACTive meDiCAL sTAff
Stephanie Abbuhl, MD (UPenn-2012)
Tariku Ayalew, MD (locum tenens)
John M. Benson, MD
Kendra Blount, DO
Mark O. Brown, MD
Brian J. Caine, MD
Elizabeth M. Datner, MD (UPenn-2011)
Stuart L. Davidson, MD
Edward T. Dickinson, MD, NREMT-P, FACEP
(UPenn-2011)
Mary E. Dudzik, MD
David Gaieski, MD (UPenn-2012)
Edward B. Gilmore, MD, MACP
David J. Goodenough, MD
Timber H. Gorman, MD
O. Lee Haynes, Jr., MD
Charles E. Hendricks, MD
Michael A. Heniser, DO
Mark A. Kandutsch, MD
Kathleen M. Kotas, MD
Julius R. Krevans, Jr., MD
Julian P. Kuffler, MD, MPH
Michael J. Mason, MD
Zachary Meisel, MD (UPenn-2012)
Angela Mills, MD (UPenn-2012)
Mayur K. Movalia, MD
Meryl J. Nass, MD
David M. Painter, MD
Burton W. Pearl, MD
Ronald H. Prokopius, MD
Surapaneni Ramanadha Rao, MD
Silvio Saidemberg, MD
Mandeep Singh, MD (locum tenens)
Diehl M. Snyder, MD
Gregory Stahl, MD (locum)
Norman L. Sykes, MD
Elizabeth Videlock, MD (locum hospitalist)
Edward R. White, MD
ALLieD HeALTH
ProfessionAL sTAff
Lynne M. Assaf, LCSW, CADC
Cortland P. Bassett, PA-C
Brenda J. Beckett, PA-C
Martha Bucklin, LMSW-CC
Pilar S. Burmeister, FNP
Beverly J. Chasse, PMHCNS-BC
Linda T. Crowell, FNP
Angela Del Vecchio, APRN
Kati DeRevere, PMHNP
Ann M. Dundon, PA-C
Ralph A. Erickson, CRNA
Kathleen A. Garcia, PhD
Alan Graff, LCPC, CADC
Jesse Greenbaum, CMT
Irene M. Greene-Murphy, LCSW
R. David Heath, PA-C
Laura E.F. Hendricks, PMHNP, CNS
Mary D. Hopkins, M.A.C
Sylvia I. Ingerson, PMHNP, CNS, LADC
Louis A. Ingrisano, PA-C
Cecily P. Judd, LCSW
Gerry R. Keenan, Jr., PA-C
Reid Kincaid, PA-C
Stephen Koscherak, PHD, CADC
Rosamond Kreilkamp, LCSW, CADC
Virginia R. Lanning, FNP-C
Katherine (Katy) Lawson, FNP-C
Barbara F. Logue, FNP
Daniel E. Lorey, LCSW-CCS
Bonnie B. Lundquist, ANP
Edith S. Lyman, LCSW, CADC
W. Guy Mahan, PA-C
Elaine R. Mangini, PA-C
Albert G. Marian, PA-C
Betty Massie, PhD, CADC
Diabetes management, continued from page 3
MDI Hospital’s recent training and certification in the use of the device means the area’s
patients no longer have to travel to Bangor, said Linda Beaudoin, RN, MDI Hospital’s
diabetes education coordinator. Diabetes specialists provide training and follow-up for
patients, who aim for a better quality of life and better control of their blood sugar.
“We showed them the pump would be easier,” Beaudoin said. “They just need to know how
to fill up the syringe with insulin and pop it into the pump.”
