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During Omaha’s cold November days last year, Gene Evans was having trouble breathing. He thought it was pneumonia. But a series of tests in January showed that it was emphysema, a serious, progressive lung disease. He found the diagnosis frightening. “I was apprehensive about what was going to hap…

Diabetes Education "Ask the Experts" Program at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital: Tuesday, March 24  American Diabetes Association Alert Day is a one-day "wake-up call" asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes…

The Good Catch Award is designed to recognize staff members committed to patient safety. This recognition is presented monthly and goes to the department in which the good catch occurred. Nominations for the award are taken from reported variances where a near miss is caught. Those varian…

REMINDER: The Nebraska Methodist College Center for Professional and Continuing Education (CfPCE) offers several types of classes for health care workers, as well as non-healthcare workers, including CPR, BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, Family & Friends CPR, and Heartsaver CPR AED: BLS - Basic Life Sup…

REMINDER: MHS employees must know and follow HIPAA privacy regulations, including those forbidding employees from editing or updating their own electronic health records or those of family members, including minor children. It is also a HIPAA violation to schedule your own medical appointments in Ce…

Would you open an e-card from someone you don't know? Or give out your personal information to an email request because the email has our company logo? Think you couldn't fall for a fake email scam? Watch as NBC national investigative reporter Jeff Rossen puts his parents and his Today Show produ…

What can we learn from penguins? Ways to avoid winter slips and falls! Safety Poster of the Month: "Walk Like a Penguin." Remember: Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility!…

We know what our true love sends on "The Twelve Days of Christmas," but what are hackers trying to send to us? Consider how unhappy the holidays (and the rest of the year) would be with these twelve days of breaches. HIPAA Holiday Cheer (Lament?) By Elizabeth Litten Posted in HIPAA Enforcemen…

REMINDER: Know & Follow HIPAA NEVER Edit or Update Your Own Electronic Health Record MHS employees must know and follow HIPAA privacy regulations, including those forbidding employees from editing or updating their own electronic health records or those of family members, including minor …

The Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) is the secure, online, HIPAA-compliant Health Information Exchange created to serve the state of Nebraska. Currently more than 1,400 hospitals, medical clinics,  physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals across Nebraska partici…