Nebraska Governor Announces Launch Of Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Governor Pete Ricketts announced the launch of Nebraska's first addiction medicine fellowship program. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Attorney General’s office, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) teamed up to create the program and will partner to oversee it. The fellowship model provides fellows with experience in the prevention, clinical evaluation, treatment, and long-term monitoring of addiction disorders. The training emphasizes the management of medical, psychiatric, and social conditions in the comprehensive care of these individuals and is informed by a wide range of evidence-based interventions. The educational program . . .