Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs, Iowa)

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Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Company type Non-profit [1]
Industry Healthcare
Headquarters
Area served
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area
Key people
Dave Burd, CEO [2]
Parent Nebraska Methodist Health System
Website bestcare.org/jennie-edmundson/

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is one of four major facilities comprising the Nebraska Methodist Health System. The hospital is located at 933 E. Pierce Street in Council Bluffs, Iowa. [3]

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History

Established in 1886, in the late 1880s, the hospital added its Jennie Edmundson Hospital School of Nursing, accredited through the National League for Nursing, and approved by the Iowa Board of Nursing. The school closed in June 1997. [4]

The hospital became a Methodist Health System affiliate in 1994, [5] forming the Jennie Edmundson Foundation that same year. [6]

Operations

The 236-bed regional health care center serves southwestern Iowa, [7] and employs a workforce of 464 full-time and nearly 250 part-time employees, and has an active medical staff of 132 physicians.

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital offers a 24-hour Level III Emergency Department that treated approximately 22,000 patient visits last year. The hospital had a total of 5,101 admissions. Its physicians performed 1,718 inpatient and 6,361 outpatient surgeries. [8]

It is the only hospital with the capability to perform emergency angioplasty procedures, and that offers nationally accredited cancer and breast cancer programs in the region, with southwest Iowa's only Advanced Wound Center.

Jennie has a 20-bed inpatient adult behavior health unit with ECT services. Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital offers a full-line of Women's services including a birthing center with LDRP rooms and a Level II nursery where 360 babies were delivered in 2012.

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital is a member of VHA and recently completed an $18 million renovation and construction project that netted the hospital nearly 31,000 square feet of new space for the intensive care unit and surgical suite. [9]

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References

  1. Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (May 9, 2013). "Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved July 8, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Taylor, Davon (October 4, 2024). "Simulated chemical explosion tests Council Bluffs' emergency preparedness". KETV. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  3. Healthgrades.com, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
  4. "Historical Timeline". Nebraska Methodist Health System. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  5. admin. "News Release: Methodist and Acadia Healthcare Break Ground on Behavioral Health Hospital in Council Bluffs" . Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  6. "The Legacy of Ed Lynn". Jennie Edmundson Foundation. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  7. "Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital". Methodist Health System. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  8. US News & World Report, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
  9. Bestcare.org, About Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.