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• Assess your Health Risk and find Health Care Services
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• Get Birth/Death Records
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Our mission at Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Providing the leadership, expertise, information, and tools to assure conditions in which all Maine people can be healthy.

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Meaningful Use Stage 2 - Registration for Ongoing Submission

The Stage 2 measures for public health reporting state that an Eligible Hospital (EH) or Eligible Provider (EP) must register intent to submit ongoing submission of electronic data to the Public Health Authority (PHA) for Immunization Registries, Syndromic Surveillance, Reportable Lab Results, Cancer Registries, and Specialized Registries. Visit the Public Health section of the Office of Health Information Technology page for more information, and to install the "Register Practice Wizard" to complete the registration.

Winter Health and Safety
Initial Health Assessment of Select Foreign-Born Populations in Maine word* | pdf*
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
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Physical and Environmental Health quick links

What's new

* Local Health Officer Training - Childhood Lead Poisoning
Snuggle ME is a new resource with practice guidelines for the screening and treatment of pregnant women dependent upon alcohol or other prescribed or non-prescribed substances such as methadone, buprenorphine, and oxycontin for obstetrical and pediatric providers caring for pregnant women and their newborns in Maine. The resource was developed by the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with obstetric, pediatric, and substance abuse specialists across Maine, and Maine CDC.
Snuggle ME Screening Tool (PDF*)
Snuggle ME Guidelines (PDF*)
Snuggle ME Project (Word* | Also in PDF*)