About Nebraska Medicine
Nebraska Medicine has had a longstanding affiliation with the University of Nebraska Medical Center dating back to the 1930s when Clarkson Hospital attendees served as university faculty members. Today, the hospital is UNMC’s primary clinical partner, providing UNMC students with invaluable educational experiences as they rotate through the hospital for their clinical, clerkship or fellowship experiences.
UNMC is Nebraska’s only public academic health science center and serves as Nebraska Medicine’s education and research partner. UNMC faculty, many of whom provide clinical care at Nebraska Medicine, educate a 21st century health care workforce, provide award-winning outreach to communities across the state, and conduct basic, clinical and translational research that transforms lives.
Nebraska Medicine hospitals 2
Licensed hospital beds 809
Outpatient clinics 40
Physicians on medical staff 1,000
Employees (including dually-employed physicians) 8,900
Annual patient encounters 1.23 million
Annual inpatient discharges 30,000
Annual outpatient visits 600,000
Nebraska Medicine recognitions:
• Vizient: for two consecutive years, Nebraska Medicine has earned top 10 ranking nationally for high levels of safety and quality by Vizient (formerly the University Health System Consortium, or UHC)
• US News & World Report: top hospital in Nebraska seven consecutive years; ranked 22nd nationally for gynecology, 13 other specialties recognized as “high performing”
• Becker’s Hospital Review: named as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals five straight years (2014-2018)
Updated September 2018 Continued on back Nebraska Medicine is internationally-recognized for excellence in several areas of care:
Cancer • A leader in developing new processes for bone marrow transplant for leukemia/lymphoma patients • Founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Transplant • Home to the world’s busiest intestinal rehabilitation and transplant program • National leader in liver transplant • One of ten centers nationally certified to perform all solid organ transplants
Heart and Vascular • Nebraska Medicine did twice as many heart transplants as Mayo Clinic in 2017 • One of the leading centers nationally for ventricular assist devices • Recently hired 9 cardiologists to significantly expand the scope of services
Infectious Disease • Location of the nation’s largest biocontainment unit • One of three hospitals called upon to treat American Ebola patients in 2014 • Founding member of the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC)
Neurosciences • Level 4 epilepsy center • Recently hired a new team of epileptologists • Home to the region’s only MEG scanner for pinpointing seizure activity in the brain
Primary Care • Three new community clinics opened in the last two years • Two current clinics expanding into newer, larger locations by the end of 2018 • Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) designation at most Nebraska Medicine clinics • Operates student health centers at the University of Nebraska’s Omaha and Lincoln campuses
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