NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL

Women's servicesmethodist women's hospital, the region's leader in hospital births, is home to the area's largest maternal-fetal medicine group, with eight physicians specializing in high-risk pregnancy and birth, and a nicu (neonatal intensive care unit) that treats more critically ill babies than any other in the region. The hospital also offers an array of women's surgical procedures.methodist women's hospital is the only hospital in the state to have consistently earned perinatal certification from the joint commission since the program's inception in 2015. Most recently, the gold seal of approval for advanced certification in perinatal care (acpc) was awarded in the fall of 2023. The certification recognizes women's hospital's efforts to achieve integrated, coordinated and patient-centered prenatal through postpartum care for complicated and uncomplicated pregnancies. On-site reviewers evaluated compliance and performance before giving the hospital significantly high marks for various efficiencies, outcomes, patient experiences and communication and collaboration trends among several disciplines. U.s. News & world report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, named methodist women's hospital a 2022-2023 high performing hospital for maternity care - the only hospital in nebraska to receive the honor. This is the highest award a hospital can earn for u.s. News' best hospitals for maternity care.in addition, methodist women's hospital has been recognized by blue cross and blue shield of nebraska with the blue distinction centers (bdc) for maternity care designation, which is part of the blue distinction specialty care program. This designation highlights a hospital's commitment to ensuring the best health for all mothers of all races and ethnicities.methodist women's hospital's outreach program provides resources and specialized education to providers and staff in surrounding community hospitals with the goal of keeping as many obstetrical patients as possible in their communities. In 2023, women's hospital held 51 programs serving 46 community hospitals (32 in nebraska), including education and training in subjects such as electronic fetal monitoring (efm), breastfeeding and bereavement, obstetrics-centered skills workshops, and maternal and newborn nursing fellowships. As part of the outreach program, maternal-fetal medicine physicians also offer clinic hours in hastings, fremont, and council bluffs, iowa, as well as support telemedicine appointments in norfolk and read ultrasounds for providers in boone county, nebraska. Methodist hospital and methodist women hospital also support the following initiatives: -the nebraska perinatal quality improvement collaborative, which provides step-by-step, evidence-based protocols geared toward helping health care providers recognize and address conditions that can put mothers at risk of death or injury. -the nebraska diaper bank,which provides diapers to low-income families while raising awareness of the basic health needs for diapers. In 2024, methodist actively worked with the nebraska diaper bank, and has been a hospital distribution hub, providing diapers to eligible families at discharge and connecting those families with the nebraska diaper bank to ensure they have the resources to continue receiving supplemental diapers up to a child's second birthday. -the nebraska breastfeeding coalition, a network of partners dedicated to improving the health of nebraskans by making human milk feeding the norm via education, advocacy and collaboration. Methodist was actively working toward partnering with the coalition in 2023 and has since become a partner. Methodist women's hospital also offers prenatal and parenting classes with free or subsidized classes for parents in need in an effort to decrease infant mortality rates. Methodist is also actively working with community partners to bring classes to underserved populations at community locations in 2025.methodist has partnered with march of dimes and the association of women's health, obstetric and neonatal nurses (awhonn) to provide educational tools and training specific to the maternal health space to address implicit bias and ensure that all patients are treated equitably and with dignity and respect. Methodist also places a priority on caring for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, housing the heidi wilke sane/sart sexual assault program in the methodist hospital and methodist women's hospital emergency departments. The program's trained forensic nurse examiners activate the sexual assault response team (sart) to provide medical assistance, support and safety to survivors of sexual assault. Methodist has also initiated a sane/sart training class for medical professionals as part of its continuing medical education program at nebraska methodist college. In addition to the collection of evidence for law enforcement, the comprehensive program connects victims with resources to ensure that the physical, mental and socioeconomic needs of women and their dependents are met.

All other servicesmethodist hospital received a five-star overall hospital quality star rating from the centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms). Methodist hospital was one of seven hospitals in nebraska to earn the five-star designation. A total of 483 hospitals across the country obtained five stars.methodist hospital's critical care unit became the first adult intensive care unit in nebraska to be honored with the gold-level beacon award of excellence by the american association of critical-care nurses.the hospital campus completed the renovation/expansion of 4 north and 5 north to expand the hospital's capacity by 52 beds.a renovation of cath lab no. 2 was also completed.achieved patient experience scores in the top decile at both methodist hospital (90th) and methodist women's hospital (98th)