In 2006, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center established the Clinical Research Center, a department fully devoted to supporting hospital staff in all phases of research, from testing new drugs to changing the way patients are cared for once they enter the hospital. Now serving all Northern Light Health, the Clinical Research Center provides an opportunity for our community hospitals and providers, long known for their excellence in patient care, to continue to develop best practices and discover possibilities to improve access to quality care at the local level.
The Clinical Research Center is currently working on a variety of clinical trials, all with unique benefits to patients. Patients taking part in these studies will gain access to drugs that have the potential to benefit them in treating their disease or condition.
Other studies supported by the Clinical Research Center benefit our communities by looking at the feasibility of implementing new programs at our hospitals that could help improve patient care. This results in evidence-based procedures, which ensure that we all receive the best care available. That, after all, is the goal of clinical research.
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