Patient Care
Study shows discharge barriers for hospitalized patients
Chad Vokoun, MD, is part of a cross-sectional, nationwide study of how barriers contribute to length of hospital stays.
Aug 29, 2023
![Chad Vokoun, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Vokoun082923-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Clawson to lead psychiatry fellowship at new Sarpy County Correctional Center
UNMC alum returns to Nebraska to join innovative collaboration between UNMC and the county.
Aug 28, 2023
![Kimberly Clawson, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Clawson082823.jpg)
Ross Mathiasen, MD, named director of Athletic Medicine for Husker Athletics
Dr. Mathiasen’s role is part of a new agreement between Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Aug 24, 2023
![Ross Mathiasen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ross-Mathiasen-Emergency-Medicine-2015-900x600.jpg)
Nebraska Medicine launches high-tech effort to provide precision care
Partnership with genomics company Helix will help find health issues individually and statewide.
Aug 17, 2023
![Nebraska Medicine joins other health systems nationwide to launch the Genetic Insights Project in partnership Helix, a nationally renowned organization that leads population health and genomics.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Helix081723-900x600.jpg)
Update: Doctors Building South to remain closed until Aug. 16
42nd Street will remain closed throughout August due to water main break.
Aug 11, 2023
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U.S. News again ranks Nebraska Medical Center No. 1 in Nebraska
One specialty was nationally ranked, and three were listed as high performing.
Aug 10, 2023
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Registration due Friday for radiation oncology symposium
The 2023 Midwest Radiation Oncology Symposium, hosted by UNMC, will be held Aug. 18-19.
Aug 10, 2023
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UPDATED: Water main break closes Clarkson Doctors Building South
Clarkson Doctors Building South will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 8. All other areas at Nebraska Medical Center are operational.
Aug 7, 2023
![Clarkson Doctors Building South](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/South102822.jpg)
Nebraska Medicine partners to improve Black maternal health
Nebraska Medicine collaborated with a local nonprofit on a doula curriculum to better support Black patients.
Aug 3, 2023
![While doulas-in-training toured the labor and delivery unit, Jessica McGhee demonstrates an exercise doulas can perform to relieve labor pains.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Doula1080323-900x600.jpg)
UNMC College of Nursing, Indian health coalition partner on new clinic
Nursing faculty will provide advanced practice clinical services at NUIHC’s comprehensive community center.
Aug 1, 2023
![The NUIHC Health and Wellness Clinic opens to the community on Aug. 7. Located at 23rd and N streets in South Omaha at NUIHC’s comprehensive community center, the clinic will have UNMC College of Nursing faculty providing the advanced practice clinical services.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/NUIHC1080123-900x600.jpg)