Nebraska news and information

Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would create a pilot program to offer behavioral health services to children through computer technology.
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Supporters of a proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska said they're willing to include cost safeguards within the bill, including a mandatory review of the program if its expenses were to skyrocket and a possible requirement that the state withdraw if the federal government fails to fund it as...
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Statewide health information exchanges in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois will be able to send and receive basic healthcare messages between each using the federally developed secure messaging protocol. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
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Statewide health information exchanges in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska will be able to send and receive basic healthcare messages between each other using the federally developed secure messaging protocol, the exchanges announced Tuesday.
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There is only a brief mention of Chuck Hagel in the unofficial history of the Veteran Affairs Department's venerable VistA electronic health-record system, but comrades in arms, even in a fight to develop a computer software system, have long memories.
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Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, Neb., has relied heavily on temporary emergency room physicians this year after breaking with its longtime ER group in February.
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Many patients at the Cancer Center at 208-bed Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb., either lack insurance and/or drive long distances to receive their care. In addition to the financial burdens of hospital bills, they struggle to cover their copayments on medications and the gas they need for...
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A University of Nebraska Medical Center study found that 11 of 93 counties in Nebraska don't have a primary-care physician, and the number of primary-care doctors in the state is lower than the American Medical Association previously reported.
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Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will lay off 38 workers by the end of the year and won't fill vacant positions as it adjusts to healthcare reforms.
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Great Plains Regional Medical Center, North Platte, Neb., has named Mark Clark CIO.
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