MedStar Health Diversified Businesses
MedStar Visiting Nurse Association is the largest home healthcare provider in the Maryland, District of Columbia and Northern Virginia region. It provides in-home healthcare services for homebound patients who were recently discharged from the hospital. It also cares for those who are disabled or living with a chronic condition. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service's Home Healthcare Compare website, MedStar VNA holds some of the lowest rates for hospital readmission, regionally and nationally. MedStar VNA's home healthcare team members travel over two million miles per year, visiting over 16,000 patients, to help them live safely and independently at home. Services provided in the home include: skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, IV therapy (infusion), medical social work, wound care, activities of daily living support (bathing, grooming, walking and cooking), after hours care and support. To support good health in the community, MedStar VNA provides several hundred traveling immunization clinics across the region each year, vaccinating over 10,000 people against contagious disease. Community outreach also includes health assessments, screenings and wellness education at organizations across the region.
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