Patient Care

Reaching Out to Patients

A $265,000 grant was recently awarded to the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute to help improve access to specialized epilepsy services while expanding telehealth technologies in rural areas in the state. Epilepsy clinics are now being offered to pediatric patients in rural Nebraska via telemedicine.

Oct 27, 2011

Back to prevention — the push for primary care

Americans spend more on health care
than any other country in the world. Yet, we don’t live longer and we die more often from heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes.

Oct 25, 2011

Surgeons use innovative, safer procedure for living liver donation

Doctors told Russ Hart it was a matter of time before the degenerative liver disease he had would precipitate the need for a transplant.

Oct 20, 2011

Lymphoma partnership helps Chinese patients

SHANGHAI — One of the clinical and research partnerships between UNMC and China is the Sino-U.S. Center for Diagnosis and Therapy for Hematological Malignancies, which brings UNMC physicians and researchers together to improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma in China and Nebraska.

Oct 20, 2011

Breast cancer navigator program provides calm in the storm

Jimmie Johnson was devastated six years ago when she heard the words, “You have breast cancer.”

Oct 7, 2011

An update on the One Chart implementation project

Read about the latest developments in the implementation process of One Chart — the new electronic health record system at UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians Clinics.

Sep 21, 2011

UNMC reaches out to pediatric epilepsy patients in rural Nebraska

Grant will allow patients to be seen via telemedicine

Sep 15, 2011

Introducing ‘One Chart’

This week, “One Chart” was introduced as the brand name for the electronic health record that is under development at the medical center. One Chart will be used by UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians.

Sep 8, 2011

An update on the electronic health record implementation project

Read about the latest developments in the implementation process of the new electronic health records at The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians Clinics.

Aug 31, 2011