NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL
825 SOUTH 169TH STREET, OMAHA, NE 68118 www.bestcare.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL IS AN ACUTE CARE FACILITY DEDICATED TO BRINGING HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT OF EVERY PERSON. WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES EVER MINDFUL OF THE INTRINSIC HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY ACCOMPANYING OUR MISSION.

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE.

SOMEONE DIES FROM HEART DISEASE, STROKE OR ANOTHER CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVERY 43 SECONDS IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH, ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY 801,000 DEATHS IN THE U.S WHICH IS ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY 3.NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE WHO COME TO US IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OR ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. WE HAVE LONG BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT IN CARING FOR THESE PATIENTS AND ARE ALWAYS EXPLORING WAYS TO ENHANCE THEIR TREATMENT AND LIFESTYLE.NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL'S COMMITMENT AND SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTING AN EXCEPTIONAL STANDARD OF CARE FOR CARDIAC PATIENTS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE JOINT COMMISSION.IN 2018, NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL WAS AWARDED THE JOINT COMMISSION'S GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR CHEST PAIN CERTIFICATION. THE GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL IS A SYMBOL OF QUALITY THAT REFLECTS AN ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE. IN 2019, NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL RECEIVED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S GET WITH THE GUIDELINES-STROKE GOLD PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES THE HOSPITAL'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING STROKE PATIENTS RECEIVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ACCORDING TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, RESEARCH-BASED GUIDELINES BASED ON THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.ALSO IN 2019, BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEBRASKA HAS RECOGNIZED NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL WITH A BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS+ FOR CARDIAC CARE DESIGNATION AS PART OF THE BLUE DISTINCTION SPECIALTY CARE PROGRAM.NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL CONTINUED ITS GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE WATCHMAN PROCEDURE, WHICH IS TARGETED FOR THOSE PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. IN ADDITION, A NEW WIRELESS PACEMAKER PROCEDURE WAS ALSO INTRODUCED. BOTH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND PERFORMED WITH GREAT SUCCESS MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF PATIENTS. IN 2019, CARDIOLOGISTS AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS ALSO BEGAN OFFERING THE T-CAR PROCEDURE AS WELL AS ALSO A LEADER IN STROKE CARE AND TREATMENT, METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL BECAME THE FIRST ACUTE STROKE READY HOSPITAL IN NEBRASKA CERTIFIED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION. THE SITE CAN ASSESS AND PROVIDE INITIAL TREATMENT TO STROKE PATIENTS, BEFORE TRANSFERRING PATIENTS TO METHODIST HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.

