Nicolette R. Beagle, RN, CHPN, COS-C Hospice Clinical Manager and Alexandra Sands, RN Hospice are recipients of the 2019 Betsy Gardner Scholarship, an initiative of the Madison-Deane Education fund that provides educational funding for hospice and palliative care nurses.
With an eye towards improving care for individuals with chronic illness, reducing repeat hospitalizations and improving patient outcomes, the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region recently upgraded their in-home telemonitoring technology so that patients utilizing the system can get a check-up every day in the comfort of their homes. Telemonitoring provides daily nursing support in addition to traditional in-home visits. The new monitors are from Honeywell, a leading life care solution that creates advanced remote monitoring solutions that help improve patient lives with better clinical outcomes and reduced cost.
The Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Southwest Region (VNAHSR) today announced that it has been named a Top Agency of the 2018 HomeCare Elite, recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For 13 years, HomeCare Elite has annually identified the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and highlighted the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. The VNAHSR has been recognized 10 times in the past 13 years.
In front of a sold-out crowd at the Paramount Theatre, Praveen Keshava, MD, owner, and ophthalmologist at Central Vermont Eye Care and Sam Ho, a dance instructor at Cobra Gymnastics and Dance Center were presented with the Mirror Ball Trophy as the Judges Choice at the eighth annual Dancing with the Rutland Stars.
Kate was recognized with the 2018 President’s Recognition Award for her significant contributions to the Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Society and the field of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing.
Heidi Gillespie, BSN, RN a Clinical Manager of Children’s and Family Services at the VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region has been invited to speak at the 5th Annual Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting(MESCH) International Conference in Melbourne, Australia in October.
The 3,000 square foot expansion will be built primarily to meet the demands of growth within the agency’s Hospice program.
with four awards from the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo) to honor achievements in healthcare marketing, public relations and communications.
Employees of the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Southwest Region (VNAHSR) took center stage at the Equinox Hotel for the agency’s annual employee award celebration. The yearly event recognizes employees who have reached years-of-service milestones and highlights employees for specific awards: the Employee of the Year, Unforgettable Employee and HEALTH Matters Award Winners.
The Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of the Southwest Region (VNAHSR) today announced that it has been named as a Top 100 and a Top Agency of the 2017 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
