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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
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Talk about Amazing Consumer Experiences! Check Out These Latest Letters and Calls!
January 16, 2024–79 VNS Health team members and 17 teams made such an outstanding impression on our patients, members, clients as well as their family members that they wrote letters, called, emailed, and even drew a picture to show just how pleased they were with the care they received. To see for yourself, read on… For patient letters and member commendations by geography, click on the area below: Bronx “I would recommend VNS Health without any hesitation!” Multiple family members of hospice patients with the Bronx North Hospice Team thanked the team for all they did to help their loved ones, calling the team “outstanding” and stating, “without your help, we were lost.” One relative added that they “would recommend VNS Health without any hesitation!” “VNS Health was a found treasure during this time of need and difficulty.” The Bronx South Hospice Team was thanked by a patient’s relatives for being “a found
VNS Health in 2023 — Year in Review
December 26, 2023–What a year 2023 has been! From new online portals to important milestones, from historic rainfalls to NBC-TV’s TODAY Show, here is a month-by-month summary of some of our significant accomplishments over the past year. Before you scroll down the list, though, be sure to check out our VNS Health 2023 Holiday Card immediately below! January Milestones! In 2023… For the third straight year, Dan Savitt is named to the City & State Health Care Power 100 List. The Power 100 recognizes New York’s most influential leaders and decision-makers in health care. Team members mark MLK Day of Service. On January 16th, in honor of Dr. King’s spirit, 172 VNS Health team members mail greeting cards to over 2,500 VNS Health patients, members, and clients. “Win-Win” Referrals Employee Referral Program Campaign Launches. One of the best ways that VNS Health hires clinicians and home health aides is through referrals. This “Win-Win”
VNS Health Celebrates the Holidays—See the Photos!
December 21, 2023–‘Tis the season to be jolly! See the photos. To see how teams across VNS Health celebrated the occasion—and view some fabulous holiday outfits—flip through here below. If you’d like us to add your team photos, send them to us by clicking here.
VNS Health Team Members Put Our Mission in Action Through Acts of Service in the Community
December 20, 2023–The spirit of generosity and camaraderie is alive and well at VNS Health this holiday season, as team members from around the organization put our mission into action through acts of service in the community. Check out these recent examples below—and be sure to let us know if you have an act of service that you would like featured as well. Marketing and Development Teams Prepare Food for God’s Love We Deliver On December 14th, 33 members of the Marketing and Development teams reported bright and early for kitchen prep duty at the Manhattan headquarters of God’s Love We Deliver, which cooks and home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves. Together, the teams worked tirelessly to help prepare 13,000 meals, including more than 4,000 beef patties, 14,000 chicken drumsticks, and pounds of pasta, quinoa and cookies! Catherine Callaway, Senior Vice President, Marketing
Video Introducing VNS Health’s Three-Year Strategic Plan!
December 20, 2023–Every 3 years, VNS Health refreshes its Strategic Plan, with the goal of driving our mission forward and providing a clear vision for the years ahead. We’re now at that point in time. In this short 3-minute video, CEO Dan Savitt introduces VNS Health’s new 3-year Strategic Plan, outlining our vision and main goals, as well as the strategic pillars that will guide us. To learn more about our 3-year Strategic Plan – and how it involves all of us – please click on the screen below.
Team Members Share Their Proudest Accomplishments of 2023!
December 12, 2023–From patients walking again, to new services for our health plan members… In this special year-end edition of “Ask VNS Health,” team members from across the organization reveal their proudest accomplishments of the past year – and what they hope to accomplish in 2024. Click here to find out what your colleagues said! To watch more ASK VNS Health videos, click here.
VNS Health Hospice Clinicians Featured on NBC’s Sunday TODAY Show!
December 11, 2023–Eight VNS Health hospice clinicians recently gathered in honor of National Home Care and Hospice Month to pose for a photo that was submitted to NBC’s Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist. Willie’s team chose to feature our photo yesterday—Sunday, December 10th! This top-rated national TV show has an estimated audience of over 21 million viewers. Hats off to Malaika Alleyne, Milena Zaprianova, Jasmine Tsai, Marc Desormeau, Natalie LoDolce, Maxine Morales, Emma Finn, and Natalie Festa for putting on their brightest smiles in this Sunday TODAY “Mug Shot!” Watch the video here!
For Home Health Care News, Catherine Schaefer, AVP of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, Shares How Data Informs VNS Health’s Work
December 4, 2023–
CEO Dan Savitt Named “Power Player in Health Care” by PoliticsNY and amNY
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