Public Affairs Procedures: Difference between revisions

All contact made with news media will be initiated by the UNMC Department of Public Affairs media relations staff. Faculty, staff or students with story ideas shall relay them to media relations staff in the department who will, if appropriate, proceed to coordinate the story between the individual who initiated it and the media. Should a UNMC Department of Public Affairs media relations representative need to be reached after business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) due to emergency or routine nature, contact shall be made through the university operator at 559-4000. A media relations representative can be paged.

See UNMC Policy No. 6030, [Informed Consent for UNMC Media | Informed Consent for UNMC Media Production and Distribution] and related procedures.

 

Permission to videotape, photograph or interview UNMC faculty, staff, students or patients should be coordinated through UNMC Department of Public Affairs media relations staff. In accordance with HIPPA, media requests to interview patients will first require a physician’s or health care professionals’ approval and initiation in order to find an appropriate patient for the interview. When the physician/health care professional receives a verbal consent from the patient for an interview, the patient will be asked to sign a UNMC/The Nebraska Medical Center Media Authorization Form before conducting the interview. The interview shall not proceed unless the patient has signed the form. The patient shall receive a copy of the form and UNMC also shall file the form.