UNMC for the record

Dr. Marcelin led study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Jasmine Marcelin, M.D., associate medical director of antimicrobial stewardship at Nebraska Medicine and assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, led a study published April 23 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

The study found that programming a hospital’s electronic health record system to provide information on appropriate use of a costly gastrointestinal panel and to block unnecessary orders reduced inappropriate testing by 46 percent and saved up to $168,000 over 15 months.

Read about the study here.

Dr. Schnaubelt promoted to lieutenant colonel

Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, M.D.

Elizabeth Schnaubelt, M.D., of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. She is assigned as the first medical director for the U.S. Air Force Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills (C-STARS) in Omaha.

The mission of C-STARS is to advance the readiness skills and competency of Air Force medical personnel so they can provide safe and effective care for patients who have contracted or may have been exposed to highly hazardous infectious diseases. Dr. Schnaubelt and her team also worked closely with the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit.

She graduated from the Air Force Academy and earned her medical degree from the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. During an assignment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, she was recognized as the top senior level physician in the Air Force when she earned the Clinical Excellence Award for her work as the infectious diseases medical lead on a team that developed contingency plans for treating and managing Ebola-infected patients evacuated through Europe, from Africa.

Dr. McClay part of inaugural class of AMIA Fellows

James McClay, M.D., associate professor, UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine, is one of 130 Fellows to be formally inducted into the American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) newly established FAMIA Applied Informatics Recognition Program. The program recognizes AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge within their professional setting, who have demonstrated professional achievement and leadership, and who have contributed to the betterment of the organization.