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Dr. Todd Sauer is the medical director of palliative care and hospice at Methodist Hospital. He believes communication and education are key to helping patients and families make important decisions about their own medical care.…

OMAHA - Delivering quality care in the most cost effective manner is the concept behind a new value-based patient-focused, total cost of care reimbursement agreement between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and the Nebraska Health Network.  The Nebraska Health Network is a local, physician-l…

In September 2014, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital launched a new Safe Baby Campaign, making an easy-to-understand DVD/booklet package available free of charge to hospitals, day care providers, new parents and high school classes on parenting and child development.From September 2014 to Septembe…

(OMAHA)  –   After traveling to Iowa and North Dakota for her medical training, Dr. Christine Carlson Rahn is now calling Nebraska and Methodist Physicians Clinic Hawthorne Court home. Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Carlson Rahn completed her bachelor of science in biology at the Universi…

Dr. Bret Hays knows that at Methodist, everybody has the same goal: to help people.  He working hand-in-hand to deliver the best care possible to his patients at Methodist Physicians Clinic.…

One year ago, a program changed the way people treat domestic violence victims. After Methodist Hospital expanded its services patient numbers skyrocketed. The program also had to evolve to meet needs they didn't even know we had. Methodist SANE/SART Coordinator, Anne Boatright, sat down with KE…

There's a new tool to help the children and keep them clear of any infections. Baby Arlo has made a lot of progress in three weeks, but she has a ways to go and she has one of the most experienced nurses by her side. "I've been a NICU nurse for about 18 years," Leslie Yelick said. "It's the joy …

Dr. Angela Osmolak is a head and neck oncologist board-certified in general surgery. She works in all areas of treating head and neck cancers, including the oncologic and reconstructive aspects. She is currently treating patients at the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center Head and Neck Oncology Clini…

Last month at the nation’s largest nursing conference, an award-winning Omaha nurse stood onstage, her image magnified on a huge video screen. In that very public setting in Orlando, Florida, she recalled a most private moment years before in Omaha: The first time she sat with a woman who had been…

Weight loss is hard. After working so diligently to lose the pounds on a restrictive diet, the majority of people gain them right back and often gain more than they lost. What kind of diet guarantees weight loss for life? "The key to losing weight and keeping it off is best achieved by changing yo…