Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Center

THE VNA HEALTH GROUP AND ITS AFFILIATES, INCLUDING VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, PROVIDED HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE IN ITS SERVICE AREA. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, The Community Health Center (CHC) staff worked tirelessly on the frontlines to adapt by any means necessary in order to carry out our mission during this crisis through telemedicine, COVID19 testing and COVID19 vaccinations. CHC offered a more convenient option that helped offset the overburdened hospitals and drive-through State testing and vaccine sites at the height of the pandemic. The CHC sites in Asbury Park, Red Bank, Freehold and Keyport, performed over 15,100 COVID screenings. When COVID19 vaccinations became available, CHC staff was there for the community administrating over 101,800 vaccinations through December 2022. These services were in addition to the 15,166 primary care and dental patients served covering 51,675 encounters. IN ADDITION, DURING 2022, APPROXIMATELY 876,000 VISITS WERE PROVIDED TO OVER 43,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED SERVICES FROM THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS AFFILIATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. THE 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. THE 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. THE 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 not-for-profit 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 all patients, including the most frail and vulnerable.