$2.6 Million Grant Looks to Improve Patient Care with RN's Enhanced Role

The way health care providers are paid is shifting, demanding major changes by providers. Instead of being paid for the number of patients they see and tests ordered, the system is moving toward paying providers based on patient satisfaction, good...
11-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

University of Nebraska Partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory

Goal is to make University of Nebraska go-to place for biodefense education for students hoping to work for the Department of Defense. Vision is to build an education pipeline that starts at the undergraduate level and continues through the...
9-May-2018 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

UNMC, Genomoncology Combine to Launch First System Using HL7 2.5 Formatting to Transmit Discrete Genetic Data on Cancer Patients to Electronic Health Record

Breakthrough streamlines patient information into a manageable, digestible format, so oncologists can view discrete genetic data in the patient 's electronic health record
18-Apr-2018 4:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Two Leading Oncologists Co-Author Paper on Nuclear Terrorism

Special report details serious concerns that medical community would be able to do much, if anything, to assist people in event of major nuclear event. Prevention is best option as well as carefully conceived, long-term plan within the public...
28-Mar-2018 5:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

1-Month Treatment as Effective as 9-Month Treatment for Preventing TB in HIV Patients; May Have Application in Healthy People Too

A one-month antibiotic regimen to prevent active tuberculosis (TB) disease was at least as safe and effective as the standard nine-month therapy for people living with HIV, according to results of a large international clinical trial. Adults and...
5-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Chemically Modified Drug Shows Promise for HIV Treatment and Elimination

Significant breakthrough could hasten an eventual HIV cure as modified antiviral drug is able to reach cells and tissues where HIV resides
7-Feb-2018 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Smartphone App Now Recognizes FASD Thanks to MMI Geneticist

With a smartphone and an app, qualified health care professionals can now diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in their office thanks to a suggestion from Omar Rahman, M.D.
16-Jan-2018 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Breakthrough Research Suggests Potential Treatment for Autism, Intellectual Disability

A research team has identified the pathological mechanism for a certain type of autism and intellectual disability by creating a genetically modified mouse. They are hopeful it could eventually lead to a therapeutic fix.
10-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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