Uncategorized

Groundbreaking ceremony for new ambulatory center

The Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center will become a “game changer” in providing a new standard of care for patients.

Nov 21, 2014

UNMC Family Medicine’s helping hand in China

UNMC group works with Chinese physicians to address patient care challenges.

Nov 21, 2014

Jeff Harrison, M.D., hands out one of 300 certificates of completion given to the physicians, faculty and students who attended the family medicine symposium at Tongji University in Shanghai on Oct. 22.

Heroic efforts couldn’t alter Ebola outcome

Martin Salia, M.D., passed away early Monday morning despite what UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., described as “truly heroic efforts” on the part of his health care team at Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC.

Nov 21, 2014

Leading physical therapy education in China

New collaboration envisioned as leading physical therapy education and care.

Nov 21, 2014

Gang Pei, president of Tongji University, presents a medal to Don Leuenberger, vice chancellor for business and finance at UNMC, during the physical therapy signing ceremony at Sunshine Rehabilitation Hospital in Shanghai on Oct. 28.

Researchers to tackle barriers of electronic health records with $2.5 grant

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $2.5 million grant to make the electronic health record (EHR) more useful for health professionals and safer for patients.

Nov 21, 2014

John Windle, M.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Nov 21, 2014

UNMC studying new drug for people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is participating in a new, national, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical research study evaluating the potential benefits of an investigational medicine when taken by people with mild-to-moderate AD who are already being treated with donepezil (Aricept).

Nov 21, 2014

Grant will examine EHR efficiency

UNMC, UNO will collaborate to explore a model electronic health record system to improve patient care.

Nov 21, 2014

John Windle, M.D., professor and chief of cardiology at UNMC

Fred Paustian, M.D., pioneering gastroenterologist at UNMC, dies at age 87

Fred Paustian, M.D., a pioneering physician in gastroenterology who helped build UNMC into the powerhouse that it is today, died Nov. 5 in Omaha after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.

Nov 21, 2014

Student spotlight: Meet Constance Mietus

Medical student enjoys working with people.

Nov 21, 2014