Linda S. Maxwell, PA-C
Terri L. Neer, PA-C
Janice I. Nicholson, FNP
Suzanne B. Norgang, CNM
Christopher W. Price, CRNA
Amie Quirion, LCSW-CCS
Patricia A. Riley, FNP
Linda J. Robinson, CNM
Rachael F. Sharp, CRNA
Chris P. Schleif, FNP
Sally J. Smith, ANP, GNP
Richard Sutherlin, CRNA
Jude I. Tardy, PA-C
Jane E. Tawney, PA-C
Diane A. Tennies, PhD, LADC
ConsuLTinG sTAff
Astrid Andreescu, MD
Suzanne Aquino, MD
Stephen Austin, MD
Dean Batten, MD
Keith H. Brodie, MD
James Brull, DO
Marissa A. Camrud, MD
Steven Ciabattoni, MD
Michael J. Cooney, MD
Phoebe H. Dann, MD
Susan A. Dinges, MD
Scott Dufresne, MD
George J.A. Eyerer, MD
John T. Frankland, Jr., MD
A. Merrill Garrett, MD
Anne Glaser, MD
Britta M. Gooding, MD
David Greatorex, MD
Laurie L. Gutstein, MD
Edward M. Harrow, MD
Eric Hartz, MD
Andrew G. Hinkens, MD
Thomas B. Jones, MD
John S. Kaiser, MD
Margaret Kang, MD
Karen B. Krigman, MD
Ruth M. Lamdan, MD
Garrett R. Martin, MD
Richard J. Mazzei, MD
Christopher J. Miller, MD
Thomas H. Openshaw, MD
Linda Petrovich, MD
Stephen J. Pfister, MD
Leonard Poirier, MD
Thomas Rachner, MD
David E. Renedo, MD
Richard R. Riemersma, MD
Guy Ross, MD
Lawrence Sanders, MD
Russ M. Savit, MD
Jordan J. Shubert, MD
Chung Shum, MD
Marek Skacel, MD
Bradley Snyder, MD
Stephanie Swope, MD
Paul Tisher, MD
Carol E. Trask, MD
Thomas H. Vreeland, MD
support Team
statistics
Roger M. Wilson, MD
Robin Wood, MD
Douglas Woolard, MD
Matthew Yates, MD
Jay J. Ye, MD
CourTesy meDiCAL sTAff
Sigrid E. Berg, MD
Philip L. Brooks, MD
Mary V. Collins, MD
Guillermo J. Crespo, MD
Thomas E. Flynn, MD
Jane W. Garfield, MD
Walter N. Muth, MD
Lawrence Piazza, MD
Robert Pinsky, MD
Jens Rueter, MD
Donald L. Schassberger, MD
Paul F. Stewart, MD
Amy E. Tan, MD
Nicholas S. Vachon, DPM
Alan H. Wiseman, MD
TeLemeDiCine sTAff
Amy J. Movius, MD
George B. Payne, MD
Johnathan P. Wood, MD
Mark Grant, MD
resiDenT-in-TrAininG sTAff
Alysia Cirona, MD
Nora Hymowitz, MD
Pamela Bannon, MD
Virginia Harvey, MD
Michael Orland, MD
Kevin Scott, MD
Outpatient health center visits
Images taken (radiology, CT scan,
72,663
nuclear medicine, ultrasound) 13,670
Emergency room visits 6,812
Cases of ambulatory surgery 1,368
Mammograms 1,647
Discharges 1,368
Employees 575
Births 112
nurses 87
Acute care admissions 1,029
Acute patient days 3,146
Average stay 3.06
Swing bed admissions 227
Swing bed patient days 1,774
In-patient surgeries 255
Out-patient surgeries 1,354
Total surgeries 1,609
Lab tests 118,238
Smith said the pump has freed her from much of her fear of diabetes. “I feel confident with
controlling it,” she said. “Before, just by doing the injections, I didn’t feel like it was making
a difference. The pump, for me, makes a difference, because I get to see the results quickly.”
That sense of control has even allowed her to pursue new activities. She recently joined the
fire department, doing support and photography. “I don’t feel like diabetes is hanging over
my head anymore,” she said. “I feel sort of like I’m walking hand in hand with it now. I have
more understanding.”
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After two months,
rose iuro-Damon
was well back into
her work, and was
back to kayaking
and swimming.
Rose Iuro-Damon is back in her kayak and doing the things she loves after knee replacement surgery.
Knee replacement: Getting back to enjoying life
Rose Iuro-Damon of Northeast Harbor has had pain in her
knees, due to arthritis, for many years. The condition was
treated with steroid injections and other therapies that provided
symptomatic relief. But by late summer of 2011, the pain in her
right knee was “screaming,” as she said, and caused a precipitous
decline in mobility.
“What happened was, the things I enjoy doing, I couldn’t do,”
she said. “Last year, I didn’t get out in my kayak as much because
it was an ordeal to load the kayak.”
She had always been the type of person who would choose
stairs over elevators, and she enjoyed hiking. But all of that had
become excruciating. She realized she had to go for the knee
replacement surgery that she had been putting off.
She had the surgery in early March and promptly began physical
therapy and has continued PT at home since then. “Now, my
mobility is really good,” she said. “I feel like it’s a new lease on
life. My favorite thing to do is go up and down stairs.”
According to Stuart Davidson, MD, the orthopedic specialist who
performed Iuro-Damon’s surgery, “When all conservative therapies
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have failed to give patients relief, and the problem with their joint
interferes with activities of daily living or recreational activities or
gainful employment, then we take the next step, which is to do
the surgical procedure.”
Dr. Davidson is with MDI Orthopedics, which provides
assessment, medical and surgical treatment of the joints,
bones and connective tissue. Surgical procedures include adult
reconstruction, sports medicine and arthroscopy, and trauma care.
The patient spectrum spans infants to geriatrics.
Joint replacement is often appropriate for “wear and tear”
osteoarthritis and for other inflammatory diseases such as
rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, Dr. Davidson said.
The procedure involves chamfering bone that is no longer
healthy and resurfacing the joint with metal or plastic
components. The surgery can be performed as a partial or a
total knee replacement.
Knee replacement technology continues to evolve, he said.
“Incisions are getting smaller. The instrumentation we use allows
for less invasive approaches for putting the joints in place.
The materials have improved so that joints last a little longer.
And there have been design changes; they function better than
joints in years previous,” he said.
Dr. Davidson said the key to the success of the surgery is the
time and effort that patients invest afterward in physical therapy.
