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Methodist Estabrook Cancer CenterThe Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted its 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award to a select group of 49 accredited cancer programs throughout the United States.  For the third consecutive survey cycle, Methodist Hospi…

Safety for patients and guestsNobody wants to be in the hospital. I’ve seen how a visit from family or friends can really lift the spirits of my patients.  While all of us at Methodist strive to deliver The Meaning of Care to all patients and guests, there’s something all visitors need to know …

SANE/SART Coordinator Jen Tran, MSN, RN, SANE-AHotline calls to the Women’s Center for Advancement, the main resource for domestic violence services in Omaha, are way down over the past six weeks from the same period last year. So are the number of protection orders and hospital visits arranged by t…

Storm Chasers owner Gary Green was ruminating on various ways to give back to the Omaha community as it adjusts to the coronavirus pandemic. Then his New York-based company secured an order for protective masks. That’s it, he thought. Green announced Tuesday that he’s donating 45,000 disposable ma…

While most eyes these days are trained on the battle against the novel coronavirus, regular health care continues almost in the background. Methodist Health System has been asking patients 65 and older who are stable and doing well to stay home. “These patients can easily wait three or four months …

To keep its mothers and babies safe, Methodist Women's Hospital is limiting who it allows in the building. Sydney Brummond could only think about how lonely mothers could be. Brummond says the felt sorry for all the high-risk mothers who are staying at the hospital until their babies are born…

Many women have had to upend some of their plans for delivery — and bringing baby home — as the threat of the novel coronavirus became more serious and as hospital protocol continued to evolve. Revised visitor policies and extra protective equipment are some of the bigger changes to local hospitals’…

In the weeks since the worldwide crisis hit home, Nebraskans have sewn face masks by the thousands for health care workers, fired up specialized printers, organized food distribution lines, assembled virtual classrooms, watched over seniors in need and delivered groceries to neighbors. As the coron…

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced today a multimillion-dollar effort to save the lives of COVID-19 patients and protect the frontline health care workers caring for them. A total of $4,711,481 in funding will be distributed across five upper-Midwestern states to pay for …

Infertility is something that 1 in 8 couples struggle with. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of those couples are left in limbo while their infertility treatments are postponed because it’s considered an elective procedure. Dr. Abigail Delaney, a Methodist reproductive endocrinologist, unde…