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New director, hours at health center Weekday service expands By Sarah Baker Assignment Reporter A new director isn’t the only change in store for the University Health Center this year. Besides appointing new director Linda Herrmann, the health center is ini tiating new hours and procedures to strengthen the services provid ed for students on campus. Herrmann took over the direc tor’s post July 1. Peg Blake, asso ciate vice chancellor and now the director of admissions, held the position Jjefore. Herrmann has been with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1996 and was the associate director of clin ical services at the health center. She is a specialist in internal medicine and has worked at the University of Illinois at Rockford as the medical director and the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Herrmann said she was pleased with the changes to the health center. “In a world where the health care industry continues to change, we continue to review our ser vices and make changes to pro vide UNL students the best quali ty and convenient health care ser i vices as possible,” she said. “These recommendations are an excellent enhancement to our established clinic services.” Carol Ash, health center com munity coordinator, said the biggest change the center made was with its hours. The health center used to be open Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon for emergen cies but now will be closed. The health center looked at the number of students who visited the center during different times and then reorganized the hours accordingly, Ash said. “We saw that not too many stu dents were actually visiting the center on Sundays for any emer gency situations,” Ash said. “We closed the center on Sundays, but then scheduled more hours for appointments on both the week days and Saturday, which is a big improvement in convenience for students, especially those who work and couldn’t make it to the center during our old appointment times.” The center is now open week days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., instead of until 5 p.m., as it was in the past. Saturdays, the hours are 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., a change from the old hours of 10 to noon. This appointment system is not only more convenient for stu dents, Ash said, but is also teach ing them about health care. “Our new appointment process teaches students what it is like to take care of their own health-care processes in the real community,” Ash said. “This is something they can use in the future.” The changes were put into place after a review team made up of students and health center clin ical staff met to evaluate how well the health center resources were being used, Ash said. Specific topics the team reviewed include hours of opera tion, urgent care services, after hours services, appointment pro cedures, quality of medical clinic visits and East Campus services. After these topics were reviewed, a list of definite changes was tar geted. These changes include: ■ Nurses taking calls over the phone. This allows students the option to call instead of coming in to ask a nurse about their con cerns. These nurses are there to answer questions and make sure students receive proper care. Please see HEALTH on 8 NURSE VICKI BRACHT, left, senior biology major Jenny Starr and the new University Health Center Director Linda Herrmann discuss changes to the new nurse triage room. Starr and Herrmann were part of the clinical services review team that searched for potential changes to the health center so it could serve students better. BUCKLE^mi997 TOELOOK Lucky - Dr. Martens - Mossimo - Tommy Jeans - CK and more! m Gateway Mall - Lincoln Crossroads Indian Creek Mall - Beatrice Westgate uen / /^WELCOME PACK U N U ^LET5 PARTY! fig ^ EVERY _ -*■ ii.»i PAPER WAREHOUSE welcomes all UHL students bade forthe new school year. And whatever party, event or entertainment needs yon have, you'll find them at PAPER WAREHOUSE at BIO WAREHOUSE SAVINGS! k And it's all at our low warehouse prices!!! WE RE E ASY TO FIND: I " _ k Mii^i ^ LINCOLN f Ml Birtil Mtfe St, 56ti St. * Kvy X 464-8201 421-7810 H088S; W-7 »?«•* $*;•*** S*«; JJ.SS vs 5