Hospitals in Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

have been integral to the city's growth since its founding in 1857. The city has a number of hospitals that were founded by religious groups, as well as the only hospital in the United States that had a nuclear reactor.

History

St. Joseph's Hospital is the oldest facility in Omaha. The Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....

 opened the original facility on September 1, 1870. John A. Creighton

John A. Creighton

Count John A. Creighton was a pioneer businessman and philanthropist in Omaha, Nebraska who founded Creighton University...

 established the John A. Creighton Medical College and provided funding to the hospital in 1892. It was originally located on lots donated by the Creighton family at 10th and Castelar Streets. A new building was opened at 30th and California Streets that combined both facilities.

The original Immanuel Hospital was located at North 34th and Meredith Avenues in North Omaha. Built alongside the Nazareth Home, the hospital was built in 1890. A large, brick, gothic structure, the hospital was severely damaged in a wind storm in early March, 1902. The original Clarkson Memorial Hospital was constructed in 1909 at 2100 Howard Street. Its five stories housed up to 80 patients. The Douglas County Hospital was planned in 1887. Finished in May 1892, the building was rehabilitated in 1894 because of sub-standard materials and building practices. The original Methodist Episcopal Hospital, located at 20th and Harney Streets, was opened on March 3, 1891. Operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodist Episcopal Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...

, it was a four-story brick building that was finished at 3612 Cuming Street in 1908, and was able to treat 2,000 patients per year. The hospital moved to 84th and West Dodge Road in 1968.

Historic hospitals

The Fort Omaha Hospital

Fort Omaha

Fort Omaha, originally known as Sherman Barracks and then Omaha Barracks, is an Indian War-era United States Army supply installation. Located at 5730 North 30th Street, with the entrance at North 30th and Fort Streets in modern-day North Omaha, Nebraska, the facility is primarily occupied by ...

 was opened in 1878 to care for soldiers wounded during the Indian Wars

Indian Wars

American Indian Wars is the name used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between American settlers or the federal government and the native peoples of North America before and after the American Revolutionary War. The wars resulted from the arrival of European colonizers who...

  Built along with several other notable buildings at the Fort, the hospital operated through the 1940s. The Ford Hospital

Ford Hospital

The Ford Hospital, also called the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is located at 121 South 25th Street in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built in 1916, the hospital was a privately-operated facility built and operated by Dr. Michael J. Ford. Operating until 1922, it was the last small, private hospital in the city....

 in Omaha was built in 1916. It was a privately-operated hospital built and operated by Dr. Michael J. Ford that operated until 1922. Ford was the last small, private hospital in the city. The Nicholas Senn Hospital was located at Park Avenue and Dewey Streets in Midtown Omaha

Midtown Omaha

Midtown is a geographic area of Omaha, Nebraska that is a culturally, socially and economically important area of the city. It is home to major research centers, national corporations, several historic districts, and a number of historic residences.-About:...

. When it opened on February 1, 1912, the hospital was a modern, 60-bed building that featured one of the "finest x-ray machines in the U.S." Dr. Nicholas Senn, a member of the Rush Medical College

Rush Medical College

Rush Medical College is the medical school of Rush University, a private university in Chicago, Illinois. Rush Medical College was one of the first medical colleges in the state of Illinois and was chartered in 1837, two days before the city of Chicago was chartered, and opened with 22 students on...

 in Chicago, Illinois, was the hospital's namesake. The Omaha Christian Institute founded Omaha's General Hospital in 1908. Sold to a private company in 1910, it was renamed Lord Lister Hospital. Located at 14th & Capitol Avenue, the building had 88 beds and treated 1,200 patients annually.

Rabbi Isaac Meyer Wise, founder of American Reform Judaism, was the namesake of Wise Memorial Hospital, which was located was located at 406 South 24th Street. Built on a lot donated by the wife of J.L. Brandeis, the facility was built in 1912 for $125,000. Between 1912 and 1917 the hospital treated more than 1,000. In 1930 the institution closed, with the Lutheran Hospital Association purchasing the facility and opening Lutheran Hospital there 1931. The Evangelical Covenant Hospital and St. Catherine's Hospital were other religiously-affiliated hospitals in Omaha, too.

