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The Philadelphia Inquirer Spotlights Groundbreaking Sepsis Research from Kathy Bowles and Research Team
October 21, 2024–
Meet a Team That’s Finding New and Better Ways to Provide Care!
October 7, 2024–Today’s video spotlight: Our incredible Research Center team! To see how their groundbreaking research is enhancing the quality of care for our patients, members and clients—and how it’s improving care across the U.S. and around the world! To see how—watch here below. On-the-Go Segments: Part One: SVP Tim Peng Introduces the Essential Role of Our Research Center Team Part Two: Changing the World One ICD Code at a Time Part Three: Ever Wonder How YOU Could Be Part of a Research Study? Part Four: Data Science and AI’s Evolving Role in Helping Provide Better Care Part Five: VNS Health Researchers and Their Projects!
Home Health Care News Shares How VNS Health Sepsis Research is Transforming Post-Acute Care
October 4, 2024–
PIX11 Reports on New CDC Guidelines Created as Result of VNS Health Research
September 30, 2024–
Yahoo! Finance Shares How Groundbreaking VNS Health Research Led to New CDC Guidelines for Caring for Sepsis Survivors
September 30, 2024–
Associated Press Shares How New ICD Code Was Created as a Result of VNS Health Research
September 30, 2024–
Breaking Down Siloes to Address Health Care Gaps in the Rockaways and Staten Island
September 30, 2024–Team members from across the organization roll out two strategic initiatives centered on the geographically isolated Rockaways in Southern Queens and at-risk communities in Staten Island. The goal of these initiatives is to address health care gaps in these communities, which have higher rates of chronic illness and less access to health care than other parts of the city. At the same time, the initiatives aim to increase local market share of our Provider lines of business and our Health Plans and enhance our visibility in these underserved neighborhoods.
Michelle Antonucci Featured in a Story Collider Podcast About Caring for Her Deaf Mother
September 25, 2024–Sometimes life throws a curveball and children end up being the ones looking after their parents. This is the theme of a just released Story Collider podcast featuring our own Michelle Antonucci, Director, HR Shared Services Operations. Michelle told her story about caring for her deaf mother in front of a live audience (and without notes!) earlier this year in lower Manhattan. To hear Michelle’s moving story, click here.
CDC Adds New Code for Sepsis Aftercare Based on VNS Health Research
September 24, 2024–On October 1, a new “Encounter for Sepsis Aftercare” diagnostic code (z51A) will be added to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) list. When included in a patient’s medical records, the new code will alert care providers that the patient recently had sepsis while in the hospital so they can develop their plan of care accordingly. Patients who have had sepsis require close monitoring after discharge from a hospital to prevent readmission. More than 20% of sepsis survivors are rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge. Among those readmitted, nearly one-third are readmitted within seven days. The need for this new code was first identified in a 2020 study by VNS Health researchers. Dr. Kathryn Bowles, Director of the Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health, and her team then led a successful effort to convince the Centers for Disease Control of the need for the new diagnostic