Health Notes

Amazing staff works like a well-oiled machine

by admin on March 29, 2013

I would like to thank all of my nurses at Methodist Hospital who saved my life.

I came into the ER on February 15 with a sugar over 1,200. Monica in the ER was the sweetest, nicest, most compassionate nurse. She even came to visit me after I was admitted!! I had the best care in the ICU from Danielle too.

Oh and the gal who I cannot remember her name, but she always had coffee! She was not even my nurse but would come in to check on me and make me laugh.

I was transferred to 7 South to more amazing nurses: Liz and Kara were two of my many favorites. Dr. Christiansen was one of the nicest, compassionate doctors I have ever met. She even teared up a little explaining how worried she was about me because I was so sick.

Dr. Gufstason in the ER was amazing too. He explained why I was so sick in terms I could understand without being condescending.

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Providing real-time health care with Medical Home

by drpatrickmccarville on March 14, 2013

If you have been to ourMethodist Physicians Clinic Valley location or another Methodist Physicians Clinic location you have may heard the term Patient Centered Medical Home.

It’s a concept Methodist has implemented to provide quality medicine, while assuring person-centeredness health care to our patients.

So what does that mean?

With good information and the latest technology we are able, in real time fashion, collect, study and understand all the information about the patient resulting in real-time health care options and treatment.

Our clinic in Valley became the pilot site for Patient Centered Medical Home a little over a year ago.

But the work toward being the pilot site began several years prior. We developed and implemented protocols that would be in alignment with the goals of a Medical Home site.

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Familiar faces provide outstanding care

February 7, 2013

I was in Methodist Hospital for a few days in room 906 starting on Nov.  7. I was lucky enough to have two of the same nurses that I thought so highly of last time I was there, which was October of last year. Laurie and Susanne were my nurse team two of the days [...]

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Nurse displays kindness, empathy

January 2, 2013

I recently visited the Methodist Physicians Clinic Women’s Center and Women’s Hospital campus around 4 p.m. for a quick lab. I was in and out and on the elevator headed down to my car within minutes. There was another couple on the elevator and a lone female. My boyfriend noticed I had blood flowing down [...]

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Giving hugs to those in need

October 31, 2012

It’s their laugh. It’s their smiles. It’s their fancy fingernails.. But mostly it’s their hugs. That’s the trademark for Joyce Thomas (left) and Ethel Martin (right), greeters at the Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center. There isn’t a person who has walked through the doors of the facility that hasn’t been met with a “how you doing [...]

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Banners commemorate victims, celebrate survivors

October 11, 2012

This past Sunday, on a chilly October morning, over 15.000 runners and walkers ventured to the CenturyLink Center in Omaha for this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. It’s an annual event that is a sea of pink t-shirts, hats, wigs, capes, and highly decorated bras to raise awareness for breast cancer and [...]

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Help for cancer patients, families

October 3, 2012

Cancer. A simple, six-letter word. When you hear it, your world can turn upside down. A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming to the patient, family members, friends and coworkers. The plan you had for your life just changed on a dime, and the decisions to be made can be vast. What about my job? Will [...]

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AFib Freezing Procedure Heats Up For Patient Safety

September 20, 2012

The intensity in his eyes is unmistakable. Gazing at the monitor just a few feet away, he guides a thin catheter through the patient – carefully making his way to her heart’s left atrium. Not easily accomplished given the fact he must pass the catheter through the center of her heart – while it’s beating. [...]

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“We love Methodist”

September 6, 2012

Susan Tafini of Springfield, Nebraska, was born on January 17, 1949. A family tradition was born with her. Tafini, 62, was the first of three generations of her family born at Omaha’s Methodist Hospital — with a twist. Tafini, born at one Methodist Hospital, gave birth to a daughter at another Methodist Hospital. And that [...]

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A Love for Pathology

August 22, 2012

Long before Methodist was touting “The Meaning of Care,” John “Rudy” Schenken, M.D., was living that message each and every day. Stories of Dr. Schenken’s decades of work promoting advancements in pathology techniques and technology, as well as his desire to see Methodist Health System grow to what it has become are legendary. His son, [...]

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