Program areas at Visiting Nurse Association Health Group
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION HEALTH GROUP, INC. PROVIDES MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE A FULL CONTINUUM OF COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES AND OTHER SETTINGS THROUGH THEIR HOME CARE AND HOSPICE PROGRAMS UTILIZING A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF CAREGIVERS. THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS AFFILIATES REMAIN DEDICATED TO HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN ACHIEVING THEIR BEST LEVEL OF WELL-BEING AND PROVIDED MULTIPLE PROGRAMS TO UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED AND DISENFRANCHISED PATIENTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. DURING 2022, APPROXIMATELY 877,000 VISITS WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 44,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED HOME HEALTH CARE, HOSPICE SERVICES, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE SERVICES FROM ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. Our innovative, programmatic Institutes focus on three critical cores of VNA Health Group: health of children and their families; coordination of care enhanced by technology; and care for patients with serious, chronic and end-stage illness. Each institute has an expert thought leader and is providing enhanced access, care and services for patients, their families and our communities. Our Advanced Care Institute helps patients with late-stage, chronic illnesses stay at home comfortably with support from family, a visiting physician, and A palliative care team. Our goal is to educate clinicians, communities, patients and their families on best practices in chronic disease and palliative and hospice care. Within the Children and Family Health Institute are three centers focused on helping children and families achieve their highest level of health from pre-natal to adult: the Center for Early Childhood Development and Family Support; the Center for Primary Care and Public Health; and the Center for Pediatric Home Care. The Connected Health Institute spearheads mobile and digital initiatives to improve patient outcomes. With more than 1,500 clinicians, VNA Health Group and its affiliates have the unique opportunity to become a nationally recognized leader in researching, developing, and testing technologies that improve patient care. SIGNIFICANT changes are underway in health care including a dramatic increase in the older adult population, a national movement to contain health costs and expansion in mobile and digital health technologies. VNA Health Group is taking bold steps to reimagine how IT can address these challenges, secure ITS future and improve care for PATIENTS, including the most frail and vulnerable. Our unique organizational structure features Joint Venture Partnerships with RWJBarnabas Health, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic for Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care Services, Parker Home and Community Based Services, and the MetroHealth System as well as acquisitions of organizations aligned with VNA's mission.