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BANQUET THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 22 Physicians Bulletin • July/August 2019 EDITOR’S DESK 11 Using web-based cameras, we watched Improvement Collaborative, is working THE MANY as the river began to rise, fluctuating by to improve care of Nebraska mothers and as much as 6 feet over a 20-minute period. babies. While the team consists of phy- FACES OF MOMS The river eventually flowed across the sicians from many hospital systems, the road that separated our cabin from the Physicians Bulletin would like to share MEMBERSHIP Platte River, stopping within inches of some words from one of our members, our garage. We watched via our webcam Dr. Bonebrake. I think it is important for as the road maintenance people, along these statewide collaboratives to occur to with a group of home owner volunteers, improve care for all people who live in the arrived and worked to keep the Platte State of Nebraska, and I am pleased that from destroying our lake community.