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National recognition is well-deserved for the head of a hospital-based Omaha program that supports and treats rape victims. Anne Boatright, 32, received the “transformational leadership” award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She became a sexual assault nurse examiner several years a…

Iowa moved up from 22nd to 17th this year in United Health Foundation’s state health rankings – but still has some things to work on. The state ranked among the worst – 44th – in excessive drinking rates in “America’s Health Rankings 2016 Annual Report,” released earlier this month. That makes it …

John Fraser, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Health System, announced Friday that he plans to retire effective Dec. 31, 2017. Steve Goeser, who has served as president and chief executive of Methodist Hospital since 2007, will succeed Fraser, who has been with the Methodist orga…

Nick Bockoven said he's the last one in his family without the flu shot. My wife's been nagging me," Bockoven joked. "She said I needed one." Over at Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Dr. Rudolf Kotula said they have already seen an increase. So far we have had 121 laboratory-confirmed cases of influ…

An Omaha man is in a medically-induced coma after surviving a surfing in Mexico. John Abkes was vacationing last week in Cabo San Lucas with his family. They were body surfing when a rogue wave swept John out to sea. John's son, Luke Abkes, and his daughter, Jennifer McIvor, found their father f…

Omaha  - Starting in the 2017 fall semester, Nebraska Methodist College will enroll its first class in the online Doctor of Nursing Practice - Public Health Policy track. Headlines touting the uncertainty of America’s healthcare structure have caused concern in the healthcare industry. After more …

A new law in 2017 is creating a prescription drug monitoring program, an online database that will help physicians provide the best care and prevent abuse.Based on the law, physicians will be required to enter all controlled substance prescriptions into this database.Controlled substances are those …

It’s been 10 years since the doctors and nurses at the Methodist Women’s Hospital saw triplets that didn’t spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit, but that stretch is over. Traci and Tahner Thiem became parents on Jan. 11 to three healthy babies: Tayden Dake, Tyce Sanderson and Tierani Len…

When Bill Klosterboer was diagnosed with a stage 3 cancer at the back of his tongue in June 2014, all he and his wife, Laurie, heard was the word “cancer.” The stage of his disease didn’t really register, although he recalls being glad it wasn’t stage 4, the worst possible option. For us, person…

There's a new tool at Methodist Women's Hospital to help keep newborn babies safe. "You're sleep deprived, but excited at the same time. All I can think about is how tired I am but I can't go to sleep because it's such an exciting thing to go through,” said new mom Alicia McCarthy. Alicia and he…