{"id":5544,"date":"2025-07-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:20:19","slug":"health-care-outreach-enhanced-with-the-opening-of-picotte-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/2025\/07\/18\/health-care-outreach-enhanced-with-the-opening-of-picotte-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Outreach Enhanced with the Opening of Picotte Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><strong>Blog Author<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Kiara Comfort, Community Outreach and Health Systems Librarian\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiara Comfort, Community Outreach and Health Systems Librarian, has been working with Dr. Sioban Wescott, Director of the Indigenous and Rural Health Program and Lisa Spellman, its program manager, to support the health needs of Indigenous tribes in Nebraska. Kiara has worked with these communities providing health information at community nights and health fairs, and promoting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/library\/services\/health-information.html\">UNMC Health Information Service.<\/a> This service is available to all residents and patients receiving health care in Nebraska who want information on health and wellness topics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outreach with the Picotte Center<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening of the Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center provides additional opportunities for the McGoogan Health Sciences Library to provide outreach. Health care providers and their patients can utilize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/library\/services\/health-information.html\">UNMC Health Information Service<\/a> to receive information about different health topics. This also provides additional access to reliable health information resources for residents of rural Nebraska.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about UNMC and the Munroe-Meyer Institute&#8217;s\u00a0collaboration with the Picotte Center in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/07\/11\/unmc-joins-in-collaboration-with-picotte-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"UNMC Today story, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNMC Today story<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5553\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nebraska Historical Marker: Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital in front of the renovated Picotte Center\" class=\"wp-image-5553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5552\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-3.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd gathered for the ribbon cutting celebration\" class=\"wp-image-5552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5550\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-5.jpg\" alt=\"A vibrant blue patterned shirt and skirt, head dress and moccasins Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte wore.\" class=\"wp-image-5550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5549\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-4.jpg\" alt=\"Oil on canvas portraits titled &quot;Susan La Flesche: Youth, Adult, Elder&quot; by Anthony Parker, 2024\" class=\"wp-image-5549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5551\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-2.jpg\" alt=\"Display of Dr. Picotte's artifacts that include (from left to right, top to bottom) a Hellige Hemometer (c. 1900), a hi-speed dispenser (c. 1905), her stethoscope and a copy of Steele's Series in the Natural Sciences\u2014Physiology Joel Dorman Steele (1872) textbook with her handwritten notes, blood pressure cuff and pump, and her doctor's bag.\" class=\"wp-image-5551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/07\/7-18-25-PicotteCenter-VisitTour-Kiara-Photos-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/voicedwhispering.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\" xTZK L dfDVnWsueTlEAC\"><!--  xTZK L dfDVnWsueTlEAC --><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog Author\u00a0Kiara Comfort, Community Outreach and Health Systems Librarian\u00a0 Kiara Comfort, Community Outreach and Health Systems Librarian, has been working with Dr. Sioban Wescott, Director of the Indigenous and Rural Health Program and Lisa Spellman, its program manager, to support the health needs of Indigenous tribes in Nebraska. 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