After two months, Iuro-Damon was well back into her work as
a nurse at MDI Hospital and an independent massage therapist,
and was back to kayaking and swimming.
Her left knee is getting worse, and she plans to have that one
replaced in the fall.
Her affiliation with the hospital, and her acquaintance with the
staff, made her choice of MDI for treatment a given, she said.
But, she said, that makes her all the more aware of the excellent
service and attention to patients to MDI provides.
“They’re our neighbors, our friends and, in this case, our coworkers
taking care of us,” she said. “I’ve always liked that about
the community hospital. It’s the personal piece.”
The emr
What’s in it for patients and providers
If you’ve had an office visit at any of MDI Hospital’s Health Centers in the past few weeks, you may have noticed the addition
of a computer in the exam room.
Moving patient files to an electronic medical record or EMR is part of a national initiative to improve access to lifesaving
information, reduce errors based on misinterpreted handwriting, and ultimately improve efficiency and lower costs throughout
a medical practice. And while few would dispute the accuracy of the EMR, some thought it could depersonalize the patient
experience. In reality, the exact opposite is occurring.
Kathleen Kotas, MD, is a family physician at Trenton Health Center who, after 30 years of practicing medicine using a paper
file and a clipboard, was hesitant about the EMR at first. Today, she appreciates how quickly she can see details about the
whole person, beyond the specific ailment or injury that brought the patient to the health center. “From a patient point of
view, it collects important information (such as lifestyle, hobbies, employment, family, etc.). That makes my job of taking care
of the patient easier because it’s a more thorough history. I’m a family doctor. We’re taught to look at the whole person, not
just an ear or other problem area,” Dr. Kotas said. “I even like to know if they have pets because to me that’s a medical thing.
People who have pets tend to have less depression and live longer.”
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using the body’s own resources to promote healing
Deb Suter, of Seal Cove, can now “do just about anything” after
Platelet Rich Plasma therapy for a shattered patella.
In 2010, Suter, who is a long-time nurse case manager at The
Jackson Laboratory’s on-site clinic, was in Chicago for a case
management conference. That evening, she went to the theater.
It was pretty dark and, as she walked back to her hotel room, she
tripped over an uneven edge of the sidewalk, fell, and couldn’t get
up. Her knee was in extreme pain.
She managed to get back to the hotel, where a lot of folks worked
hard to get her back home to MDI. Met at the Trenton airport
by her son’s girlfriend, she was in tears by the time she arrived at
the emergency room at Mount Desert Island Hospital. “I’d gone
from the night before and I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t put any
pressure on my leg at all,” she said.
She immediately started treatment for a left fractured patella. “The
patella was shattered,” she said. “It was awful.” She was in a cast
for six months, and then was told she needed a knee replacement.
“I didn’t want a knee replacement,” she said.
Still, she was desperate. So her physician, Mark Kandutsch, MD,
started her on Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy. Since about
a week or so from the first injection, Suter, who at 53 is an
active person who loves to hike and be on the water, has had no
symptoms of the injury at all.
“I can go up and down stairs, I don’t have a limp, I can do
just about everything,” she said. “To date, I have not had any
symptoms. No pain, no swelling, no trouble hiking. I don’t have
any problems. I’m feeling like I was really lucky.”
At MDI Hospital’s Cadillac Family Practice, Dr. Kandutsch has a
particular interest in sports medicine and orthopedic medicine.
Among the practice’s services — which include family medicine,
sports medicine, orthopedic medicine, osteopathic manipulation,
pediatric services, preventative health care, and routine OB/
GYN services — PRP is a type of injection therapy that was
relatively recently introduced into the mainstream treatment of
musculoskeletal problems. Cadillac was one of the first practices
in Maine to adopt PRP therapy, Dr. Kandutsch said.
The treatment involves using the patient’s own blood, taken
from the arm, then concentrating the platelets via centrifuge. The
concentrated platelets are injected into the site of a chronic injury
of the joint, tendon or ligament.
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PRP therapy has made it possible for Deb Suter to get back into her garden without the need for additional surgery.
“The reason it works is interesting,” Dr. Kandutsch said. “Platelets
of the blood are involved in clotting. But what is less well known
is that, aside from clotting factors, platelets also contain tissue
growth factors.”
Injecting the platelet concentration stimulates a process in the
damaged tissue that he called “remodeling.”
“I like to call it remodeling because all our connective tissues
are constantly undergoing a remodeling, where a new substance
is created all the time in response to chronic wear and tear,” he
said. “But in certain types of tissues, it’s slower than others — for
example, in the cartilage. That’s why those tissues heal slowly.
They don’t have much in the way of blood supply.”
Certain types of “wear and tear” problems and certain body
areas are amenable to PRP therapy, he said. These tend to be
areas where tendons or ligaments become overloaded and people
have chronic problems such as tennis elbow, Plantar fasciitis, and
Achilles tendinitis. It’s useful for osteoarthritis of the joints but
not indicated for inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid
arthritis or gout.
