CONWAY — Memorial Hospital's board of trustees voted Wednesday in favor of “unification” with MaineHealth, changing the governance of the non-profit corporation to bring all member hospitals and medical service providers under one board and one budget.
MaineHealth includes North Conway's Memorial Hospital, along with Maine Medical Center in Portland and several smaller critical-access hospitals in rural Maine, which currently operate with separate budgets and are governed by 10 separate boards.
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