Our mission is to improve the health of Maine residents by expanding their health knowledge and by advancing the skills and expertise of Maine health professionals. The Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine is a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality, evidence-based health education to the citizens of Maine that measurably improve their health and well being. We develop and deliver state-of-the-art health education and advance healthcare provider and citizen knowledge, competence and performance using needs assessments, innovative learning methodologies, outcomes measures, and expert faculty from within and outside of Maine. How We Do It:
Made possible by a challenge grant from the Lunder Foundation, we:
• Identify the unique health education needs of Maine healthcare providers, patients and families
• Establish relationships with Maine’s healthcare leaders to enhance and support their educational efforts and to better understand the challenges and opportunities for collaboration
• Build upon existing health education resources at MGH which includes the Norman Knight Nursing Center for Clinical & Professional Development and the MGH Academy
• Measure and analyze outcomes that are reflected in transparent, concise, comprehensive and easy-to-understand reports. Dineen and others, coupled with their commitment to education, Peter and Paula Lunder and their family challenged Mass General to find a way to improve health care in the state of Maine. It soon became clear that Mass General could share knowledge using it’s expertise in developing education programs. The Lunder Foundation is making all of this possible through a generous challenge grant with Mass General providing leadership and providing a match in contribution. Dineen, MD, was raised in Gardiner, Maine and attended Harvard College on a naval scholarship and later Yale Medical School. During his 41 years at Massachusetts General Hospital as a primary care physician, mentor and pioneer in health policy, Dineen has cared for countless patients and helped redefine the primary care physician-patient relationship. His quality patient care and his commitment to health education have inspired many, including Peter and Paula Lunder of Maine. He hopes to continue to make a difference for patients, primary care physicians and the practice of medicine through his involvement in the Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine.