List of hospitals

Hospitals in Omaha alphabetical order
Name	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Notes	Link
Bergan Mercy Medical Center Bergan Mercy Medical Center Bergan Mercy Medical Center is a part of the Alegent Health System located in Omaha, Nebraska.-History:The hospital was founded in 1910 when the Sisters of Mercy opened Saint Catherine's Hospital at Ninth and Forest Streets. In 1964, a new 250-bed hospital, now known as Bergan Mercy, was opened...	7500 Mercy Road	1910	Alegent Health	Founded by Sisters of Mercy Sisters of Mercy The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....  as Saint Catherine's Hospital at Ninth and Forest Streets in Downtown Omaha Downtown Omaha Downtown Omaha is the central business, government and social core of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, and is located in Omaha, Nebraska. The boundaries are 20th Street on the west to the Missouri River on the east and the centerline of Leavenworth Street on the south to the centerline... .	Link
Charles Drew Health Center	2915 Grant Street	Late 1970s	Independent 501(c)(3) organization	Named in honor of Dr. Charles Drew	Link
Immanuel Medical Center Immanuel Medical Center Immanuel Medical Center is a part of the Alegent Health System located in Omaha, Nebraska.-History:In 1879, the Rev. Erik Alfred Fogelstrom came to Nebraska to serve the Swedish population in Omaha as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church. On October 8, 1887, Pastor Foglestrom and others organized...	6901 North 72nd Street	1910	Alegent Health	Originally located at North 34th and Meredith Streets	Link
Lakeside Hospital	16901 Lakeside Hills Court	August, 2004	Alegent Health		Link
Mercy Hospital (Omaha)	800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs	1887	Alegent Health	Founded by the Sisters of Mercy Sisters of Mercy The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....  as St. Bernard's Hospital	Link
Midlands Hospital	11111 South 84th Street, Papillion Papillion, Nebraska Papillion is a city in Sarpy County in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is a suburb to the southwest of neighboring Omaha, and is the county seat of Sarpy County. The population of Papillion was 18,894 at the 2010 census. In 2009, Papillion was named the #3 best place to live in the United States by...	1976	Alegent Health Originally Doctors Hospital at Park Ave and Leavenworth in Omaha. Opened in 1908 and closed 1976.		Link
Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medical Center The Nebraska Medical Center is a complex of hospitals, medical clinics, and health care colleges located in Omaha, Nebraska. It was formed by the merger of Clarkson Hospital and the adjacent University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1997...	42nd and Dewey Streets	1869	Nebraska Medical Center Nebraska Medical Center The Nebraska Medical Center is a complex of hospitals, medical clinics, and health care colleges located in Omaha, Nebraska. It was formed by the merger of Clarkson Hospital and the adjacent University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1997...	Created by the merger of Bishop Clarkson Hospital and University Hospital in 1997, The Nebraska Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center The University of Nebraska Medical Center is a public academic health sciences center located on 42nd and Emile Streets in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. UNMC is the only public academic health science center in Nebraska.-Academics and rankings:... . While affiliated with UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center is not operated by the state of Nebraska or the university system. It is a private non-profit hospital governed by a board of directors. Bishop Clarkson first opened Childs Hospital in Omaha in 1869. Clarkson Hospital first opened at 21st and Harney. A new Clarkson Hospital was built adjacent to University Hospital at 42nd and Dewey in 1955.	Link
Saint Joseph Hospital at Creighton University Medical Center	601 North 30th Street	September, 1870	Creighton University Creighton University Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...	Founded by the Sisters of Mercy Sisters of Mercy The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations.... ; the Sisters of St. Francis Sisters of St. Francis Sisters of St. Francis can refer to:* Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., now named Franciscan Alliance, Inc.* Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi* Sisters of St Francis of the Martyr St George* Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis...  took over in 1880. Called Creighton Memorial, Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph Hospital at Creighton University Medical Center, and now the Creighton University Medical Center. Currently operated by Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation, an investor-owned health-care delivery systems company based in Dallas, Texas. THC owns and operates 49 acute-care hospitals in 11 states and 90 outpatient centers in 12 states, with a majority of these hospitals in California, Florida and Texas... .	Link
Douglas County Health Center	4102 Woolworth Avenue	1886	Douglas County Douglas County, Nebraska -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 463,585 people, 182,194 households, and 115,146 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,401 people per square mile . There were 192,672 housing units at an average density of 582 per square mile...	Founded as the Douglas County Hospital as a "pest house Pest house In the past, a pest house or pesthouse was a hospital or hostel used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, or smallpox... "	Link
Methodist Hospital (Omaha)	8303 Dodge Street	May 1891	Nebraska Methodist Health System Nebraska Methodist Health System The Nebraska Methodist Health System, also known as Bestcare, is a nonprofit Nebraskan healthcare organization that was founded in 1982. Its headquarters are located at 8511 West Dodge Road in Omaha, Nebraska. The two major facilities in the system, Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Methodist Hospital,...	Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...  near 20th and Harney Streets, moved in 1968	Link
Children's Hospital (Omaha)	8200 Dodge Street	1949			Link
Omaha Veterans Administration Hospital	4101 Woolworth Avenue		Veterans Administration United States Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...	Once the world's only hospital with a nuclear reactor Nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's... .	Link
Jennie Edmundson Hospital	933 East Pierce Street, Council Bluffs	1886	Nebraska Methodist Health System Nebraska Methodist Health System The Nebraska Methodist Health System, also known as Bestcare, is a nonprofit Nebraskan healthcare organization that was founded in 1982. Its headquarters are located at 8511 West Dodge Road in Omaha, Nebraska. The two major facilities in the system, Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Methodist Hospital,...		Link

See also

• Nebraska Methodist Health System
  Nebraska Methodist Health System
  The Nebraska Methodist Health System, also known as Bestcare, is a nonprofit Nebraskan healthcare organization that was founded in 1982. Its headquarters are located at 8511 West Dodge Road in Omaha, Nebraska. The two major facilities in the system, Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Methodist Hospital,...
  
  
• Alegent Health
• Historic companies in Omaha, Nebraska
  Historic companies in Omaha, Nebraska
  This is a list of historic companies in Omaha. These businesses were either located in Omaha, founded in Omaha and/or still functioning in Omaha.-See also:* History of Omaha* Historic hospitals in Omaha...