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IPE initiative shines during site visit

Grant-funded project lets interprofessional teams train together to reduce medication errors in older patients transitioning from the hospital to inpatient skilled nursing care.

Nov 3, 2017

Barbara Brandt, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, served as one of the site visit facilitators.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Nov 3, 2017

Senior nursing student Sarvinoz Kadyrova works with client Melanie Kenney at the HelpCare clinic in Kearney.

Registry spurs research participation by veterans

More than 2,700 rheumatoid arthritis patients from 13 medical centers have enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry.

Nov 3, 2017

Ted Mikuls, M.D., founder of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry

Retirement counseling available on campus this month

One-on-one counseling sessions are available by appointment.

Nov 2, 2017

Study examines efficacy of rapid-response teams

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., is lead author on newly published study in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.

Nov 2, 2017

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D.

Lecture offered insight into plight of refugees

Alana Schriver, refugee specialist for Omaha Public Schools, spoke last week on different cultural attitudes toward health care.

Nov 2, 2017

Alana Schriver gave an hour-long talk inside the Yanney Conference Room at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Oct. 24 to health care workers and students. The goal was to help us understand how resettled refugees view health care and how we can better serve them.

Opera Omaha artists to perform on campus

The Healing Arts Program is hosting a free lunchtime event with Opera Omaha on Nov. 7 at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Nov 2, 2017

Holland Community Opera fellow Chabrelle Williams will be one of the performers on Nov. 7.

Under the microscope: Research!America

Dr. Gold talks with Mary Woolley, president of Research!America, about the importance of medical research and how the organization seeks to encourage more funding.

Nov 2, 2017

Academic Evaluation and Intervention Clinic has impact

Referrals now being accepted for spring semester.

Nov 2, 2017

Mackenzie Smith, left, with Nichole Cordle at the Academic Evaluation and Intervention Clinic run by the Munroe-Meyer Institute's Department of Psychology.

Nebraska Medicine clinic staff rush to help after accident

Nurse practitioner Emily Hill: “We’re in health care. We want to help people.”

Nov 1, 2017

This photo of the crash site was provided by the Omaha Police Department.