AT NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL, WE UNITE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO JOIN OUR PATIENTS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN ITS TOTALITY. OUR UNIQUE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IS ONE OF METHODIST'S GREATEST STRENGTHS. WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE PATIENT ON THE TEAM, WE FOCUS A RARE LEVEL OF COMBINED EXPERTISE TO EXPAND TREATMENT OPTIONS, IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND PROVIDE COMFORT AND HOPE.IN 2019, OUR 50+ SPECIALISTS DIAGNOSED OVER 2,200 CANCER CASES. WE OFFER A FULL LINE OF CANCER SERVICES AT MECC INCLUDING: BREAST CARE CENTER, CHEMOTHERAPY, CLINICAL TRIALS, GAMMA KNIFE, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY, LUNG/THORACIC ONCOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH, NUTRITION SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPY, PHYSICAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS, PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY SERVICES, RADIATION ONCOLOGY, REHABILITATION, SOCIAL WORK, STEM CELL TRANSPLANTS, SUPPORT SERVICES, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY AND TUMOR REGISTRY.OUR HEAD AND NECK SURGICAL ONCOLOGISTS, THE LARGEST GROUP IN THE REGION, CONTINUED THEIR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EFFORTS OF ATTACKING PAIN, OR MULTI-MODAL ANALGESIA FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGICAL PATIENTS. THEIR EFFORTS, RESULTING IN A REDUCTION OF OPIOID USE BY PATIENTS, HAVE LED TO THE PRACTICE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY OTHER SERVICES ACROSS THE HEALTH SYSTEM. IN 2019, A TELE-HEALTH PROGRAM IN OUT-STATE NEBRASKA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULES MADE ITS DEBUT. OUTREACH EFFORTS IN WESTERN IOWA WERE ALSO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, PROVIDING ACCESS TO CARE MUCH CLOSER TO HOME. METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER BREAST CARE CENTER WAS GRANTED A THREE-YEAR ACCREDITATION DESIGNATION BY THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR BREAST CENTERS (NAPBC), A PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. METHODIST WAS THE FIRST IN NEBRASKA TO BE ACCREDITED IN 2009 AND HAS EARNED CONSECUTIVE RE-ACCREDITATIONS IN 2012, 2015 AND NOW 2018. IN NOVEMBER 2018, NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL LAUNCHED THE REGIONS FIRST MOBILE 3D MAMMOGRAPHY COACH. THE COACH PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS TO THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IN 2019, THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY COACH PERFORMED OVER 1,700 MAMMOGRAMS. OF THOSE, OVER 400 WERE PATIENTS THAT HAD NEVER HAD A MAMMOGRAM.THE NATIONAL PANCREAS FOUNDATION RECOGNIZED METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER IN 2019 AS AN APPROVED PANCREATIC CANCER CENTER. THE IMPORTANT DESIGNATION PUTS METHODIST IN ELITE COMPANY WITH FEWER THAN 50 OTHER CENTERS NATIONWIDE.METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER RECEIVED INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED ACCREDITATION BY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF CELLULAR THERAPY (FACT) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER. THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER HAS EARNED THE FACT ACCREDITATION, HAVING ALSO RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION IN 2014. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE STANDARD TREATMENTS, THE PHYSICIANS AT NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL AND ITS METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWED ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT TRIALS APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI). EVERY CANCER PATIENT TREATED HERE IS EVALUATED FOR ELIGIBILITY IN NCI-APPROVED TRIALS, AND TRIAL PARTICIPATION IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. ONLY ABOUT 3-5% PERCENT OF ADULT CANCER PATIENTS NATIONWIDE PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS, ACCORDING TO THE NCI, COMPARED TO A 17 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE AT METHODIST ESTABROOK CANCER CENTER, WHERE CLINICAL TRIALS ARE OVERSEEN BY A HIGHLY TRAINED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF CANCER SPECIALISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PATIENT'S PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.THE NEBRASKA CANCER REGISTRY, MANAGED BY NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL, HAS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION OF GOLD CERTIFICATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CLINICAL TRIALS AND CANCER REGISTRY FOR ALL CASES IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA FOR THE 22ND STRAIGHT YEAR; THE BREAST CARE CENTER HAS BEEN CERTIFIED FOR PROVIDING QUALITY CARE WHICH MEETS OR EXCEEDS NATIONAL STANDARDS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IS ONE OF ONLY THREE PROGRAMS IN NEBRASKA EARNING ACCREDITATION FROM THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF CELLULAR THERAPY (FACT); OUR PATIENTS RATED THE QUALITY OF CARE RECEIVED IN THE TOP 10% OF NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUSES, NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL IS FOCUSING ON PROVIDING SPECIALIZED CARE FOR WOMEN. WITH THE ONLY MEDICAL CAMPUS IN THE REGION DEDICATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH, NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING CARE TO WOMEN FROM THE TEENAGE YEARS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL IS THE LONG-TIME METRO AREA LEADER IN BIRTH SERVICES, DELIVERING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF FAMILY PLANNING OPTIONS - AND MORE BABIES - THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE REGION. IN 2019, METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL REPORTED JUST UNDER 5,000 BIRTHS.MANY OF THOSE BABIES OFTEN NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE AND THE METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL NICU HAS BEEN PROVIDING SUCH CARE SINCE OPENING IN 2010. THE NICU QUICKLY REACHED CAPACITY AND IN 2015 AN EXPANSION PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED. THE $19.3 MILLION PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN 2017. THE PROJECT EXPANDED THE NICU FROM 28 TO 51 PRIVATE BEDS 13 NEW SINGLE ROOMS AND FIVE ROOMS FOR TWINS OR TRIPLETS. ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT A NEW FAMILY LOUNGE SPACE FEATURING A FAMILY BATHROOM.STAFFED BY A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED NEONATAL TEAM, THE NICU IS DESIGNATED A LEVEL III UNIT - THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE IN WEST OMAHA.METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IS HOME TO THE LARGEST OB/GYN PRACTICE IN THE REGION, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE LEADING MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE CLINICS SERVING OMAHA AND BEYOND. THE MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE TEAM BEGAN OFFERING OUTREACH SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN WESTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA, EXTENDING A HIGH LEVEL OF CARE CLOSER TO HOME TO THOSE FACING A HIGHER RISK PREGNANCY. METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL HAS EARNED MAGNET DESIGNATION FROM THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING. MAGNET STATUS IS CONSIDERED THE "GOLD STANDARD" OF NURSING. IN 2016, METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL BECAME JUST THE 11TH SITE IN THE COUNTRY TO EARN THE PRESTIGIOUS PERINATAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION. THE REGIONAL LEADER IN BIRTHS WAS AWARDED ITS RE-CERTIFICATION IN 2018 FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION AND CITED FOR ITS EXEMPLARY WORK IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES. IN SO DOING, METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IS NOW JUST ONE OF 37 HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THIS JOINT COMMISSION CERTIFICATION AND THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN NEBRASKA.METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL WAS NAMED AN EDUCATION CHAMPION THROUGH THE NEBRASKA SAFE BABIES - AHT/SBS PREVENTION HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN. METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL WAS AMONG THE FIRST IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA AND AMONG NINE TOTAL HOSPITALS TO ACHIEVE THAT RECOGNITION. TWENTY-TWO OTHER HOSPITALS HAVE PLEDGED TO BECOME CHAMPIONS. METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL ALSO WAS A PILOT HOSPITAL THAT ASSISTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND ROLLOUT OF THE STATEWIDE AHT/SBS CAMPAIGN, WHICH PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PARENTS OF NEWBORNS AND HOSPITAL BIRTHING STAFF.THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAMINERS (IBLCE) AND INTERNATIONAL LACTATION CONSULTANT ASSOCIATION (ILCA) HAVE RECOGNIZED METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN LACTATION CARE IN 2019. METHODIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL WAS THE SECOND HOSPITAL IN NEBRASKA TO RECEIVE THE IBCLC AWARD.

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