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Balancing work and life isn't always easy, but young professionals say advocating for workplace benefits that promote balance can make it easier to tackle busy work schedules and make time for leisure, too. Kelsey Haswell, lean improvement specialist at Methodist Health System and chair of the Grea…

We can confirm that a 36-year-old female patient at Methodist Hospital tested Positive for Novel Coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) which causes the disease COVID-19 on March 6.The patient presented to the Methodist Women’s Hospital Emergency Department and after reviewing her symptoms, recent travel&nbs…

The Concordia women's basketball team won its fourth straight GPAC title this month with a win over conference rival Hastings College. Meanwhile, Hastings College was without one of its leaders. When the GPAC championship was underway, head coach Jina Douglas found herself at Methodi…

In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Nebraska and western Iowa, Methodist Health System is offering a community hotline and screening tool. That hotline number is (402) 815-SICK (7425).  Methodist has also launched a webpage with COVID-19 information for the community…

Omaha-area hospitals will postpone and reschedule most nonessential surgeries and medical procedures for the next 90 days in an effort to conserve critical medical supplies, prevent staff burnout and free up beds as more coronavirus cases emerge in Nebraska. The decision, announced March 18 in a jo…

Jina Douglas admits she’s never really been an emotional person. The events of the past three weeks, though, have had a way of changing that for the Hastings College women’s basketball coach. First, she became a mother for the first time when Ava Dinae was born on Feb. 24. She was eight weeks prema…

Nine sets of twins. Three sets of triplets. Even for the always bustling NICU at Methodist Women's Hospital, it's a record. Multiples are nothing new at the hospital, which has one of the most successful fertility programs in the region. It's always so busy that some staff didn't realize they had …

In light of the novel coronavirus outbreak, local hospitals are implementing new visitor rules, including on labor and delivery floors. At Methodist Women’s Hospital, patients and visitors are screened upon arrival, and patients are limited to one support person. “I think people recognize the seri…

Holly Barstow, her husband, Bruce, and neighbor Patricia Longacre are spearheading an effort to sew 10,000 face masks for medical personnel at Methodist Health System. And maybe for other hospitals, too. These special masks are larger and made to go over the hard-to-get N95 masks that staff ne…

  A Snowy Beginning The Blizzard of 1948-49 began in November. It was a series of storms that continued uninterrupted until February 1949. It was January 17 when Susan Tafini’s mother went into labor. Susan Tafini of Springfield, NE was born on January 17, 1949, at Methodist Hosp…