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A consensus is growing in the medical community for treating medical errors more like a disease: Diagnose the problems and treat them. It’s a significant issue. The latest study, by Johns Hopkins Medicine, ranked medical errors as the No. 3 U.S. cause of death. It estimated that medical mistakes…

School is out. Summer is here. That means lots of outside time, summer travel and lazy days in the pool.Enjoy those fun-filled days ahead, but do so safely.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2005-2014 there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-bo…

Many Bluffsians braved the heat to participate in the fourth-annual Bald and the Brave Challenge Saturday in the 100 block of West Broadway. The event is a fundraiser for Methodist Jennie Edmundson’s Spirit of Courage Charitable Patient Care Fund. The first challenge was to make the heat bearabl…

Beth Cammack, OTR/L, CHT, is an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist, specializing in the treatment of upper extremity injuries. Beth helps patients find relief from their injuries and pain every day at Methodist Physicians Clinic HealthWest.…

Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church ceremonially broke ground Sunday, June 19, on a 17,546 square-foot building allowing the church to further its mission to serve economically challenged people living in the Omaha area, and provide space for a low-cost clinic administered by Methodist Health System.“I…

OMAHA — Methodist Hospital has received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,00…

OMAHA — Methodist Hospital has received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,00…

An unlikely group of therapists is putting smiles on the faces of patients at Omaha's Methodist Hospital.Volunteers with Paws for Friendship visit the hospital twice weekly with their furry friends in tow, bringing happy moments to people in the hospital's elder care and rehab units. KETV'…

Most have us have either been affected or know some one whose been impacted by breast cancer. It is a brutal disease. One  family that found beauty in that battle. Part of the story happens at the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center in Omaha. The other part takes place in Oakland, Nebraska, m…

Pam Bramblett could try on any outfit knowing it was likely to look good. Her 5-foot-5-inch, 138-pound frame wasn’t much heavier at age 57 than at age 27.So when Bramblett was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, she was stunned."I started bawling in the doctor’s office,” she said.Dr. Katrena Lacey, inte…