The record system prompts providers with questions to build a thorough personal history. On subsequent visits, those details
are available for updating. The software also gives providers the ability to graph test results, which can be helpful to demonstrate
trends in a positive or negative direction. For many patients, seeing their results presented visually can be more effective than a
set of numbers on a page or screen.
Early in the planning stages, concerns were raised about the pitfalls of placing a computer between a doctor and their patient:
both literally and figuratively. To address the physical barrier issue, MDI Hospital Health Centers selected dexterous wall
mounts that enable the computer to be located where it is functional but not front-and-center. “They can be moved around
so I can look at the screen and the patient at the same time,” Dr. Kotas said. “You pick up visual cues from a patient. How
they sit, how they cross their arms. Part of my worry was that I’d have my head in a laptop and be missing the patient or the
patient would feel unimportant.” Instead, Kotas said, she has a tool that gives her easy access to the finer details about each
patient she sees, to which she can tailor the care she provides in a way that works best for the individual.
Electronic medical records at MDI Hospital are designed to incorporate the latest in digital security measures to ensure patient
privacy is protected at all times.
“And the actual improvement is quite slow, measured in months,
because we’re talking about remodeling tissues,” said Dr.
Kandutsch. “So it’s not a quick fix.”
But unlike quick fixes, such as cortisone shots that mainly treat
symptoms, PRP’s unique remodeling process actually stimulates
repair and regeneration of the tissue for long-lasting benefits.
The use of PRP therapy was a natural extension of Dr.
Kandutsch’s interest in musculoskeletal medicine. The ability to
practice PRP was cinched when the practice obtained its own
ultrasound scanner, which allows practitioners to see where to
place the injection.
“Just this past year, we were given a brand new one by a very
generous donor,” said Dr. Kandutsch. Ultimately, the portable
scanner will be shared with the hospital’s Women’s Health Center.
For Suter, returning to MDI for treatment was the only way to go.
“I really wanted to come home,” she said of her push to return,
rather than stay in Chicago for treatment.
in early 2012, mDi Hospital
joined maine’s innovative
statewide health information
exchange known as
Healthinfonet. This exchange
enables medical providers
to review health records of
patients regardless of where
they were seen, which can be
lifesaving in emergencies and
can lead to better coordination
of care. for more information,
visit www.hinfonet.org.
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Penn medicine brings innovative care
techniques for sepsis to mDi Hospital
When a patient arrives at any hospital emergency room with a gunshot wound, the
response is immediate, aggressive and choreographed to address the most critical aspects of
the injury. Taking that same kind of approach to treating patients without obvious trauma
or injury may seem overzealous but in cases of sepsis, it can often mean the difference
between life and death.
A new protocol for sepsis treatment was developed in part at Penn Medicine and
brought to Mount Desert Island Hospital through a groundbreaking partnership. MDI
Hospital’s physicians and nurses, along
The importance of
early intervention
makes this advanced
training especially
valuable in rural
areas that are
distanced from a
trauma station.
with paramedics from all ambulance
services on the Island, are learning the
techniques and protocols as part of this
year’s specialized training component
of the MDI Hospital-Penn Medicine
collaboration. The program enables MDI
medical providers to receive training
in specialized topics that come out of
research at Penn Medicine.
“The similarities between trauma and
sepsis care are really important,” said
Rakesh Mistry, MD, a Penn Medicine
pediatric emergency physician and researcher. “Most of us recognize with trauma the
sooner you get to it and the sooner you fix it, the better the outcome.” Approaching sepsis
in the same manner can improve outcomes. Nationally, as many as 25 percent of patients
with sepsis die from the illness. Utilizing this latest protocol, that number can be reduced
by half or more.
The crux of the new protocol is to begin aggressive treatment at the earliest indication
of symptoms. Many EMS services on MDI are acquiring meters to test lactate levels,
one indication of potential sepsis, as soon as a patient is on board an ambulance. That
knowledge can help prepare ER staff so they can begin treatment as soon as the patient
arrives. It’s also something that is at the leading edge of EMS practice. “That’s a step in a
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direction that we haven’t been able to do yet (at Penn),” said Sarah Perman, MD, a Penn
emergency physician and research collaborator.
The goal-based treatment establishes a set of benchmarks for a patient’s vital signs such
as blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and other blood chemistry and attaches appropriate
actions to achieve and maintain those levels. It also calls for many patients to receive large
amounts of intravenous fluids and antibiotics at the earliest indications of sepsis.
In some cases, this technique departs from conventional wisdom and training, especially
when it comes to the extremely high volumes of fluids that are given. “It is a paradigm
shift and change in mentality across all of medicine,” Dr. Mistry said. “I think that the
fear you have to overcome is that it’s still the right thing to do even though it’s out of the
usual spectrum of care that people have had ingrained in their memory for many, many
years. What you learned in medical school doesn’t apply anymore.”
A second component of the paradigm is to consider this type of treatment as a
resuscitation as opposed to an evaluation. This provides “an almost algorithmic approach
so that the patient gets the immediate care they need,” Dr. Perman said.
