COVID-19 Crisis Exposes Missing Social Determinant of Health Domain

• By: Leah Blumberg, MPH Susan Rabinowitz, MBA Neil Pessin, PhD Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY)
• January 1st, 2021
• access to care and treatment, COVID-19, internet access, social determinants of health, technology, telehealth, winter 2021 issue
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The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), established in 1893, is the oldest and largest not-for profit home health care agency in the country. VNSNY established its Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) division in 1986 with the first community based mobile crisis program. As a division,...

Is Technology a Social Determinant of Health?

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• January 1st, 2021
• assessment, COVID-19, older adults, social determinants of health, technology, the digital divide, winter 2021 issue, Zoom
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In late March of 2020, Alicia R. called the intake line at Service Program for Older People (SPOP), a New York City-based behavioral health care provider for older adults. This was during the peak of the initial COVID-19 outbreak in New York City and all residents were advised to remain in their...

HealthCare Choices Partners with PurpleSun to Combat COVID-19 Infections in Brooklyn

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• January 1st, 2021
• COVID-19, disinfection, infection prevention, technology, ultraviolet light, winter 2021 issue
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HealthCare Choices NY, Inc. (HCC) has partnered with NY based PurpleSun to bring light-based technology solutions for infection prevention to our two Brooklyn locations, in East NY and Bensonhurst. With funds used from our acquisition of a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant,...

Lack of Access to the Internet and Other Technology in a COVID-19 Virtual World

• By: Brett R. Harris, DrPH University at Albany School of Public Health Camilla Bacolod Cornell University
• January 1st, 2021
• COVID-19, education, internet access, remote education, technology, virtual technology, winter 2021 issue
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Technology has come so far in such a short time, giving us access to more than we could ever imagine, so quickly, conveniently, and comprehensively. We have never been more reliant on technology than during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to practice social distancing, we have converted most of our...

CBC’s Pathway Home Response to COVID-19 and Future Implications

• By: Barry Granek, LMHC Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC)
• May 18th, 2020
• care management, COVID-19, healthcare, intervention, Pathway Home, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth, transition
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As we enter the third month of social distancing and in an evolving healthcare landscape with COVID-19, community-based care management teams are adapting and testing innovative operational approaches to ensure the needs of the people they serve are being met. This adaptation is taking place in...

Current Telehealth Expansion in the Behavioral Health Sector

• By: Elise Kohl-Grant, MBA REIFY Jorge R. Petit, MD Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC)
• May 18th, 2020
• behavioral health, communication, consumers, COVID-19, providers, summer 2020 issue, technology, telehealth
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Technology permeates almost every facet of our lives, personally and professionally, making communication easier and faster. With seemingly limitless avenues for connection, technology increases the number of touchpoints between people. Now in the middle of an unprecedented heath crisis, many...