The new Lauritzen Outpatient Center and Fritch Surgery Center, located at 40th and Emile streets, will provide improved access and convenience to patients needing outpatient services. The facility is expected to be completed by the summer of 2016. Read more.

Rehabilitation services and long-term hospital care will soon be available to Nebraska Medicine patients through a partnership with Madonna Rehabiliation Hospital. Madonna is building a 110-bed facility west of Village Pointe that will provide the full continuum of inpatient rehabilitation care for adult and pediatric patients. Read more.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects millions of Americans each year. It can cause painful cramps in the legs when walking or going up a flight of stairs. Left untreated, it can lead to amputation. Nebraska Medicine's David Vogel, MD, vascular surgeon, is one of a few physicians in the country to offer new technology that can treat more difficult cases of PAD with better results. To learn more, click here.

Did you know by the time smokers have symptoms of lung cancer, it's usually more difficult to treat? Nebraska Medicine now offers a low-dose CT scan for just $200 that can detect lung cancer earlier in current or former habitual smokers -- often early enough to treat and cure the cancer. This special offer is available at Nebraska Medicine's Village Pointe Cancer Center. Call 800-922-0000 to make an appointment.

To learn more, visit NebraskaMed.com/lungcancer.

Nebraska Medicine is looking for nurses with at least one year of experience after nursing school. Want to learn more about nursing opportunities at Nebraska Medicine? Click here.