The importance of early intervention makes this training especially valuable in rural areas
that are distant from a trauma center. At MDI Hospital, patients with varying degrees of
sepsis are seen every week, according to JR Krevans, Jr., MD, MDI Hospital’s Emergency
Department medical director. Starting this aggressive treatment early could mean the
difference between a few hours in the emergency room or days in the hospital.
The MDI Hospital-Penn Medicine collaboration is a privately funded initiative that provides
a direct link to leading-edge medical practices as they emerge from academia. Additionally,
the program enables professional exchanges between staffs at both organizations. For July
and August Penn physicians, resident physicians, and nurses travel to Bar Harbor to work
in MDI Hospital’s Emergency Department to enhance their skills and knowledge of rural
health care delivery. During the winter months, registered nurses join the Penn staff in one
of their facilities in Philadelphia to advance their knowledge in topics such as trauma and
emergency care in a high patient volume setting. The program is currently in year two of a
three-year pilot program.
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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Collier
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass M. Compton, Jr.
Ms. Shirley Conklin
Marjorie W. Cough
Dr. Lucy E. Creevey
Deborah Cressler and Susan L. Haggstrom
Mr. and Mrs. William Culleton
Stefan H. Cushman
Anne Czechanski
Mary D’Alessandro
Sandra Daley
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Davidian
Gary and Judy DeLong
Mr. and Mrs. John A. DeTurris
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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Dolley
Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Doreika
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dow
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Dow
Elinor Dulit MD
Mary “Gussie” Dunbar
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Donald E. Dyer, Jr.
Sherri J. Dyer
Sharon and Laurel Eisenhauer
Mr. and Mrs. William English
Mrs. Sherrie Epstein
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Ervin
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Evans
Mrs. Margaret Finlay
Representative Elsie Flemings
Catherine and John Forrest
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fowler
Ms. Alison Fox
Ms. Katie A. Freedman
Mr. and Mrs. Ignazio Frigerio
Anne and Lance Funderburk
David Gallup and Kyuson Yun
Mary and Phil Galperin
Bruce and Deborah Gardner
Holly Gay
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Geel
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Getz
Mr. John B. Gibb
Mrs. Ann F. Gilkes
Ellen Gilmore
Barbara L. Glezen
Mr. Lawrence Goldfarb
and Ms. Gerda Paumgarten
Melody D. Gooden
Elizabeth D. Gordon
Dr. Robert M. Gossart
and Ms. Judith Burger-Gossart
James and Eliza Gowen
Alan and Barbara Graff
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Graff
Mr. and Mrs. George Graham
Jeffrey and Linda Grey
Ms. Julu Grindle
Sheila Hall of Southwest Harbor has her eyesight today not as a result of a cutting-edge
medical procedure but because of a creative approach to paying for her prescriptions. “I’d go
blind if I didn’t have it” she said of Mount Desert Island Hospital’s Prescription Assistance
Program that connects patients with a variety of pharmaceutical assistance programs.
Hall and many others in the community receive their prescriptions free of charge directly
from pharmaceutical manufacturers. Since its inception in 2007, 1,959 prescriptions have been
acquired through the program with a wholesale value of $1,001,525. The retail value of these
prescriptions is estimated at two to three times the wholesale value for a total retail savings to
patients of $2-3 million.
MDI Hospital’s prescription assistance program helps patients navigate free or discounted
drug programs at more than 400 pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers. Because each
manufacturer has different eligibility and application requirements, the process to receive free
medication can be daunting for patients. That’s where MDI Hospital’s prescription assistance
coordinator Pat Buccello can help. “It’s a very paperwork intensive program,” she said.
“We work with the patient and their doctor to find medications that are covered by a free
program.” Although television ads for many pharmaceuticals end with a line ‘if you need help
paying for your medications, XYZ Pharmaceuticals may be able to help,’ Buccello says some
companies work exclusively with hospitals or provider-based patient advocates.
Prescription assistance is typically offered for long-term medications that are used for diabetic
care, cardiac conditions, blood pressure, behavioral health management, or other chronic
conditions. Short-term medications such as antibiotics or pain medications are not available
through the assistance program. Drug companies provide the medications free of charge, but
Sophia C. Guidi
John B. Guillan
Donald and Karol Hagberg
Mr. and Mrs. George B.E. Hambleton
Rosamond G. Hamlin
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Hamor
Maryiln Handel
Scott Hanscom
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard E. Haraden
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin U. Hatch, Jr.
