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Honoring VNS Health’s Nurses for National Nurses Month. See the Photos (and Videos)!
May 28, 2024–To celebrate National Nurses Month, events were held honoring VNS Health’s nurses in every New York City borough plus Westchester and Long Island. Click on the links below to see slideshows of our nursing colleagues in photos from each event—and don’t miss the videos featuring government officials giving special tributes to VNS Health at the Brooklyn and Bronx celebrations! Manhattan — May 3, 2024 Staten Island — May 7, 2024 Queens — May 9, 2024 Long Island — May 14, 2024 Westchester — May 16, 2024 Brooklyn — May 22, 2024 NYC Council Member and Former VNS Health Nurse Mercedes Narcisse at Brooklyn Nurses Month Giving VNS Health a Proclamation Bronx — May 23, 2024 Mahnoor Jaura from Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson’s Office Presenting a Proclamation for VNS Health In Honor of Nurses Month And a little music and dancing … Manhattan for New Nurses — May 31
Introducing “10 Minutes with Keith” – A New Video Series Highlighting Our Financial Health!
May 28, 2024–Hosted by Chief Financial Officer Keith Patterson, this new quarterly video series is designed to keep us all updated on VNS Health’s financial picture. To see what Keith has to say about our first-quarter 2024 results, click here below!
Appreciation, Accolades and Gratitude! It’s All Here In the Latest Batch of Letters and Commendations!
May 7, 2024–Nearly 100 people wrote letters, emailed, called or posted recently about how VNS Health team members provided an outstanding customer experience. To see for yourself, read on… For patient letters and member commendations by geography, click on the area below: Bronx “A big thank you to VNS Health and Lori!” A Bronx patient wrote a letter thanking her “wonderful” physical therapist Lori Buonaguro for being so “patient” and “instructive,” and for writing down all her PT exercises so she could easily continue them. “A big thank you to VNS Health and Lori!” “She is very good, she helps me a lot, and I like her very much!” Home health aide Lisbia Chavarria Mendieta was commended by one client who asked for Lisbia to “always be put on my case. She is very good, she helps me a lot, and I like her very much!” “Wonderful!” A Personal Care client was so happy
20 Minutes with Dan: Take a Spin on a Rubik’s Cube and Learn How We Solve Complex Care Needs
April 24, 2024–Heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and more! In this latest episode of 20-Minutes, CEO Dan Savitt looks at how VNS Health team members provide highly specialized care for our patients, members and clients. Click here below to view. On-the-Go Segments Bonus Feature! Specialized Care is All Around VNS Health Rubik’s Cube Intro and Specialized Care Interview with Monica Cayemitte and Deborah Wilson Diabetes Care: One of the Most Common Diagnoses at VNS Health How Specialized Wound Care Helped One Hospice Patient Dementia Care at Home, Featuring HHA Sohna Secka Even Dogs Provide Specialized Care at VNS Health!
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
You Saw the Solar Eclipse – Now See the Photos!
April 9, 2024–Many team members took a break Monday afternoon to view the hour-long solar eclipse – wearing their solar eclipse glasses, of course. Here are a few photos that team members took of the solar eclipse. If you have any solar eclipse photos that you’d also like to share with your colleagues on Frontline, please send them along! To submit your photo(s), click here.
Dan Lowenstein, SVP Government Affairs, Named to City & State’s “Who’s Who in Government Relations” List
April 9, 2024–
Sue Caputo, Former SVP of Business Development, Awarded Prestigious HCA Ruth F. Wilson Award
April 8, 2024–
What Do You Know About the Solar Eclipse? Take Our Quiz.
April 2, 2024–On April 8, a rare total solar eclipse took place in many parts of the country—including, starting around 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, parts of New York State. The full duration of the eclipse, including the portions where the moon only partially covers the sun, lasted a couple of hours. How much do you know about the solar eclipse and how to keep your eyes safe during the eclipse? Take our quiz and find out!