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  Brittany HillBrittany Hill has had a front-row seat to the expansion of women’s services at the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital campus in Council Bluffs. First, she was a curious onlooker as the Jennie Edmundson Medical Plaza took shape. Brittany began work as a certified medical coder at t…

The leaves are falling and cooler temperatures have arrived. It’s the time of year when families are thinking about indoor activities to keep children active, busy and healthy over the fall and winter. But like so much else this year, there’s an added layer of risk for parents to consider. Unfortu…

Now that we’re more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, cracks in our mental health are showing. Many of us are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress – some for the first time. So what can we do about it? Read on for coping strategies that work, and learn how to push away f…

  Jay West with his wife, Diane, and son, JasonJay West describes himself as a “connector.” The pastor at Kingdom Encounters, a small church in Omaha, loves getting to know people and connecting his friends to others so they can thrive. He’s also not shy about pointing out good work when he sees…

I tend to catch many of my patients off-guard when I ask to test them for hepatitis C.   Many ask if it’s actually necessary – they say they have never done anything to be exposed and they don’t look or feel sick. My answer is always a resounding yes! We can’t cure a disease we don’t know about,…

Charlie Dix, 84, was suffering. The Council Bluffs man (pictured above, center) was living with myasthenia gravis, a form of muscular dystrophy. After more than 10 years in remission, it had resurfaced two years ago, causing frequent aspiration and pneumonia.    On the night of June 10, he was in …

Outside of work, Paige Pioppi, MSN, AGACNP-C, a pulmonology and critical care nurse practitioner at Methodist Fremont Health, enjoys riding her bike and playing piano. The wife and mother of two currently averages 15 to 20 miles every weekend on the open road and about 10 hours a week seated at her …

  When Alexis Ramey was 19, she received a scary but hopeful diagnosis – focal nodular hyperplasia. She had a benign liver tumor that, at its peak, was bigger than a baseball and required careful monitoring at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center (MECC). Ramey was referred to surgical oncologist Geo…

She was never one of those people who thought it’d never happen to her. “I always thought I’d someday get breast cancer,” said Peg Bartelt, 70. “My grandmother had breast cancer. I assumed I might eventually get it, too.” So, it wasn’t a cancer diagnosis that caught her off guard – it probably wa…

They’re the first line of defense against infection at health care facilities. They save lives, but they work outside the spotlight, using their training and skill to eliminate pathogens and protect patients and staff from infectious outbreaks. They’re Environmental Services (EVS) cleaning technicia…