Maine's rocky coastline is dotted with many islands and many island residents who know access to many things including healthcare can be a challenge. Joining the conversation about healthcare access solutions for Maine island communities is Christina Sawtelle, resident care manager of Island Commons, Anthony Pastore, DO, medical director of Northern Light Home Care and Hospice, and Jana Grant, MSOT/L BCG, Chronic Care Management, also of Northern Light Home Care and Hospice.

Medical Assistants are the link between patient and physician. In this episode we sit down with experienced Medical Assistant Zandra Maclean and a newly certified Medical Assistant Madeleine Dow to chat about their job. As we learned, there's a lot more to this profession than one might think.

Environmental sustainability doesn’t have to be divisive. In this episode of Sustainable Healthcare, we share ways we can all find common ground. Cecilia DeLoach Lynn, Vice President of Sustainability for Advocate Health, discusses with Tim Doak, Chief Sustainability Officer at Northern Light Health, how we can frame the conversation around sustainability in ways that can resonate with a broader sector of the public.

We look back at a conversation from 2021 with James Varner, long-time civil rights leader and activist from the Bangor region as we celebrate the life and lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and reflect on his teachings. As part of this reflection Varner offers his valuable insights as a prominent community leader and one who attended the historic 1963 March on Washington where Dr. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

We are starting a brand-new season of our Pathways podcast. This season we are focused on careers in healthcare which need two years or less of schooling or training. Kicking our season off is Nicole Rice, Ultrasound Supervisor at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. Nicole gives us a snapshot of what sonography is and what it takes to get started in this well-paying, career.

In this episode we highlight Tim’s conversations on health equity, patient communication, building a diverse workforce, and health disparities in minority populations. Listen in, as we look back and look forward to our upcoming season 5, starting in February!

Host Emily Tadlock sits down with Talent Acquisition Manager, Jessica Chubbuck to go over some of their favorite snippets from the first season of Pathways. From funny culture shocks to inspiring stories, it was a season you don’t want to miss.

We are getting ready for our second season of new episodes, but first a look back on our first season. We had some great discussions about healthcare and climate change, the action being taken, the buildings we work in, and how health equity fits into the conversation. Please take a listen!

We started this season of Pathways with an episode on newly graduated nurses. We've covered a whole gambit of different areas of the nursing profession. Now, we finish off the season speaking with two nurses who are now leading in their profession. Shannon Jagger, Director of Nursing Excellence at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and Lindsay Holmstrom, AVP of Clinical Professional Development sit down to discuss how their nursing careers have propelled them up the ladder to leadership.

Northern Light Health has been welcoming international nurses for some years now. Nurses from many different countries. On this episode of Pathways, we chat with Isabel Echano, an International Nurse from the Philippines, now living and working at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, Maine. Northern Light Health's Community Coordinator Vicotria Haskel helps shed some light on just how many International Nurses we have living and working in Maine with Northern Light Health.