Bryan Health

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Bryan Health
FormerlyBryanLGH Health System
Company type Private
IndustryHealth care
Genre Health Care System
Founded1997;28 years ago (1997)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Services Hospital
Number of employees
3,500
Website www.bryanhealth.com

Bryan Health (formerly BryanLGH Health System) is an American not-for-profit healthcare organization located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The system operates an acute-care hospital, several outpatient clinics and a College of Health Sciences, as well as a physician network and a heart institute.

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History

The organization was formed in 1997 by the merger of two pre-existing hospitals in Lincoln: Bryan Memorial Hospital and Lincoln General Hospital. [1] The name BryanLGH was chosen to reflect the names of the pre-existing hospitals, both of which had been in operation since 1926. [2] The College of Health Sciences also opened in 1926 as Bryan School of Nursing. [3] Bryan's physician network and heart institute have been added since the merger. The organization's name is derived from William Jennings Bryan's gift of land to the United Methodist Church for a hospital in 1922. [3]

Healthcare facilities

Bryan Health operates six hospitals, 45 physician clinics, four urgent care facilities, and a specialty clinic. [4] Two of their hospitals, Bryan West Campus and Kearney Regional Medical Center, are level II and level III trauma centers respectively. Bryan East Campus is the oldest hospital in the system, being established in 1925.

Leadership

Russ Gronewold was named CEO of Bryan in 2019. He was previously CFO. The appointment was controversial because of Gronewold's prior affiliation with the Nebraska Family Alliance, a socially conservative lobbying group. [5]

College of Health Sciences

The College of Health Sciences offers undergraduate degrees in Nursing, Ultrasound, Pre-med, Pre-PT and other health professions, and a Doctoral degree in Nurse Anesthesia Practice an Education Doctorate with Emphasis in Nursing Education and a Masters in Nursing with a track in Leadership or Education to choose from, as well as certificate programs for ancillary health professions. [6]

References

  1. "Lincoln Hospital Name Change" Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine , WOWT News, March 19, 2012
  2. "BryanLGH will change its name to Bryan", Journal-Star, March 19, 2012
  3. 1 2 "History". Bryan College of Health Sciences. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  4. "Hospitals | Lincoln, NE | Bryan Health". www.bryanhealth.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  5. Olberding, Matt (December 10, 2019). "Kim Russel reflects on her time at Bryan as Gronewold prepares to take over as president/CEO". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  6. "About the college", Bryan Health System website