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Leaders Weigh In on Nonprofit Initiative

In a joint press release, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, said their three businesses would form a nonprofit company to seek “ways to address health care for their U.S. employees, with the aim of improving employee satisfaction a…
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Abboud Honored with ACS Award, Hope Lodge Nebraska Opens

OMAHA – For those traveling from afar for cancer treatment in Omaha, the American Cancer Society now has a place they can call home during their cancer journey. The Hope Lodge Nebraska grand opening and ribbon cutting celebrated a project 11 years in the making and was aided by the generous donati…
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Cute Babies, Little Hats It Must Be February

This month, babies born at 28 participating hospitals in Nebraska and Council Bluffs will receive little red hats made by people in our community.  The American Heart Association and Children's Heart Foundation have been collecting hats that people have knitted, crocheted or made on a loom fo…
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Fremont Health Narrows Partner Search to Methodist

During its Monday evening meeting, the Fremont Health Board of Trustees narrowed its search for potential partners by voting to continue strategic partnership discussions with Nebraska Methodist Health System. This is a key milestone in this process and we are pleased to share this exciting news w…
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Pillows For Cancer Patients Stitched with Love

Evelyn Carle said she was done sewing. Needle and thread had been a part of Carle’s life for as long as she could remember. As a girl growing up in Iowa, she helped her mother make braided rugs. During World War II, she and her sister knitted caps and scarves for servicemen. And when her daughter …
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Enhanced in Nebraska

Say you land in an emergency room outside your regular health system, suffering from chest pain. You can’t remember the name or dosage of the blood pressure medications you take, and your usual pharmacy is closed.Before this year, that might have been a problem. But a change in Nebraska’s statewide …
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Tim Black, RN

As a NICU Team Leader, Tim Black, RN, says the people and the atmosphere at Methodist Women's Hospital inspire him every day. He's focused on patient safety and taking care of tiny babies from their humble beginnings.…
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Methodist Women's Hospital Welcomes 'Cupid'

Jackson Buhrman wasn’t supposed to make his debut until March. But the little Cupid couldn’t quite wait. He made his appearance on Valentine’s Day. And it was appropriately timed at 2:14 a.m. “It was a surprise,” said mom Lisa Buhrman. Omaha World-Herald's Kelsey Stewart: Omaha Valentine's Bab…
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Master of Occupational Therapy Program To Meet Growing Demand

The new Master of Occupational Therapy program at Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) has earned five-year accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). ACOTE voted to grant the program accreditation status…
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Shaken Baby Task Force Educating Teens

For twenty years, Jean Armstrong with the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Family Resource Center and Shaken Baby Task Force has spoken to area high schools and middle schools to educate them about Shaken Baby Syndrome. Armstrong stands in front the class and demonstrates with an egg the irrepar…