InterCOM
Heroic efforts couldn’t alter Ebola outcome
Martin Salia, M.D., passed away 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 18, 2014
Researchers to tackle barriers of electronic health records with $2.5 grant
Goal is to make the electronic health record more useful for health professionals, safer for patients.
Nov 18, 2014
UNMC studying new drug for people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
One of 50 U.S. centers participating in NOBLE Study
Nov 10, 2014
COM Student of the Month – Gage Rensch, first-year medical student
Each month, InterCOM will highlight a “Student of the Month” from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get involved in the community. After all, medical school should be much more than studying.
Oct 30, 2014
Five Things to Scream About
What is it about a high-pitched, blood-curdling scream that chills us to the bone? In this season of frights and scares, the shriek carries lots of messages.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC now shares logo with hospital partner, Nebraska Medicine
The Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians – once three separate but interconnected organizations – are now one operating under one name: Nebraska Medicine.
Oct 30, 2014
Coming Events
Nov. 3-7 – International Week. Nov. 4 – Science Café, 7 p.m., Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Topic – Ebola; speaker – Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health. Nov. 4 – Joslyn Art Museum will host an Art Talk & Brown Bag Lunch event featuring its latest exhibit – […]
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC, Nebraska Medicine to share Ebola expertise
UNMC and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, are launching two free online Ebola education courses. The downloadable courses will provide easy-to-understand instruction and resources for health care professionals, as well as the general public.
Oct 30, 2014
A message from the dean
The launching of the Nebraska Medicine name in October represented an historic event for our medical center. After months of calling it the “clinical enterprise,” we finally have an identity – a powerful name that reflects our deep Nebraska roots and our mission to improve the human condition.
Oct 30, 2014
UNMC study in JAMA finds old drug still reliable, safe in treating Staph
A University of Nebraska Medical Center research team has determined that a longtime antibiotic, vancomycin, is still effective in treating Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections and that physicians should continue to use the drug even though several newer antibiotics are now available in the marketplace.
Oct 30, 2014
