Innovations in Care

The leader in community-based care, VNSNY delivers innovative, outcomes-driven, cost-effective solutions your practice and your patients depend on.

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Innovations in Care

For 125 years and counting, VNSNY has been at the forefront of health care innovation, leading the way in creating a coordinated system of care in the home and the community.

What sets us apart? Our expertise in care management, including the clinical algorithms and evidence-based practices we use to deliver care. We have the size and scale to assume risk, to develop and refine cutting-edge care delivery and payment models, and to employ tools and technology that optimize outcomes, enhance the patient experience, and reduce costs.

Preventing Rehospitalizations through Comprehensive Care Management

Preventing Rehospitalizations through Comprehensive Care Management

VNSNY’s care management approach has already reduced hospital readmission rates by 5 to 10 percent for its patient population admitted under value-based payment models. Read More

Embedding with a Home Hospice Team

Embedding with a Home Hospice Team

In VNSNY Hospice’s Fellowship Training Program, participating fellows collaborate with team members to provide hands-on care, and to see the uniqueness of each patient. Read More

Solutions to Health Care Inequality

Solutions to Health Care Inequality

VNSNY is using culturally tailored approaches to close gaps in health outcomes, disease prevalence, and medical support across different populations. Read More

Overcoming Resistance in Patients Who Refuse Home Care

Overcoming Resistance in Patients Who Refuse Home Care

Home health care workers use interpersonal skills and professional expertise to create creating the conditions in which patients learn to take care themselves. Read More

Positioning VNSNY for the Future

Positioning VNSNY for the Future

An interview with Marki Flannery, VNSNY’s President and Chief Executive Officer Read More

Kathryn Bowles, Director of VNSNY Research Center, Receives Award

Kathryn Bowles, Director of VNSNY Research Center, Receives Award

Kathryn Bowles, RN, PhD, recently received a national award as the lead author of a paper outlining an algorithm that hospitals can use to determine which patients will benefit from referral to home care or a skilled facility. Read More

VNSNY to Pilot a Virtual Rehab System

VNSNY to Pilot a Virtual Rehab System

VNSNY is testing Reflexion’s Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation Assistant (VERA), an FDA-approved online platform designed to enhance and extend the work of VNSNY’s physical therapists. Read More

VNSNY Hospice Fellowship Welcomes Record Cohort

VNSNY Hospice Fellowship Welcomes Record Cohort

As the largest hospice program in New York City, VNSNY Hospice Fellowship offers an ideal training ground for clinicians interested in hospice and palliative care. Read More

New Documentation Software Streamlines Workflow for Nurses

New Documentation Software Streamlines Workflow for Nurses

New documentation software lets Partners in Care nurses and support staff complete patient reports more efficiently and streamlines the submission of physician orders. Read More

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