About Franklin Memorial Hospital
The 70-bed hospital is fully qualified and accredited to handle a broad range of medical, surgical, pediatric, obstetric, and gynecological procedures. The Family Birthing Unit offers a full scope of services before, during and after birth, including nurse home visits and preparation for childbirth. Close to home, technologically advanced, and friendly--the Family Birthing Unit makes the experience of birth as meaningful and comfortable as possible for families.
The hospital also has specialized strengths in cardiology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, rheumatology, internal medicine, urology, emergency care, and occupational health. It is the home of the Western Maine Center for Heart Health, which offers a broad spectrum of preventive, diagnostic, acute-care, and rehabilitative services. The hospital's Medical Library is open to the public for research and information.
FMH is noted for innovation. This was Maine's first hospital to offer prenatal nurse home visits to all first-time parents, the first to perform laparoscopic gall-bladder surgery, and the first in the state to declare itself smoke-free. It was among the first in the state of Maine to offer heart healthy dining in its Healthy Heart Cafe. Recently, national attention has focused on the Contract for Care, one of the Hospital's innovative programs to serve economically disadvantaged residents. The Contract for Care allows former patients to work off their unpaid bills when they do not otherwise have the means to do so.
The Franklin ScoreKeeper System is credited with contributing to Franklin County's distinction of having the state's lowest "excess preventable death" rate for cardiovascular disease.
FMH created and is now an affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network, an integrated network of providers that includes Pine Tree Medical Associates (a multi-specialty group medical practice), Healthy Community Coalition (a health education, outreach, wellness, prevention organization), Evergreen Behavioral Services (a mental-health services provider), and the Western Maine Physicians-Hospital Organization, a negotiating entity made up of physicians and the hospital.
Franklin Memorial Hospital is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Maine Hospital Association.