Donna C. Hazen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Healy
Penelope and Walter Heiges
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Heimann
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hellum
Wilda M. Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Hill
Thomas and Suzanne Hitchcock
Mrs. Eleanor E. Hodgkins
Carolyn and Dave Hollenbeck
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hutchins
Island Designs
Raymond Iverson
Charles D. Jacobi
Ms. Dina A. Jellison
and Mr. John J. Wall, III
Constance Jordan
Mrs. Jennifer Judd-McGee
Hellmut J. Juretschke
Ed Kaelber
David and Cynthia Kahler
Steven Katona and Susan Lerner
John M. Kauffmann
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kelly
Ms. Amanda Kendall
Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Kinsey
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Kleinman
Jeffrey S. Klueter and Tobie Bernstein
Wendy Knickerbocker
The Knowles Company Real Estate
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knudsen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kohrman
Ms. Diane R. Kopec
mDi Hospital prescription assistance
provides $1 million in free medication
Vesta Kowalski
Ms. Anne Kozak
Arnold Krommenohl
John L. Nicholas Kuczynski, IV
Lea Lane
Ms. Emily Leeser
Russell C. Lewis
Mrs. Virginia B. Libhart
Mrs. Martha E. Limeburner
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Liscomb
E.M. Loebl
Ms. Barbara Logue
Jeff and Beth Longcope
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Lotreck
Stan and Binnie MacDonald
Mr. Ray C. Magoon
Joel Magyar
Stephen W. Magyar
Stephen and Mary Ann Mahoney
Stephen Marburg
Paula and George Marcus
David and Margery Matlack
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley G. Matthei
Diane Mayer
Anne A. Mazlish
Mrs. Elizabeth McCarter
Mrs. Marion J. McDevitt
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. McFarland
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McInnes, Jr.
Mr. Maurice J. McIsaac
and Ms. Trisha L. Rhodes
Mrs. M. June McMullen
Mr. Douglas Michael
and Ms. Kimberly D. Childs
Mr. and Mrs. George Millett
Mr. and Mrs. Kelton E. Muise
Michael and Elizabeth Mulshine
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Musetti
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas O. Naegele
Debra A. Nale
Mr. and Mrs. Grover P. Nevells
Mrs. A. Corkran Nimick
staffing and administration of the program is funded entirely by MDI Hospital as part of its
overall commitment to health and wellness of the community.
According to Buccello, many of her clients might skip their medication, split pills, or take less
than the prescribed amount because of the cost of the drugs, which could have dire effects on
their health. “If some of these patients didn’t take their medication, they could end up in the
emergency room,” she said. “This program helps keep them healthier.” In Sheila Hall’s case,
the medications she receives through the program help prevent her vision and other health
maladies from worsening.
Many patients in the program are referred by their primary care physicians, as was the case
for Hall. The program was just getting off the ground, she said, when her physician, Dr. Lee
Haynes, gave her an application. “Dr. Haynes realized that I may be eligible and I appreciate it
so much,” she said. “When it happened I actually cried. It’s just wonderful.”
In addition to referrals from patients’ primary care physicians, Buccello meets with groups
and individuals at area churches and food pantries and is a frequent presenter at community
organizations to help get the word out about options for eligible patients. She guides them
through the process to complete insurance, income, and other eligibility requirements. Once
accepted, patients typically are enrolled for one year. After that time she helps patients
coordinate refills, which may or may not be through the free program. “If we can’t get it
through the free program we can direct them to the best price.”
To learn more about M DI Hospital’s prescription assistance program,
contact Pat Buccello at 801-5011.

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Null
Lisbeth O’Connell and Mark Hubley
Dennis O’Donnell
Norman L. O’Halloran
Edward and Christine O’Leary
Matthew and Lisa Orlowski
Antoinette Osvai
Jeffery A. Oxman
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paolino, III
Kimberly J. Parady
Phyllis S. Partridge
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Pennington
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Perham
Monica N. Phillips
Robert W. Pomeroy, III
John R. Potter, Jr.
Mary E. Purvis
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Rand
Christopher D. Rawls
Mrs. Rosalie A. Rechholtz
Carolyn Reed
Mr. Bruce Regimbal
Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Aldene Robbins
Ms. Dorothy Robins
Sydney Roberts Rockefeller
Jeannine C. Ross
Sally Rowan and Ralph “Skip” Stevens
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Dr. Walter D. Salisbury
Helen E. Sanborn
Nancy Schafer
Shirley Schmitke
Irving and Loretta Severance
Brenda Shacklett
Gerald and Laurie Shencavitz
Ms. Charlotte M. Sinnett
Jack Slomback
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smart
Tyrone M. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Snodgrass
Edward F. Snyder
Howard and Dee Solomon
Mrs. June B. Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll O. Spooner
Lester and Harriet Sprague
Mr. and Mrs. Terry E. Stanley
Marguerite E. Staples
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Sterling
Mrs. Willard Stewart and Mr. Matthew Stewart
John L. Stewart
Gretchen K. Strong
Evelyn A. Sullivan
Mark and Peggy Sullivan
Kathryn K. Suminsby
Ms. Bonnie H. Tai
Rosa and Dudbride T. Taylor
Bob and Elaine Theriault
Laura W. Thomas
Mrs. Rosemary Tilden
Ann Tracy
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice S. Tuchman
L. Lionell and Joan Tucker
Victor and Karen Voydock
Ann S. Waldron
Mrs. Mary Wanamaker Watriss
Mr. and Mrs. Miles W. Weaver
Mr. Christopher J. Webster
and Ms. Heather A. Weir
Warwick S. Wheeler
Martha E. White
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Wiebrecht
Raymond and Laurie Williams
Gloria F. and James W. Wood, Jr.
