With its collaborative spirit, all 12 partners are given the opportunity to take a role in the transformation of the healthcare system. By continuing to refine, define, and develop our shared vision, the Bangor Beacon Community is evolving as lessons are learned and best practices are identified.

The Bangor Beacon Community is able to examine several levels of data, including information about our high risk/high cost patients (those patients who have frequently used healthcare services such as Emergency Department visits, hospital admissions, and walk in care visits), specific primary care chronic condition patients at the primary care practice level (patients with diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and asthma), and community data such as immunization compliance.

Funding through the Beacon Community grant is providing electronic health information availability to a number of new partners, including home care, long-term care, specialty care offices, and primary care practices.