Bruce Bates and Marilyn Gugliucci give presentations on Transitions of Care for Maine's Aging Adults at the Quality Counts Conference

Bruce P. Bates, DO, Chair of the UNECOM Department of Geriatric Medicine; and Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., Director of Geriatrics Education and Research co-presented at the Quality Counts Conference held in the Augusta Civic Center last week. The conference theme was: Creating Accountable Communities of Care: Realizing the Promise of Better Healthcare for Maine. Drs. Bates and Gugliucci presented on Transitions of Care for Maine’s Aging Adults. The day long conference boasted 540 attendees from Maine and neighboring states. Quality Counts works to transform health and healthcare in Maine by leading, collaborating, and aligning improvement efforts through active engagement with people, communities, and healthcare partners in Maine.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.