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20 Minutes with Dan: Celebrating Our 2024 Achievements!
December 18, 2024–“When I look back at all we’ve accomplished together this year, I have to say, it makes me very proud,” says CEO Dan Savitt at the start of this special holiday version of 20 Minutes with Dan. To see the many achievements we’ve had as an organization in 2024 and how they’re having a real impact on our patients, members and clients, watch here below. On-the-Go Segments Act 1: Intro and Health Plans Team is Extending Our Mission to New Yorkers Upstate Act 2: A Day in the Life of a Recent Nurse Residency Graduate Act 3: Our Newly Opened CCBHC Clinic Including Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the South Bronx Act 4: More Amazing 2024 Achievements to be Proud Of!
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“20 Minutes with Dan:” What Makes Our Health Plans So Unique?
June 20, 2024–In this latest episode of “20 Minutes with Dan,” CEO Dan Savitt looks at what makes our health plans truly unique – both in the NYC area and in upstate New York. How do we ensure that both urban and rural New Yorkers with complex health conditions lead their best possible lives? Click here below to see. On-the-Go Segments Intro: Helping People Live Their Best Lives (2 minutes) Our Five Health Plans and Who They Serve (3 minutes) John Burke: Making Things Simpler for Plan Members (4 minutes) Special Announcement from Albany: Interview with an MLTC Plan Member (2 minutes) Empowering Plan Members with Extra Benefits (2 minutes) Special Announcement: Luis Rodriguez on Enhancing Team Members’ Access to Data (1 minute) Building Strong Ties in Upstate NY: An Interview with Pat Deferio (4 minutes) Special Announcement: Meet Our New Upstate Plan Partners! (2 minutes) Closing Word from Dan: Keeping Our Relationships Strong (1 minute)
20 Minutes with Dan: Take a Spin on a Rubik’s Cube and Learn How We Solve Complex Care Needs
April 24, 2024–Heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and more! In this latest episode of 20-Minutes, CEO Dan Savitt looks at how VNS Health team members provide highly specialized care for our patients, members and clients. Click here below to view. On-the-Go Segments Bonus Feature! Specialized Care is All Around VNS Health Rubik’s Cube Intro and Specialized Care Interview with Monica Cayemitte and Deborah Wilson Diabetes Care: One of the Most Common Diagnoses at VNS Health How Specialized Wound Care Helped One Hospice Patient Dementia Care at Home, Featuring HHA Sohna Secka Even Dogs Provide Specialized Care at VNS Health!
20 Minutes with Dan: Cherishing Belief in Children
February 28, 2024–Lillian Wald, the founder of VNS Health, once said, “We cherish belief in the children, and hope, through them, for the future.” In Dan’s first episode of 2024, the focus is on the breadth and depth of programs that VNS Health provides to children today. To see the many ways VNS Health is making a difference for children, watch here below. On-the-Go Segments Caring for Children Intro With a Special Message from Children of VNS Health Team Members—Part 1 Critical Care for an Asylum Seeker—Part 2 Giving First Time Moms and Their Babies a Strong Start—Part 3 Suicide Prevention for At-Risk Youth—Part 4 “How Can I Help?” Caring for a Terminally Ill Child—Part 5
20 Minutes with Dan: VNS Health Provides Hope and Care for New Yorkers Coping with Cancer
December 20, 2023–In this latest episode of “20 Minutes with Dan,” CEO Dan Savitt takes us through the many ways VNS Health team members support the needs of someone living with a cancer diagnosis. Watch this touching episode below. On-the-Go Segments Dan’s Intro with a personal thank you—Part 1 Caring for a 93-year-old health plan member—Part 2 Dan meets Hospice patient Tony and the love of his life, Elsie—Part 3 BONUS CLIP: Caring for schizophrenic client from our Parachute Program—Part 4 High 5 with Debbie Sticoff—Part 5
