NEUBRASKA ™ About Us
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NEUBRASKA ™ is a medical services trademark of Healthy Nebraska, Inc., a for profit Nebraska healthcare corporation owned and operated by licensed Nebraska healthcare professionals. The trademark is formed by an abbreviated combination of NEUROLOGY and NEBRASKA. We partner with people and communities to protect, promote, and improve the healthcare facilities and healthcare services available for patients who suffer from neurological disorders, esp. Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease.
Cottonwood: State Tree of Nebraska
We accomplish our mission by:
• Providing and supporting the essential health services of:
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, health problems, and threats
to people's health.
Education, empowerment, and mobilization of individuals and communities to
prevent health problems and improve their health status.
Promotion of health policies and planning for individuals and community efforts to improve their health.
Recommending regulations and enforcement of public health laws and policies necessary to control disease and protect the public's well-being.
Facilitating access to health services for individuals of greatest need.
Critically evaluating and refining our healthcare activities and workforce competence.
• Supporting the health-care safety net for:
Adults, especially adults over 65 years of age, with special health-care needs
due to neurological disease or disorders.
Uninsured and under-insured people and families who need healthcare screening
and basic preventive medical care
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We will accomplish our mission and goals
by adhering to these values:
• Integrity in all of our actions to build patients' trust.
• Inclusiveness and diversity of perspectives to achieve the best solutions.
• Partnerships with people, communities, and organizations to build
a successful healthy community.
• Accountability and responsibility in the use of public resources.
OUR PRIORITIES
• Protect people against preventable deaths
due to cerebrovascular disease by improving early diagnosis rates and stroke
awareness.
• Focus on fitness by promoting healthy eating, tobacco cessation and
regular physical activity.
• Eliminate disparities in health among population groups.
500 West Leota Street #200
North Platte, Nebraska 69101
Byron L. Barksdale, M.D.
Phone: 308-532-4700
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