1 Year Later, Health System CEOs Discuss Impact of COVID-19

Methodist Health System, CHI Health and Nebraska Medicine have had to work together during this pandemic. One year after the first confirmed patient was hospitalized, reporter Ruta Ulcinaite sat down virtually with the CEOs of each hospital system to discuss how they managed to pull through peak hospitalization rates and what they believe is the future of health care.

Omaha's largest health systems played a vital role in keeping COVID-19 under control in Douglas County and the state. In late March, they saw the horrors of hospitals reaching capacity in places like New York and knew they had to prepare for the worst.

"When you could see every night the reports out of New York City and what was going on there, the planning really went into high gear as to how are we going to create capacity if this comes to our doorstep," Methodist President and CEO Steve Goeser said.

It was from that moment on that collaboration between all three major hospital systems kicked into high gear.

KMTV: CEOs of Nebraska Medicine, CHI Health and Methodist discuss COVID impact