Ms. Margaret A. Woolley
Ms. Belinda L. Yalin
David and Terri Zabala
Mrs. Anne Zaslau
Baby gift provides baby care
A reAson To smiLe
emPLoyee CAmPAiGn
Gale Abbott
Jennifer Abbott
Jane Adelmann
Ronda Alley
David Allman
Domingo Alvarado
Danielle Anderson
Greg Berry
Arthur Blank
Jeff Boal
Jacqueline Bolt
Daniel Breen
Michelle Bright
Stacy Brown
Debra Bambaugh
Ray Chalifour
Nicole Clark
Beth Closson
Franco Colella
Christina Costello
Karen Craig
Ann Louise d’Entremont
Vanessa Dalton
Cynthia Darling
Dr. Stuart Davidson
Nawal-Randa Dekkaki
Joe Delaite
Joan DeLaittre
Angela DelVecchio
Kati DeRevere
Lisa Dewitt
Michelle DeWitt
Lori DiGuardia
Marianne DiMauro
Meredith Donovan
Tracy Downing
Chalsi Dupirack
Frank Evans
Michelle Farley
Tracy Farnsworth
Thomas Fischer
Paula Foster
Theresa Fronczak
Kasey Geter
Dr. Edward Gilmore
Judy Goodwin
Jennifer Gott
Kim Gourley
Sherry Gray
Kelton Hallett
Kristina Hamblen
Barbara Hannon
Joanne Harris
Joseph Hasselbrack
Karen Hawes
Kathy Hawes
Amy Henderson
Caitlin Henrikson
Melany Hessert
Melinda Hill
Linda Hodgkins
Scott Hughes
Debra Innes
Debra Ireland
Catherine Jones
Michelle Kane
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Philanthropy plays a critical and unique role in a hospital. Nobody knows this more than Pam Bourque, MDI Hospital Obstetrics Senior
Charge Nurse.
“Our only isolette, which we use to treat newborn jaundice, was becoming obsolete,” Bourque said. “We had taken such good care of it
that it lasted us for over 25 years, but we found we could no longer get parts for it. I knew time was running out and it needed to be
replaced.” With a new isolette costing upwards of $12,000, Bourque knew replacing the current one would be a challenge. “It was not an
item we budgeted.”
Then, something miraculous happened. An anonymous donor with family ties to MDI Hospital stepped forward to fund the isolette and
other equipment. “We were all so excited when we got the news,” Bourque said.
An isolette is a clear plastic enclosed crib that maintains a warm environment for a new baby and can also provide oxygen therapy if needed.
It is primarily used at MDI Hospital to provide phototherapy by way of bili lights to treat babies with jaundice, a common condition in
newborns which occurs when there is a build-up of a naturally occurring substance in the blood called bilirubin.
“The bili lights have to hit as much skin as possible, so babies are just in diapers with eye shields on and need to be in a thermo-regulated
environment—thus the isolette provides a comfortable, warm place for the babies getting this treatment,” says Bourque.
Without treatment, babies with higher levels of bilirubin can develop serious complications, ranging from cerebral palsy to hearing and
sight problems.
“For all of our babies born at MDI Hospital and their families, this donor is most definitely their hero,” says Bourque. “We can continue
providing the best care possible, close to home.” That is a precious gift, indeed.
Susan Kelley
Candace Kerley
Kelly Kohute
Dr. Julian Kuffler
Ann Marie Larendeau
Meghan Leen
Shannon Lehto-Adams
Lynn Leighton
Heather Lewis
Lindsey Lewis
Cyndi Litchfield
Laura Lounder
Lenny Lyakhovich
Edith Lyman
Ruth Lyons
Christina Maguire-Harding
Mike Mahan
Elaine Mangini
Diane Mann
Sam Markie
Sarah McEachern
Gayle McKeige
Linda Mejia
John Miller
Todd Miner
Jon Mitchell
Kelli Mitchell
Thomas Mockus
Sandy Mosher
Kathy Mulligan
Jeffery Murad
Lani Naihe
Patricia Nickels
Martha Nordstrom
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Katie Norwood
Ezra O’Connor
Elise O’Neil
Lindsay Ouellette
Susan Pearson
Gail Pennartz
Marty Pennartz
Kimberly Peterson
Jennie Poirier
Susan Ray
Audrey Reed
Taylor Reed
Patricia Riley
Michelle Rollins
Rachel Russell
Sid Salvatore
Carmen Sanford
Chris Schleif
Kristen Shriro
Brenda Smith
Brenda Sprague
Bryan Stevens
Denise Strout
Bill Swain
V. Yvonne Tabb
Jane Tawney
Tom Thompson
Kimberly Tupper
Lois Wade
Aimee Walls
April Wenger
Althea Wentworth
Roberta Wessel
Denise White
Jay White
Mark White
Michala White
Michelle White
Nicole Witherly
Rena Wrobel
Kimberly Yeo
Cheryl Young
Jean Young
Lisa Young
Carol Zdziarski
Jody Zeisloft
TrusTs AnD BeQuesTs
Henry Flagler Harris Charitable
Remainder Annuity Trust
Estate of Elizabeth B. Ketterlinus
Fred C. Lynam Trust
Irving S. & Ada H. Ray Memorial Fund
in Honor of
We received gifts in
honor of the following:
Dr. John Benson
Dr. Mark Brown
Dr. Brian J. Caine
Chip Dugans
Dr. Mary Dudzik
Dr. Edward B. Gilmore
Dr. David Goodenough
Dr. Timber H. Gorman
Dr. O. Lee Haynes
Dr. Charles E. Hendricks
Dr. Michael A. Heniser
Dr. Mark Kandutsch
Dr. Julius Krevans, Jr.
