Organizational News
A Man Is Sitting on the Hood of Your Car. What Should You Do?
April 16, 2024–VNS Health is committed to keeping its team members safe, particularly those who work in the field. To that end, VNS Health has an individual on staff whose primary focus is to keep team members safe. Our Emergency Management and Employee Safety Director, Lauren Campbell, works with departments across the organization as well as outside agencies to implement and maintain ways to keep both team members in the field and those based in the office as safe as possible. Here, below are four true-life situations experienced by VNS Health team members. We’ve included how the team member responded, and Lauren’s advice on what to do if something similar should ever happen to you. Do you have a safety-related question for Lauren that you’d like to be considered in our next safety article? If yes, click here to submit. “A man was sitting on the hood of my car.“ “Around 4:30
Sue Caputo, Former SVP of Business Development, Awarded Prestigious HCA Ruth F. Wilson Award
April 8, 2024–
Latest Organizational News
Frontline Asked Staff: “How Do You Think OKRs Will Add Value to VNSNY?”
June 28, 2021–Individual OKRs are due tomorrow, June 30th. Have you done yours yet? If you haven’t – and even if you have – you’ll want to watch this video in which “Ask VNSNY” host Amery Moultry asked staff from around the organization: “How do you think OKRs will add value to VNSNY?” To hear what they had to say, click here below.
Special Pride Video: We Asked LGBTQ+ Staff to Share a Coming-Out Moment That Now Makes You Smile
June 28, 2021–In this second video of our two-part series commemorating Pride Month, “Ask VNSNY” host Amery Moultry discusses the history and issues around coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and asks LGBTQ+ employees from around the organization to share a coming-out moment that they have come to find humorous. To hear their inspiring and poignant answers, click here below.
As of Today, You’ll Be Receiving Your VNSNY News in a Much Better—and Easier—Way!
June 24, 2021–At 6:00 pm last night, a major improvement was made in the way you’ll be receiving your VNSNY news. As you begin your day today, when you click on an Internet browser (Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) on your VNSNY computer or other electronic device, you’ll now go straight to the Frontline home page instead of the VNSNY Intranet. Why the change? It’s to keep you better informed about things that are happening around VNSNY. You’ll Now Have Your Finger on the Pulse of the Organization. With this change, each time you go to the Intranet, you’ll be able to catch up on all of the latest VNSNY news—the latest News Briefs, letters and commendations, staff profiles, Ask VNSNY videos, and updates on new programs and initiatives, as well as our CEO Dan Savitt’s monthly show, 30 Minutes with Dan. You’ll also be able to check out old articles, stories, and
Special Pride Video: We Asked LGBTQ+ Staff to Share a Coming-Out Moment that Makes You Most Proud
June 24, 2021–Get ready to be incredibly moved. In this first video of our two-part series commemorating Pride Month and the start of Pride Weekend, “Ask VNSNY” host Amery Moultry discusses the history and issues around coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and asks LGBTQ+ employees from around the organization to share a coming-out moment that made them especially proud. To hear their inspiring and poignant answers, click here below.
PDV Health Podcast Features VNSNY CEO Dan Savitt and Hospice and Palliative Care Team
June 15, 2021–
VNSNY Impact Challenge: Defining Health Care Disparities
June 10, 2021–The VNSNY Impact Challenge will focus on reducing health care disparities. For this competition, a health care disparity is defined as: preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Health disparities typically impact groups who have experienced greater obstacles to health based on their race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental health, sexual orientation, or gender identity. For additional background on health care disparities, click here. Factors that influence health care disparities include: Social and physical environmental conditions Lack of access for telehealth options No access to insurance coverage No availability of linguistically appropriate care Limited access to primary and preventive health care Quality of health care received Limited access to healthy foods Any of these “stressors” can impact health: Stress seems to worsen or increase the risk of conditions like obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer’s
Crain’s Health Pulse Features VNSNY’s Effort in NYC Homebound COVID-19 Vaccination Program (CMS Increased Payments)
June 10, 2021–
VNSNY Introduces LGBTQ+ Care Type: A New Care Delivery Model Tailored to LGBTQ+ Patients, Clients and Members
June 8, 2021–VNSNY has long been a leader in providing safe, whole-person, culturally sensitive care to all LGBTQ+ individuals. The organization is now taking this approach to the next level with the introduction this month of the LGBTQ+ Care Type care delivery model—an important step that is especially fitting during Pride Month! The “Care Type” model takes into account specific aspects of a person’s health profile. In this case, it references patients, clients and plan members who self-identified as LGBTQ+ at a referring organization and who, upon intake to VNSNY, or at any time during their care, elect to take advantage of VNSNY’s LGBTQ+ program or services. Important elements of the organization-wide program include staff training and awareness, data collection to inform and improve outcomes, and a highly collaborative and integrative approach to ensure 360-degree, inclusive care for all patients. For example, the Care Type model can help determine which health screenings
Find Out What’s Happening … News from Around VNSNY
June 2, 2021–Welcome to the latest edition of “News Briefs from Around VNSNY”— featuring quick updates on recent news and virtual events across the organization. If you have a news brief you’d like to be considered for an upcoming edition, please click here to submit your idea. VNSNY on Exhibit! Need an idea for a quick day trip? The beautiful Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut, is featuring an exhibit called “Health, Healing & Addiction in 19th Century America,” open to the public through October 17th. It covers the history of health care, including the extraordinary breakthroughs that led to the birth of modern medicine and public health. The exhibit also looks at rising addiction rates, which were pervasive in the 19th century through easy access to unregulated, over-the-counter “remedies.” Also on display are rare artifacts, instruments, costumes, and photographs from the Lockwood and Mathews families, as well as loans from private collections and