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Check Out the Latest “VNSNY in the News” Media Highlights!
May 6, 2022–RNs Ruth Caballero and Philip Leon Explain Why Home Health Matters in Manhattan Voice With National Nurses Week in full-swing, VNSNY RNs Ruth Caballero and Philip Leon were featured in a new piece published in Manhattan Voice, “Six Things You Might Not Know About Home Health Care Nurses.” Above all, the message they share is that home nursing is extremely fulfilling for those in the field, but also for the patients too. Read the whole piece here! Manhattan Voice is the #1 source for local news and health tips covering Manhattan. This article also ran in the online and print versions of Your Health Voice, Bronx Voice and Queens Voice for a total print circulation of 40,000 and 47,520 unique visitors per month. VNSNY Home Health Aide Geraldine Singleton on the Importance of Bringing Joy to Homebound Seniors VNSNY’s Senior Vice President of Partners in Care, James Rolla shares an
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Celebrating 125 Years: A Video Tribute to VNSNY’s Past, Present and Future
October 24, 2018–Click below to view VNSNY’s 125th Anniversary video. See VNSNY’s past come alive through historic photos and film clips—including footage of Lillian Wald herself! You’ll also hear from dozens of current VNSNY employees as they talk about VNSNY’s legacy of caring, and how that mission continues today.
VNSNY’s Board Supports Strategic Plan; Implementation Is Now Underway
October 18, 2018–Earlier this month, the VNSNY Board of Directors formally provided support for the second phase of VNSNY’s strategic planning process. “This is an important milestone,” says Marki Flannery, VNSNY’s President and CEO. “We are now working with teams across the entire enterprise to refine the tactics and measurements of our plan so that we can prepare a high-level, three-year financial forecast for our business.” This next body of work builds on VNSNY’s strategic framework (outlined in VNSNY Strategy Video Part 1) and the strategic workshops held this summer (highlighted in VNSNY Strategy Video #2). During those workshops, employees from across VNSNY came together to help shape the strategies for each of the framework’s seven goals and to start the work of identifying what needs to be done to achieve each goal. A progress report on that work was shared earlier this month in two meetings with management staff. Here are
An Interview with EVP and Chief Administrative Officer Michael Bernstein
October 11, 2018–This past June, Michael Bernstein rejoined VNSNY as EVP and Chief Administrative Officer, with oversight responsibilities for Quality and Customer Experience, Marketing, Development, Communications, Facilities, Administrative Services, ESPRIT Medical Care and the Center for Home Care Policy and Research. Michael previously held key leadership roles at VNSNY from 2005 to 2015, first as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer and then as Executive Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Marketing Officer. Welcome back! How would you say the organization has evolved since you were here last? VNSNY is undergoing a fundamental shift. We have the opportunity today to reinvent how care is brought to the home, in a way that will enable us to be a major player in the New York marketplace. On the provider side, we’ve always been focused on providing patient care for a defined period of time. Now, like the healthcare industry itself, we’re moving to a
How Much Do We Love Our New Offices? Enough to Make Us Dance!
September 20, 2018–This past Monday, September 17, VNSNY staff members from the CHHA, Clinical Operations Support, Weekend Operations, Customer Care, the Nurse-Family Partnership, Quality Care Management, Central Intake, CMHS, Population Health, Education, and UM and Assessment made the move from 1250 Broadway to the fifth and sixth floors of our new office space at 220 East 42nd Street. Frontline VNSNY was there to catch their first reactions—check out the photo gallery below! Plus, nearly 30 staff members celebrated the move in style, meeting up for a rolling flash dance through our new workspace to the beat of Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.” Click on the link below to watch their choreographed tour of the sixth floor.
Happy 125th Birthday to VNSNY and Henry Street Settlement!
September 17, 2018–VNSNY Joins Henry Street for a 125th Anniversary Party on Manhattan’s Lower East Side On Sunday afternoon, September 16th, just a stone’s throw from the building on Henry Street where Lillian Wald founded the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in 1893, VNSNY joined forces with its former sibling, the Henry Street Settlement, to mark their shared 125th anniversary. On a balmy late summer’s day, hundreds of community members came together with staff from the two organizations at the Sol Lain Playground on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to enjoy a range of ethnic cuisines representing the rich diversity of the community, as well as to participate in games, dancing, music, face-painting and other activities. The day’s highlight was the cutting of the official 125th birthday cake by VNSNY President and CEO Marki Flannery and Henry Street’s Executive Director, David Garza. Joining them for the cake-cutting were a number of elected officials, including U.S. Representatives
VNSNY’s Strategy for Success Video Series. Part Two: The Process
September 12, 2018–“Care is moving out of the hospital and into the home – and that’s where we are.” – David Rosales, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer As an important next step in VNSNY’s strategic planning process, dozens of staff members from across the organization came together over the past few weeks in a series of strategy workshops, generating hundreds of ideas. This four-minute video brings you inside these workshops, offering a look at how staff input is impacting our strategy. As David Rosales notes in the video, “The focus of our work going forward will be identify opportunities, to redesign our processes, and really invest in the tools and technologies that will really allow our staff to spend more time on what they’re passionate about.” The Take-Away: This short video takes you inside the process that will shape VNSNY’s strategic vision for the future.
Remembering 9/11
September 11, 2018–The following article is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to those who served in a rescue and recovery capacity that day and in the weeks afterward. You can also click here to read the special issue of Frontline published immediately after 9/11, which describes how our own staff responded to the tragedy. It was 17 years ago that the 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 3,000 people in New York City, along with hundreds of other victims in Washington DC and on the four planes commandeered for the attack. “Although it’s been a while now, it’s important that we never forget what happened that day,” says Frank Passarella, VNSNY’s Director of Safety and Security, who was a 9/11 first responder. Two weeks ago, he and his wife, Sonia Cuevas, both sat before a video camera in downtown Manhattan to record the stories of
With the Launch of Our New “Touching Lives” Marketing Campaign, VNSNY Is All Over Town
August 28, 2018–VNSNY is rolling out its new fall marketing campaign—and it’s making a splash all over town! As of this week… 1,200 overhead ads for VNSNY have been placed in New York City subway cars… …digital posters are running on screens in 50 subway entrance stairwells across Manhattan… …ads are posted on phone kiosks near six of our major hospital referrers… …and almost 200 New York City buses are featuring VNSNY ads on their side panels. The campaign also includes a series of digital banners… …and multilingual print ads in local publications, showing VNSNY clinicians caring for patients under the headline, “Touching 48,000 Lives Every Day.” And starting in early September, VNSNY street banners will also be posted in the Grand Central area surrounding our new offices at 220 East 42nd Street to coincide with VNSNY’s arrival in our new neighborhood. The marketing campaign, which will run through the
Marki Flannery Named One of NY’s “Notable Women in Health Care”
August 7, 2018–We are thrilled to announce that Marki Flannery, VNSNY’s President and CEO, has been selected for the first-ever list of “Notable Women in Health Care” in the New York metropolitan area, published by Crain’s New York Business. In their write-up, Crain’s praised Marki as “a stable presence at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York since 1982,” where her accomplishments have included building Partners in Care into the largest licensed home care agency in the New York City area—adding that when the organization’s CEO position became vacant, VNSNY’s Board “immediately chose her for the top spot.” Noting that VNSNY is the nation’s largest non-profit home care agency with over 48,500 patients and members in its care on any given day, Crain’s goes on to cite Marki as “a national expert on the challenges facing the home care industry.” With this wonderful recognition, the rest of the New York metro area—and the nation—are reminded of what we know