VISION		MISSION	SCOPE OF SERVICE	TRADITIONAL SERVICES
PATIENT CHOICE		Hospital Liaison Services	HOMEMED MONITORING	FOREIGN TRAVEL VACCINES
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Find a Flu Clinic	BP Screenings Schedule		College Vaccine & Sports Physicals	Wellness On Wheels (WOW) Info. & Schedule

A "TOP 500 HOME CARE ELITE" COMPANY  FOR 2ND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

For the second year in a row, the DVNA has been named a "TOP 500 HOME CARE ELITE" company by Outcome Concept Systems ( the leading home health care benchmarking company in the nation) and Decision Health.  By earning the top 500 designation, company, the Danbury VNA is in  the top 7% of the 7,000+ home care companies nationwide.   Criteria for selection is based on performance measures of  quality, improvement, and financial performance.  Data used for the rating system was based on publicly available data.   We've earned this designation through our commitment to our patients and excellence in service.     

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Premier Campaign Participant of the 2007 Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign

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ACCREDITATION AWARDED

BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

By meeting the national standards for health care quality and safety, the Danbury VNA has once again earned the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval.  An unannounced on-site evaluation was conducted in mid-January to determine compliance with the Joint Commission's state of the art standards.  The on-site visit concluded that the Danbury VNA has demonstrated compliance with the Joint Commission's national standards of quality and safety for home care organizations.  The accreditation is as mark of excellence in the home care industry.

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The Danbury Visiting Nurse Association is a non-profit agency, which has made home health and community based public health care history since 1911. Providing quality health care services to patients in the northern Fairfield County Connecticut towns of Danbury, New Fairfield, Brookfield, Newtown, Southbury, Woodbury, Ridgefield, Redding and Bethel, the Danbury VNA is a leading provider of comprehensive and innovative home health services in the state and region.

The Danbury VNA has a mission to meet the ever-changing health care needs of the communities it serves. We are committed to excellence, creating value for patients, families, customers, employees and the community through the provision of expert, compassionate state-of-the-art, and innovative care.

Danbury VNA has services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information please contact us at 203-792-4120.

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS AND WEIGHT CHECKS

JULY,2008

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Vision

Our vision is for healthy people in the communities we serve. This optimization of community health is achieved through primary, secondary and tertiary care, health promotion, disease prevention and collaborative efforts that satisfy the health needs of all customers.

We always strive to be the pre-eminent community resource for public, community and home health nursing needs, performing with a spirit of compassion and ever mindful of our role within the totality of the health system community.

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Mission Statement

Danbury Visiting Nurse Association exists to optimize the health and well being of the population we serve by employing the most advanced knowledge about causes and prevention of disease, illness management and health maximization. Our mission is achieved through the provision of home, community and public health based care, education and research, always striving for and fostering quality and excellence in our services, client satisfaction and cost effectiveness.

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Scope of Services

The Danbury VNA provides home health care visits to patients of all ages regardless of ability to pay. We are the area’s largest home health provider, having the expertise and capability to serve patients in Danbury, Newtown, New Fairfield, Bethel, Southbury, Woodbury, Redding, Ridgefield and Brookfield and other Northern Fairfield County towns.

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Hospital Liaison Serv ices

Danbury VNA  offers a variety of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to ass ist you during your recovery period. Danbury VNA has been ranked as one of the top home care agencies by Medicare.

If you or your loved one are referred to Danbury VNA for home care services during their hospital stay, our liaison at Danbury Hospital will assist you in transitioning from the hospital to home. A definitive home care plan  for home care services, supplies and equipment  will be coordinated in advance of discharge making the transition from hospital to home worry free.

You can reach our liaison services by calling our main number at 792-4120 and ask to speak to a supervisor.

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Remote Telehealth Monitoring

The Danbury VNA, in collaboration with the Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, is the Danbury area's exclusive provider of HomMed Health Monitoring System  to collect patients’ vital signs on a daily basis. With this system, the Danbury VNA puts small, user friendly, computers into a patient’s home to gather clinical data, regarding trends in their health status. 

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Increasingly, patients and family members are taking a more active role in decision-making about their health care and the Danbury VNA fully supports and encourages this practice.

Federal and state legislation guarantees a person’s right to choose the home health care provider that he or she wants in their home. This is an important right for health care consumers. Hospital discharge plans must include an evaluation of a patient’s possible need for medically necessary home health care. Hospitals are required to provide a list of agencies that offer service in the patient’s area of residence when home care needs are identified.

The Danbury VNA will provide services to patients who are discharged from any hospital in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine or any hospital in the country.