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Growing financial challenges force Richard Young Center to close
Nebraska’s only freestanding behavioral health care provider, Richard Young Center will close its doors after 72 years of service to the community and region. In addition, the mental health joint sponsorship created in 1999 by Nebraska Health System (NHS) and Methodist Hospital will be dissolved and the academic affiliation agreement with UNMC will be terminated. See story for more details, including links to statements from the press conference.
Feb 6, 2003
Psychiatry chairman responds to Richard Young Center closing
Richard Young Center will close its doors by April 1, 2003, after 72 years of service to the community and region. Leaders of Richard Young Center and its sponsoring organizations made the announcement at a press conference this afternoon. In addition, it was announced that the mental health joint sponsorship created in 1999 by Methodist Hospital and Nebraska Health System will be dissolved.
UNMC Today asked David Folks, M.D., professor and chairman of the UNMC department of psychiatry, how the closing of Richard Young Center will impact his department. See article for his responses.
Feb 6, 2003
UNMC students to observe African American HIV/AIDS
The Omaha/Lincoln area will hold its second annual observance of African American HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day Thursday, Feb. 6. Members of the UNMC Student National Medical Association (SNMA), including Oluyemisis Smith, a second-year medical student and UNMC’s SNMA president, will assist in AIDS education presentations in North Omaha.
Feb 5, 2003
College of Nursing receives Chancellor’s Diversity Award
The UNMC College of Nursing Diversity Task Force has forged new ties among employees through its monthly lunch hour diversity events. As a result, the task force received one of two 2002 Chancellor’s Diversity Awards for enhancing cultural competence and understanding at UNMC.
Feb 4, 2003
Take notice — 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’s HIPAA message deals with the patient’s notice of privacy practices.
Feb 4, 2003
Leader of Association of Academic Health Centers visits UNMC
The president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC) today caps a two-day informational visit to UNMC, which included detailed presentations on UNMC’s bioterrorism preparedness efforts.
Feb 4, 2003
Black History Month activities announced
Each February, NHS and UNMC faculty, staff and students join the rest of America in celebrating African American history and culture during Black History Month. This year, the campus is invited to attend a free presentation on Friday, Feb. 28, of “Let My People Go: Trials of Bondage in Words of Master and Slave,” one of the most thought-provoking, historically-researched productions ever on the true social realities of slavery and post-Civil War racial and gender issues. See story for the complete Black History Month schedule.
Feb 3, 2003
UNMC sponsors mini-medical school on smallpox
UNMC invites Nebraskans to attend a free health educational series on smallpox, titled, “Smallpox: What You Need to Know,” on Thursdays, Feb. 13, 20 and 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (CST). During the series, Nebraskans will learn about smallpox, the social and ethical issues, the risks involved in the smallpox vaccine, the safety mechanisms in medical research and how the state will respond in the event of a bioterrorist attack.
Feb 3, 2003
Construction projects take shape
Construction continues on two eye-catching projects slated for completion this year on the UNMC campus. Read about the progress of the Durham Research Center and the new parking garage, as well as a hanging permit requirement for all parking structures.
Feb 3, 2003
Preventing rejection of pig organs without severe immune suppression
In a major innovation in organ transplantation that could offer hope to millions of Americans with organ failure or diabetes, a study by Ximerex, Inc. in conjunction with researchers from UNMC has demonstrated that acute rejection of pig heart transplants could be prevented without the need for severe immune suppression. The findings were reported in the February issue of the Annals of Surgery.
Feb 3, 2003