Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Nov 8, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$412,333,657

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

At nebraska methodist hospital, we understand how deeply a diagnosis of cancer differs from other medical conditions. Cancer can evoke both fear and hope in profound ways. We are here to help people through all of cancer's many challenges. That is why we offer comprehensive, supportive and compassionate care at our methodist estabrook cancer center, a center dedicated to saving lives, improving quality of life and beating cancer. We have a growing, carefully chosen team of experts with a commitment to multidisciplinary care. Cancer strikes first at the cellular level, yet its impact reverberates throughout a person's body, mind and spirit. At methodist estabrook center, we fight cancer in its totality and we unite all of our resources to help our patients and their family members. This unique multidisciplinary approach is one of our 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.the cancer center has a multipurpose room for exercise classes and support groups. A recent renovation brought greater functionality and comfort to treatment areas and offices in radiation oncology, oncology research, the lung/thoracic oncology clinic and gamma knife center. Major equipment upgrades included a scheduled reloading of the gamma knife with cobalt-60 to maintain the highest level of reliability and efficacy. We have expanded our use of existing hdr brachytherapy technology, allowing delivery of high dose rate treatments to applicable gyn cancer patients in minutes and eliminating the lengthy inpatient stay for low dose treatment.due to the low incidence of certain tumors, clinical trials are limited to a small number of patients. Trials are usually offered only in centers that treat a sufficient number of patients to gain the expertise needed to treat such unusual cases and to maintain the patient base that would ensure enrollment in clinical trials. Methodist estabrook cancer center is among the cancer centers to offer such a research opportunity. Nine percent of methodist estabrook cancer center patients are trial participants which far exceeds the national average of 2%-3%.in addition to providing standard treatments, the physicians at methodist estabrook cancer center have consistently showed active participation in cooperative study groups and pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical trials. The radiation oncologists are part of the radiation therapy oncology group (rtog) study group, which has spearheaded numerous trials for treatment of brain tumors. Currently we have several clinical trials open in our cancer center that examine different radiation protocols or new systemic agents.

Activity 3

Throughout the methodist health system, attention is being paid to wellness for women in many different ways. In june 2010, methodist women's hospital, a hospital dedicated to women's care, opened its doors to the community and surrounding areas. It is the first hospital of its kind in the region providing excellence in personalized, family-centered care through education and creative practice. A level iii neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) will help alleviate the metropolitan area's shortage of beds for at-risk babies. In addition to maternity services, the hospital provides a full range of gynecological services for women of all ages. The methodist women's hospital offers both men and women a host of outpatient diagnotics while the main campus continues to provide the core major services of cardiac and cancer care. The emergency department has four exam rooms, five observation rooms, one triage room, one trauma room and one exam room for specialized care for victims of sexual assault. Every emergency room patient receives appropriate care which begins with treatment and stabilization. If a patient needs to be admitted to a hospital, the decision to admit or transfer is based upon the patient and type of care needed.

Filer

EIN

47-0376604