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Inquiring minds want to know — a weekly HIPAA message
HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. You will be receiving weekly messages to help you understand the topic and how it impacts your job. Today, you’ll learn about protected health information and who has access to it.
Oct 15, 2002
Shanghai University faculty members arrive at UNMC
On Oct. 4, Kenneth H. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, recently welcomed the second set of six visiting faculty for the Shanghai University — UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Exchange Program.
Oct 15, 2002
Educators share distance education learnings
The UNMC Health Systems Nurse Specialist (HSNS) graduate program recently sponsored a two-day national conference titled: “Distance Education: From Reality to Quality.” The Sept. 27-28 conference showcased innovative teaching and evaluation practices used by the College of Nursing faculty.
Oct 14, 2002
Ad seeks candidates for vice chancellor post
A national search is being conducted to fill the position of vice chancellor for academic affairs/dean for graduate studies. Interested candidates should send their applications to Rodney S. Markin, M.D., Ph.D. See story for the job description.
Oct 14, 2002
Longtime family medicine employee, Norma Marts, dies
Norma Marts, a longtime employee in UNMC’s department of family medicine, died Thursday (Oct. 10) of a heart attack. She was 70.
Oct 14, 2002
UNMC to lease space at Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center
Cutting-edge research that UNMC will conduct at a business incubator in Omaha has the potential to lead to promising product developments. Under an agreement approved Friday by the NU Board of Regents, UNMC will lease 8,309 square feet of space at the Scott Technology Transfer and Incubator Center.
Oct 14, 2002
Search committee to identify candidates for College of Nursing dean
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has appointed a 13-person search committee to identify candidates for the position of the UNMC College of Nursing dean. Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., announced earlier this month that she will retire from the position, effective July 31, 2003.
Oct 14, 2002
Hispanic Heritage Month prompts wide-ranging conversation
In commemoration of National Hispanic Heritage Awareness Month, the NHS/UNMC Employee Diversity Network sponsored a special presentation Sept. 26 by Jose Romero, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics infectious disease and chief recruitment officer of Latinos at UNMC.
“One very important thing for everyone to understand is that the Latino people are a very heterogeneous population – one size does not fit all,” said Dr. Romero, who was born in Mexico.
Oct 11, 2002
Security procedures affecting international students discussed
In continuing efforts to strengthen national security, Thomas Gouttierre, dean of International Studies and Programs at UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and U.S. Department of State (DOS) have implemented several new procedures for tracking international students and scholars. See story to find out more.
Oct 11, 2002
New book mentions UNMC research fund
The founder of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund at UNMC is a proud contributor of a new book that reflects on American life in 1936.
Oct 11, 2002