Tarrytown-based Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley (VNAHV), has acquired for an undisclosed amount the certified home health care agency of Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel.
“Our family of organizations, which includes Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam and VNA Home Health Services, have been serving the Putnam community for many years,” said VNAHV President and CEO Michele Quirolo, in a prepared statement. “The addition of our certified services ensures that the residents of Putnam will have access to a complete continuum of care for all their home care needs under one organization.”
A transition plan is now under way until Putnam Hospital Center”™s Certificate of Need is transferred to the Visiting Nurse Association.
It is expected the state Department of Health will issue final approval this fall.
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Hires in health care
ENT and Allergy Associates in Tarrytown has hired seasoned allergist Dr. Krzysztof M. Nowak of Morris Heights Health Center. Nowak will care for patients at ENTA”™s Yonkers and Tuckahoe offices. He received his medical degree from the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, and completed a pediatric residency in the Department of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases at the Warsaw Medical School Children”™s Hospital.
Nowak continued his training at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell Weill Medical College, where he completed a residency program in pediatrics followed by a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology.
The Food Bank for Westchester in Millwood has hired Sara Cox of Greenwood Lake as nutrition resource manager and food safety compliance officer to provide food-safety information and training to Food Bank staff and clients of its 200 hunger-relief member programs.
Cox most recently served as a nutritionist for the USDA and New York state program, “Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables.”
Westchester County one of the healthiest?
According to a survey conducted by The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Westchester County residents consider themselves to be among the healthiest in the state. Westchester ranked No. 9 out of 62 counties for health outcomes in the survey funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The report is based on factors like mortality rate, tobacco use, obesity and access to health care.
