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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
OKR (Objectives and Key Results) Easy Reference Guide
June 1, 2021–In addition to the OKR foundational training and the OKR writing workshop that many of you have taken (or will take soon), we thought it would be useful to provide you with an easy reference guide on how OKRs will move us forward as an organization. 1. OKRs are a journey that we’re all on together. An OKR objective isn’t something that can be accomplished in a day or two—your OKRs are quarterly goals, and we will continue to revisit them over time. 2. OKRs allow us to be more focused both as employees and as an organization. They allow us to focus on a smaller number of key priorities, and also help ensure we’re aligned with our Mission; our 3 Core Values—Empathy, Agility, and Integrity; and our 5 enterprise-wide OKR objectives: Make leaps in our consumer experience so that we consistently exceed expectations Become the region’s employer of choice
NYC PATCH Features VNSNY Veteran Liaison for Military Appreciation Month
June 1, 2021–
NYC PATCH Features VNSNY Vaccination Program
June 1, 2021–
“Who’s Your Nursing Hero?” Check Out This Special Nurses Month Slideshow!
May 28, 2021–At one point or another, we have all encountered someone who has inspired us in our work. So as National Nurses Month draws to a close, Frontline asked our VNSNY nursing staff to tell us about their own sources of inspiration— the individuals who motivated them as children, as nursing students, and now as health care providers. Below are some of the many responses sent in by VNSNY’s nurses from across the organization. Thank you all for sharing with us, and for touching the lives of so many of our patients, members and clients. Happy Nurses Month! If you’d like to contribute a hero, it’s not too late. Click here and we’ll add it to the slideshow.
VNSNY Commemorates Memorial Day: Hear What Memorial Day Means to Our VNSNY Veterans
May 26, 2021–On Monday, May 31st, America celebrates Memorial Day and honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and our freedoms. In this special Memorial Day video, Frontline interviewed several VNSNY staff who are veterans and asked what Memorial Day means to them. To hear their moving tributes, click on the video below. In addition to this special Memorial Day video, we are also pleased to share the following poem by Robert Longley, which was adapted by Joe Vitti, Director of VNSNY’s Hospice Veterans Program.