CIMRO of Nebraska with NET Television and Radio worked together to support the PBS primetime documentary Remaking American Medicine...Health Care for the 21st Century.  The programs aired October 2006 on PBS.  The local call-in program, Remaking Nebraska Medcine: A Nebraska Connects special aired in late October.  To view the program, please visit NET's web site .

Remaking American Medicine, a four-part PBS series, told the stories of individuals and institutions struggling to address the often life-threatening problems Americans routinely encounter when dealing with the healthcare system and reveal what is being done to provide safer, more effective care. The series focused on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and will featured profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way healthcare is delivered in this country.  

CIMRO of Nebraska and NET worked with a coalition of Nebraska healthcare organizations and key stakeholders to identify healthcare issues in Nebraska who are working to raise awareness on the healthcare quality improvement movement and motivating community members to become advocates for improving care for themselves and their families. 

A national public outreach campaign helped spread the word about the work being done to improve healthcare and to generate the widest possible audience for the public television series. Over 40 national organizations signed on as National Partners, including healthcare providers, purchasers, consumers and patient advocates, healthcare experts and government and regulatory groups. These organizations alerted their members and encouraged them to participate in community-based activities designed to draw public attention to improving the quality of healthcare. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approved the involvement of Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) in Remaking American Medicine, and the outreach campaign as part of the program’s effort to promote quality improvement.