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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: Houlton regional hospital's purpose is to provide safe, compassionate, quality, cost effective care to the communities we serve. We are dedicated to improving the health status of those we support through education, treatment and rehabilitation.
Programs: Provision of health care services in rural maine. During the fiscal year ended 9/30/17, 1,464 people had an inpatient stay (including swing beds); 87,413 outpatient services were rendered; 10,482 people were served in the emergency room. Of these services, 981 accounts (representing 261 people and $1,006,068) were written off as charity care. Houlton regional hospital (hrh) also assists elderly citizens with their wish to remain independent as long as possible. To accomplish this goal, hrh assists with the rental of lifeline emergency response units. During fiscal year 9/30/17, a daily average of 25 lifeline units were rented.