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When Arnold Rathke of Council Bluffs was taken to Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital for hip surgery last weekend, his family was there. Emergency room technician Amber Hopp was also there and met them at the ambulance. But then they had to leave. Jennie, like many other hospitals, currently is n…

David Burd, MHA, FHFMA, an innovative leader with over 20 years of experience in the health care industry, has joined Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital as senior vice president, operations. Burd comes to Jennie Edmundson from Thayer County Health Services in Hebron, Nebraska, where as CEO he led …

Paula Pittman has been named the vice president of human resources for Methodist Health System. She has been with Methodist since 2014 and previously served as the director of employee relations. “Paula’s expertise and drive will be a huge asset to Methodist as she begins her new role with us,” sai…

OMAHA – An estimated 10,000 Americans turn 65 each day. Nationally, patients 65 and older account for about 15 percent of emergency room visits. At Methodist Hospital’s Emergency Department in 2019, that number was higher at nearly 40 percent, averaging about 31 people a day. Continuing a commitmen…

Shaun Custard, MHA, MBA, FACHE, has been named vice president, ancillary and professional services for Methodist Fremont Health. He will oversee services including laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, cardio-pulmonary, sleep, rehabilitation, radiation oncology and cancer care. Custard brings a wealth o…

Dr. Misty Janssen, a family medicine physician who has joined the staff at Methodist Fremont Health Family Care, wants her patients to be their healthiest selves. And, she said, “I practice what I preach!” She’s serious about making nutrition and physical fitness priorities in her own life, and she…

Methodist Fremont Health will offer reduced-cost wellness blood profiles to anyone in the community on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 7  to 9 a.m. on the third floor of Methodist Fremont Health’s Health Park Plaza. In order to follow COVID-19 precautions, these blood draws are by appointment only. Wellness…

Nebraska’s count of new COVID-19 cases has taken a definite turn higher, with totals not seen since late May.While two hospital systems say they are not experiencing a surge in patients, health experts warn that hospitalizations will rise even more in the coming weeks as the new cases progress.Dr. B…

For all colleges, public and private, the next few years will be hard, considering that the number of college-aged Americans will stagnate or decline. Some refer to the next few years, 2026 specifically, as the “enrollment cliff.”The coronavirus became one more impediment to higher education, and ma…

Dr. Robert Forbes, president of Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital has added a cutting-edge tool to help patients in their fight against cancer. Beginning July 27, southwest Iowa’s only digital positron emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) system, a state-of-t…