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Nebraska Medicine expands in Omaha, nearly $100M health center to open in 2027
OMAHA — Nebraska Medicine is expanding its Omaha reach with construction of a nearly $100 million health building underway at a busy 42nd and Farnam Streets intersection. The Farnam Street Center will rise four stories on the intersection’s southeast corner and is expected to open to patients in September 2027. The new 94,000-square-foot facility will become […]
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Council Bluffs kidney clinic works to expand access to care for Southwest Iowans
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A Council Bluffs clinic is working to bring specialized kidney care to Southwest Iowa residents who previously had limited access to treatment close to home. Advanced Kidney Care, owned by Dr. Jeremy Pepin, opened roughly two and a half years ago and focuses on patients...
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Nebraska Medicine to open health center in Omaha’s Blackstone District
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This Day in History - March 6: First Nebraskan tests positive for Coronavirus
March 6, 2020 - A 36-year-old Omaha woman was the first Nebraskan to test positive for COVID-19 on March 6, 2020. She had been previously traveling in the United Kingdom. The patient had serious pneumonia-like symptoms and a bacterial infection. She presented to a local emergency department before being transferred...
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This Day in History - March 6: First Nebraskan tests positive for Coronavirus
March 6, 2020 - A 36-year-old Omaha woman was the first Nebraskan to test positive for COVID-19 on March 6, 2020. She had been previously traveling in the United Kingdom. The patient had serious pneumonia-like symptoms and a bacterial infection. She presented to a local emergency department before being transferred...
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Nebraska Medicine Farnam Health Center
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine Midtown Campus continues to grow and expand. Last year, the City of Omaha vacated Harney Street from 41st Street to the connection at Farnam Street. During that time, it was known that Nebraska Medicine planed to develop a parcel of land consisting of a surface parking lot on the southeast corner of 42nd & Farnam Street. According to a building permit, the project will consist of a 4-story, medical office building with a pedestrian walkway to the parking garage to the south. The existing parking garage will have a new elevator lobby to connect to the pedestrian walkway. Under the project name, Farnam Health Center, the new building will be dermatology focused health facility. – Isaiah Ang.
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Cass Health Named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
(Atlantic, IA) – Officials with Cass Health in Atlantic have announced the facility was recently recognized as a 2026 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The award marks the tenth year in a row that Cass Health has achieved national recognition. The Top 100 awards program celebrates outstanding performance annually among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
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Iowa nursing homes accused of abuse are added to federal list of worst facilities
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Two Iowa nursing homes cited for resident abuse and dozens of other regulatory violations have been added to the federal government’s list of the nation’s worst care facilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added Caring Acres Nursing and...
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CHI Health to transform vacant North Omaha building into $14M kitchen facility
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A vacant building on North 20th Street will be renovated into a state-of-the-art central kitchen for CHI Health under a $14 million plan that will create hundreds of jobs in North Omaha. The healthcare system is nearly doubling its kitchen staff as part of the project,...
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Case of alleged pollution by Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy referred to Attorney General
(Des Moines) -- The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission is referring an alleged water pollution case to the Iowa Attorney General’s office. Commission Attorney Bradley Adams says Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) illegally released sludge from its wastewater treatment facility near Council Bluffs into the Missouri River. He says they got a complaint August 25th of an orange sludge being released into the river.
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Iowa nursing homes accused of abuse are added to federal list of worst facilities
Two Iowa nursing homes cited for resident abuse and dozens of other regulatory violations have been added to the federal government’s list of the nation’s worst care facilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab Center in Anita and Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center to its list […]
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Omaha’s CHI Health Center expansion hits major milestone
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A $200 million expansion project hit a major milestone Monday. The new convention space at the CHI Health Center reached its final height as officials build anticipation for the opening of this new addition. MECA tells First Alert 6 they hope to attract larger attractions benefitting...
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Bergan Mercy hospital locks out amid ‘suspicious’ call
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Bergan Mercy hospital went into a lockout after a suspicious phone call Monday afternoon. OPD told First Alert 6 a suspicious phone call indicated a threat against the hospital. In response, the facility went under a lockout procedure. OPD says officers on the scene...