Talk:Hospitals in Omaha, Nebraska

This article needs work

I just ran across this article and there are a number of issues that should be addressed.

For example, Archbishop Bergan Mercy Memorial Hospital isn't mentioned. It is subsumed into Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy which is a merger entity. Bergan was constructed in the 1960s as a Catholic hospital owned and operated by the Sisters of Mercy. St. Joseph's Hospital was closed and a new facility was built on the Creighton University campus for the medical teaching facility. That structure was eventually sold to AMI, then Tenet Health, then Creighton bought it back, closed the hospital and transferred the teaching facility to the Bergan Mercy structure at 72nd & Mercy Road in Omaha, NE(which went through its own acquisitions and became part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI)). The current facility is Creighton operating at Bergan. Just for starters.

Immanuel Medical Center was constructed when the very aged original Immanuel Hospital and nursing school was closed. It is currently part of the CHI - Bergan system.

CHI Health Midlands is another CHI facility in Omaha, not mentioned in this article at all. It was a fully operational hospital for decades, now mostly used for ambulatory and outpatient procedures. https://omaha.com/livewellnebraska/midlands-hospital-in-papillion-completes-shift-away-from-full-service-care/article_86a78c49-e18b-5c43-9742-4241cdc2f731.html#:~:text=Midlands%20Hospital%20in%20Papillion%20continues,intensive%20care%20unit%20last%20April.&text=%E2%80%9CWe%20don't%20need%20more,Health's%20Midlands%20and%20Lakeside%20Hospitals.

The now-closed Gene Eppley Hospital (the only dedicated substance abuse and mental health facility in Omaha) isn't mentioned at all,

Nor is Doctor's Hospital. Doctor's Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska was originally called Nicholas Senn Hospital when it opened in 1912 by Dr. Albert P. Condon. The hospital was named after Dr. Nicholas Senn, a Chicago surgeon and Condon's former professor at Rush Medical College. The 60-bed hospital was located at Park Avenue and Dewey Streets in Midtown Omaha and featured one of the best x-ray machines in the United States at the time. In 1916, the hospital was reorganized and renamed Doctor's Hospital, due to the addition of more physician partners.

More info on the nuclear reactor at Veteran's Hospital (it wasn't a huge deal as it sounds in this wiki; it was for medical stuff) https://department.va.gov/history/100-objects/object-57-va-nuclear-reactor/

Omaha, NE has a long history of cutting-edge medicine and facilities. This article is missing a lot of facilities, dates, has incorrect owners/operators listed, and is not particularly well written.

Decades ago, I was the Manager of Strategic Planning at Bergan Mercy Medical Center; I also worked for the Nebraska Department of Health reviewing health facilities. If I have time, I'll try to come back to sort this article out a bit. 174.71.18.84 (talk) 21:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)