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3 AI Solutions That Could Be Game Changers for Provider Services
August 11, 2025–INSIDE PROVIDER SERVICES with David Rosales Welcome to the latest installment of “Inside Provider Services,” my column in which I talk about important things that are happening within our Home Care, Hospice, Behavioral Health, Personal Care and Care Management Organization teams. One topic that’s been getting a lot of attention lately—and that I’m very excited about—is artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI solutions can enhance the way we work. I believe AI is going to transform our organization and how we provide care at VNS Health. AI not only has the potential to improve the quality of our care and the consumer experience, but it’s going to free us from having to do repetitious tasks that take up a lot of time, so we can focus more on the care itself. Here are a few examples of what I mean: Documenting Home Care and Hospice clinical visits Documentation is one
Ever Wonder What It’s Like to Be a VNS Health Summer Intern?
July 28, 2025–To find out, watch this short video! It features some of the 49 students who are interning at VNS Health this summer. To view the video—watch here below. And to see a list of all our 2025 summer interns and the departments they are working in—click here!
How Team Members Are Harnessing AI in Their Daily Jobs
July 14, 2025–In his July CEO Zoom, CEO Dan Savitt introduced VNS Health’s new Top Company Objective: Harness AI to transform how we engage, support, and care for those we serve, empowering our teams to achieve superior health outcomes. This transformation has already begun, with team members from across the organization using AI to empower how they do their daily work. If you would like to share how you are using AI, please click here to answer a very short survey. We’d love to hear from you! To give you just a small example, here is how 16 team members said they’re using AI to help them in their jobs:
First Cohort Completes Leadership Development Program
June 24, 2025–On June 18, 14 Vice Presidents and Directors from across the organization completed our first “Leadership Unlocked” program, a dynamic 15-week Leadership Development Program designed to deepen each participant’s leadership capabilities through interactive learning experiences, coaching, assessments, VNS Health site visits and internal networking opportunities. Our first cohort concluded with two final projects, focused on Patient Satisfaction and Member Experience. A second cohort will be launched in the Fall, and additional cohorts will be offered in 2026. See the photos here of their final presentations and graduation!
New Tablets Empower Clinicians with Faster, Lighter Technology
June 24, 2025–VNS Health has begun rolling out upgraded clinical tablets to our Home Care team and the Hospice team is conducting a pilot, with deployment running now through mid-2026. The new Samsung Tab Active5 tablets offer faster processing speeds, a rear-facing flash for enhanced wound care photography, a lightweight design, and longer battery life that’s ideal for clinicians on the go. Extensive testing and clinician input was conducted in making the upgrade, with the goal of creating a better overall work experience. Clinicians can choose between an 8” tablet or a 10” tablet and accessories such as hand and shoulder straps. “These tablets are about giving clinicians the best tools to do their jobs more easily and effectively,” says Russell Meyers, Mobility Services Manager. “We want this technology to enhance their day-to-day work and be one more reason they feel supported at VNS Health.” The new tablets should do just that: They are approximately half the weight
Congratulations to Our Latest Nurse Residency Grads! Photos!
June 24, 2025–In early June, a graduation celebration was held at our 220 office for the latest cohort of nurses in VNS Health’s Nurse Residency Program: Yael Abramov, Alysson Arikian, Jonathan Cantillo, Ruby Davudov, Anna Khurshudyan, Quintarra Lee and Malaysia Mills. The Nurse Residency is a comprehensive two-year program designed to help make the growing field of home-care nursing more accessible to new nurses. The curriculum includes several weeks of daily classes, after which the nurse residents shadow experienced VNS Health nurse preceptors in the field, gaining invaluable hands-on experience, skills, and confidence. For more information about our Nurse Residency Program, click here. Plus, see the graduation photos below!
“An A+!” … “I Would Cry My Eyes Out If She Left!” … Check Out These Outstanding Consumer Experiences!
June 10, 2025–Over the past four months, more than 70 team members and teams from across the organization provided such an outstanding consumer experience that people wrote letters, called, emailed, or posted about them. To view their grateful notes and comments, simply scroll down or click on any of the areas below: Bronx “A wonderful combination of compassion and competency.” A Bronx Home Care patient left a compliment on social media for nurse Donna Marcu. Donna is “a wonderful combination of compassion and competency,” the patient wrote. “She is an absolutely lovely person and is a credit to her profession, your organization, and to herself. Working with her was an absolute pleasure.” “I would cry my eyes out if she left.” Home health aide Naomi Zampaligre was recently praised by a client’s mother who noted how “thorough, professional, kind, and compassionate” Naomi is in caring for her son, who is deaf. “The
Amsterdam News Profiles Hospice RN Elaine Gillard
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Hospice News Spotlights VNS Health for Our Work Integrating Behavioral Health and Hospice Care
June 4, 2025–