Dr. Michael Mason
Kay Moore
Dr. David Painter
Dr. Burton W. Pearl
Dr. Ronald Prokopius
Linda Robinson
Sally Smith
V. Yvonne Tabb
Jane Tawney
The Community Health Center
The birth of a child is a celebration of life and something
that Mount Desert Island Hospital obstetrics nurse Susan
Abbott Christie dearly loved being a part of. When cancer
took her prematurely last April, her daughter, Julia, felt the
need to continue to be a part of the celebration.
Julia, who graduated from MDI High School in June, decided
to combine her mother’s passions — working with mothers
and their newborn children, and fl ower arranging — as a way of
honoring her mother’s legacy. As a result most newborn babies
and their mothers receive a small bouquet of fl owers that Julia
arranges and delivers to the Obstetrics Department at MDI
Hospital. “It helps me cope [with the loss of my mother] just
by seeing how much mothers appreciate it,” she said.
Over the past few months, this small, yet heartfelt, token of
celebration has allowed Julia to grieve her mother’s passing
and at the same time bring smiles and happiness to people
she doesn’t even know.
Julia turned her project into her Senior Expo, in which she
sought to answer the essential question, “How can I honor
someone by doing the things they love and sharing with the
community?” To fi gure out the logistics of her project she
researched the average number of births at MDI Hospital
(80), fi gured out the business part of it (how to pay for the
fl owers — donations are always welcome, she said), and then
learned how to arrange fl owers.
Julia’s mother, Susan, worked part-time at Westside Florist in
Southwest Harbor in part to feed her love of fl owers. Before
this project, Julia said her own experience with fl owers was
in memoriAm
We received gifts in
memory of the following:
Violet Dudzik
Gordon I. Erikson
Dr. Mary Alice V. Fox
John N. Guidi
Albert “Raymond” Hanscom
Joshua Sprague
Lisa Stewart
GifTs in KinD
A & B Naturals
Acadia Shops
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
The Bud Connection
Celtic Rainbow Gifts
Christmas Spirit Shop
Cottage Flowers
Creative Print Services, Inc.
The First, N.A.
Hatched on MDI
House Wine
Ms. Rose Iuro-Damon
Jesup Memorial Library
The Kimball Shop
Ms. Ruth Lyons
MDI Hospital Auxiliary
Ocean Properties, Ltd.
Queen Anne’s Flower Shop
Raising Readers
Reel Pizza Cinerama
Betsy and Frank Roberts
Ruth Foster’s
Sherman’s Books and Stationery
Stitches From The Heart
Stone Soup
Ms. Noella Voisine
Westside Florist
Window Panes
s Deceased
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AT mDi HosPiTAL
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HeALTH CenTer
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meDiCAL imAGinG
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limited to watching her mother and making a few wreaths
at Christmastime. With help from Gail Royal, the owner
of Westside Florist, Julia is now mastering the craft her
mother loved and joining in the celebration of new parents
in the community.
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Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
207.288.5081
www.mdihospital.org
mDi orTHoPeDiCs
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Bar Harbor | 288.0242
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Southwest Harbor | 244.9716
norTHeAsT HArBor CLiniC
(seasonal) Kimball Road
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sTrAus CenTer
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TrenTon HeALTH CenTer
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Trenton | 667.5899
Women’s HeALTH CenTer
8 Wayman Lane
Bar Harbor | 288.8100
The Mount Desert Island Hospital
Annual Report is a publication
of Mount Desert Island Hospital.
Edited by Bill Swain, MDI Hospital
Public Affairs Offi cer.
Editorial contributions by Lani Naihe,
Brenda Sprague, and Laurie Schreiber.
Design by Z Studio
Sunrise and select portrait photos
by Kelton Hallett. Additional photos
by Laurie Schreiber.
Copyright 2012.
Teen honors her mother’s memory by sharing smiles
MDI Hospital OB nurse Ellen DaCorte, Rn, (left) worked with Julia’s mother, Susan Abbott Christie,
and now makes sure Julia’s fl owers get to every new mother.
Even though she graduated this spring and has plans to
attend the University of Maine at Farmington this fall,
Julia hopes to continue the tradition as long as possible by
working with her friends at Westside Florist and hopefully do
her own arrangements while she is home on breaks.