Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN HOSPITAL AND AMBULATORY FACILITIES FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS.

THE METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON CARDIAC CENTER IS A LEADER IN THE TREATMENT OF COMPLEX HEART CONDITIONS OFFERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE AND CARDIAC EXPERTS WHO USE ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES. OUR CARDIAC TEAM WORKS TO ENSURE PATIENTS HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE - FROM DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT THROUGH RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION.SERVICES INCLUDE A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB, CHEST PAIN CENTER, HEART FAILURE PROGRAM, CARDIAC REHABILITATION SERVICES AND INPATIENT CARE PROVIDED BY A TEAM SPECIALIZED IN CARDIAC CARE. THE CHEST PAIN CENTER WAS MOST RECENTLY RE-ACCREDITED IN 2018 BY THE JOINT COMMISSION. MJE HAS BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2014.IN 2020, JENNIE EDMUNDSON RECEIVED THE MISSION: LIFELINE GOLD RECEIVING QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPECIFIC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEASURES OUTLINED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WHO SUFFER SEVERE HEART ATTACKS. JENNIE EDMUNDSON ALSO HAS RECEIVED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S GET WITH THE GUIDELINES-STROKE SILVER PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON CANCER CENTER IS THE ONLY CANCER CENTER IN WESTERN IOWA ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, COMMISSION ON CANCER. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION ON CANCER (COC) SINCE 1996. COC APPROVAL MEANS THAT OUR PROGRAM MEETS PROGRAM STANDARDS, PROVIDES SUPPORT AND EDUCATION, AND DELIVERS QUALITY CARE TO ITS PATIENTS.ALL NEWLY DIAGNOSED CANCER PATIENTS' CASES ARE PRESENTED AT A WEEKLY CANCER CONFERENCE FOR IN-DEPTH REVIEW BY SURGEONS, RADIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS, MEDICAL AND RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS AND OTHER SPECIALIZED CARE PROVIDERS. METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL USES THE NEWEST EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO HELP FIGHT CANCER.THESE PHYSICIANS COMBINE THEIR EXPERTISE AND THE LATEST RESEARCH TO RECOMMEND A COMPREHENSIVE, INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN OF CARE FOR EACH PATIENT. THIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, COMBINED WITH STAFF EXPERTISE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, OFFERS CANCER PATIENTS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES IN THE BATTLE AGAINST CANCER. WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE PATIENT AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM, METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL USES THIS COMBINED EXPERTISE TO OFFER THE BEST INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLANS, IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND PROVIDE COMFORT AND HOPE.METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION WAS AMONG THE RECIPIENTS OF $330,000 IN GRANT DOLLARS ANNOUNCED BY SUSAN G. KOMEN GREATER IOWA. METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION WAS AWARDED $90,823 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, AS WELL AS SUPPORT, CASE MANAGEMENT AND SURVIVORSHIP CARE.METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL ADDED A CUTTING-EDGE TOOL TO HELP PATIENTS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER. SOUTHWEST IOWA'S ONLY DIGITAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (PET/CT) SYSTEM, A STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC TOOL, BECAME AVAILABLE TO JENNIE EDMUNDSON PATIENTS IN 2020.

THE SURGICAL TEAM AT METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL IS A HIGHLY TRAINED GROUP OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PLAN THEIR CARE AND ACHIEVE THE BEST OUTCOMES.SURGICAL SPECIALTIES FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: DENTAL, GENERAL, GYNECOLOGY, HEART SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, PAIN MANAGEMENT, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, RESPIRATORY/PULMONARY, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, THORACIC, UROGYNECOLOGY AND UROLOGY.IN 2018, METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON ACQUIRED A NEW DA VINCI XI ROBOT FOR LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES. THE BENEFIT OF THE ROBOT IS THE ABILITY TO SEE COMPONENTS OF THE SURGERY AND THE PATIENT'S ANATOMY IN SHARPER DETAIL, WHILE BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE SURGICAL AREA AT DIFFERENT ANGLES.THE ROBOT ALLOWS THE SURGICAL TEAM THE ABILITY TO DO GENERAL SURGERIES SUCH AS HERNIA REPAIRS, COLON RESECTIONS AND CHOLECYSTECTOMIES (GALLBLADDER REMOVAL). IN 2021, UROLOGY PERFORMED NEPHRECTOMIES AND PROSTATECTOMIES AND GYN SURGEONS PERFORMED HYSTERECTOMIES.

THE METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON ADVANCED WOUND CENTER CELEBRATED A DECADE OF PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL WOUND CARE TO SOUTHWEST IOWA. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE WOUND CENTER HAS TREATED MORE THAN 3,600 PATIENTS OVER NEARLY 35,000 VISITS.METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL WAS DESIGNATED A BREAST IMAGING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY (ACR).JOINING MORE THAN 680 SCREENING CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES AS OUTLINED BY THE GO2 FOUNDATION FOR LUNG CANCER, METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL HAS BEEN NAMED A SCREENING CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.THE METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED A COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAMPAIGN AND RAISED FUNDS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE SUPPORT SERVICES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, RESPITE ROOMS, MEALS AND SNACKS, TESTING EQUIPMENT AND NEEDED SUPPLIES) WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS ALSO HELPED SET UP SHOWER TRAILERS, TEMPORARY HOUSING, LAUNDRY SERVICES, EMERGENCY CHILDCARE, AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FRONTLINE STAFF AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.