ALBION—The staff at Lovejoy Health Center will be
welcoming Keiko Kurita, family nurse practitioner, to the practice this winter.
Keiko recently graduated from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the
University of Southern Maine and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Science,
Technology and Society in 2013 from Vassar College, New York. Her areas of
interest include family medicine, gerontology, diabetes, family planning,
nutrition and physical activity.
Keiko
completed a clinical rotation at another HealthReach practice in her final
semester as a nurse practitioner student. “I am returning to HealthReach,
because I thoroughly enjoyed my clinical rotation,” shared Keiko. “There was a
strong sense of community at the health center, and the patients and employees
always had positive things to say about HealthReach. I am thrilled to join the
team of caring individuals at Lovejoy who collaborate to provide quality primary
care for all patients. I am drawn to community-based primary care because of
the opportunity to meet and learn from people of all ages.”
Keiko
will be joining physicians Dean Chamberlain and David Austin, physician
assistant Bobby Keith, family nurse practitioner Kaitlynn Read, psychiatric
mental health nurse practitioner Marta Hall and clinical social worker Deb
Daigle.
Lovejoy Health Center is part of HealthReach Community Health
Centers, a group of eleven Federally Qualified Health Centers in Central and
Western Maine. Dedicated providers deliver high quality medical
and behavioral health care to citizens in over 80 rural communities. To ensure
access to everyone, HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare and major
insurances. In addition, an Affordable Care Program is available to uninsured
and underinsured residents as well as assistance with applications for programs
that help with the cost of health care and medications including the Health
Insurance Marketplace.
A
private, non-profit with a 44-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient
fees, grants and by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award
totaling $4,053,390 with 82.5 percent financed with non-governmental sources.
The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the
official views of, nor are an endorsement by, the HRSA, HHS or the U.S.
Government.
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