Karen Burbach

Memberships to Omaha Press Club available for $60

The Omaha Press Club is offering individual memberships to employees at UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians at the low annual rate of $60 per person.

May 10, 2007

Hospital seeking to become leader in quality transparency

To be active partners in their care, potential patients need information to make wise health care decisions. Available information must be current and written in a language that is understandable to the average person. To assist in this process, The Nebraska Medical Center will soon rollout a public Web site that will allow the organization to elaborate on our data … that will give potential patients a better idea of the quality of care provided at the medical center.

May 9, 2007

One last time

College of Pharmacy Dean Clarence Ueda, Pharm.D., Ph.D., leads the college’s class of 2007 through the pharmacist’s oath at Friday’s convocation. Friday marked the final time Dr. Ueda will lead students through their oath as he is stepping down as dean in July after serving in the position for more than 20 years.

May 9, 2007

SAHP announces top awards

The School of Allied Health Professions last week honored three individuals and one program for their broad impact in teaching, research and service.

May 9, 2007

Time remains to RSVP for Durham museum lecture

There’s still time to RSVP for Thursday’s lecture with Leo Smith, executive director of the Durham Western Heritage Museum.

May 9, 2007

Three nurses recognized for ‘extraordinary care’

Recognized for outstanding patient care, leadership, teamwork and commitment, three remarkable nurses were honored with awards at the “Nurse Appreciation and Awards Ceremony” at The Nebraska Medical Center on Monday.

May 8, 2007

Blogging from BIO

A team from UNMC is at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention in Boston this week. … Click here to read blog entries from the UNMC group at BIO and click here to visit the BIO convention Web site.

May 8, 2007

Navy nurse corps leader visits UNMC

Rear Adm. Karen Flaherty made her first visit to Nebraska last week to celebrate Omaha Navy Week. During her trip, she stopped at UNMC to discuss nursing and tour the nation’s largest biocontainment unit.

May 7, 2007

Regional response team tours UNMC

Thirty members of the Region 7 Regional Response Team toured the biocontainment unit and the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory biosecurity lab at UNMC last week.

May 7, 2007

Season tickets available for 2007-08 UNO hockey

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has announced that 2007-08 season tickets for men’s hockey are available — with some important changes from last year’s offering.

May 4, 2007