20 Minutes with Dan: Caring for Older New Yorkers—from “Grand Dames” to the 100-Year-Old-Plus Club!
October 24, 2023–In this latest episode of “20 Minutes with Dan,” CEO Dan Savitt spotlights how team members are delivering our mission to patients, members and clients in their 80s, 90s and even 100s. Watch this “five-hanky episode” here bellow. On-the-Go Segments Dan’s Intro, “How We Care” Team Member Slide Show, and “I’m a Grand Dame!” Cameo—Part 1 101-Year-Old Ruth and HHA Veronica Egharevba, RN Judith Spencer-Thomas and PT Steve Wong—Part 2 “Uncle Lew’s” Story with Care Coordinator Yan Ying Su and HHA Shu Mei Guan—Part 3 Justina’s Story With Psychiatric Social Worker Evelyn Pozo—Part 4 Rosa’s Story with Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Beth Glick and a Big High 5—Part 5
20 Minutes with Dan: Homelessness Touches Us All
August 29, 2023–New Yorkers of all races, genders, and backgrounds experience homelessness. What is VNS Health doing to help ease the situation? In our latest episode of “20 Minutes with Dan,” CEO Dan Savitt talks to some of the team members who are working to prevent or address homelessness and housing insecurity in New York. To watch this very special mission-in-action episode of 20 Minutes, watch here below. On-the-Go Segments Introduction On How Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Affects Us All Bearing Witness: 14 Team Members Define the Impact of Homelessness Housing Insecurity and SelectHeallth Plan Members Childrens Mobile Crisis Team Provides Emergency Mental Health Support for Families in Shelters Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Provides Long-Term Support for Clients Who Sometimes Live on the Streets Hi-Five Montage Highlights How We All Make a Difference for Those With Housing Insecurity
“20 Minutes with Dan” Celebrates VNS Health’s 130th Anniversary!
June 26, 2023–Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for an inspiring trip to the past, present and future of VNS Health! This 130th Anniversary Special Edition of “20 Minutes with Dan” celebrates our mission and the many ways that VNS Health continually innovates to better meet the needs of New Yorkers. Time travel with Dan and your colleagues here below: SIDE NOTE: Lillian Wald fans won’t want to miss Women’s Work at the New-York Historical Society, July 21, 2023 through July 7, 2024. The exhibit looks at the scope and range of women’s labor, including the medical field, throughout New York City’s history through 45 objects, photographs, and prints. Learn more at nyhistory.org. On-the-Go Segments Introduction and the Past—Part 1 Interview with NY Historical Society and the Present—Part 2 The Future—Part 3 Team Member Predictions—Part 4
“20 Minutes with Dan” Spotlights Our Health Home Program
April 11, 2023–As baseball season gets underway, this month’s “20 Minutes with Dan” celebrates yet another VNS Health “home run.” In this episode, CEO Dan Savitt spotlights Behavioral Health’s Health Home program—and client Adrian Soto’s moving journey from homelessness to running the NYC Marathon. Watch here below to see how Adrian got his life back on track. After you watch the episode, take our quiz to be entered into a $200 gift card raffle by clicking here. On-the-Go Segments Introduction to VNS Health’s Health Home Program and Adrian’s Story Part One “Sticking with the Program” Adrian’s Story Part 2 “Rebuilding Hope and Strength” Adrian’s Story Part 3 “Go Do It” Adrian’s Story Part 4 and the High-Five To view other episodes of “20 Minutes with Dan”, click here.
What Does a Pivot Look Like at VNS Health in 2023? “20 Minutes with Dan” Takes a look!
February 13, 2023–In this year’s first episode, CEO Dan Savitt examines how pivots and unlocking new ways of thinking are key as we continue to shape the future of our organization. To learn more about some notable VNS Health pivots—and to watch a special cameo appearance by Lillian Wald and a special blast-from-the-past Batmobile 180—click here below to view the full episode! On-the-Go Segments Introduction Pivot Power Health Care Transformation Pivot Stories VNS Health Pivot History with Lillian Wald Hi-Five With the Chat Room Team