Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Established in 1893 by Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, VNSNY is today the largest not-for-profit home- and community-based health care organization in the United States. VNSNY focuses on promoting the health and well-being of patients and families by providing high-quality, cost-effective health care to vulnerable individuals in their homes and communities. It currently provides home care services in all five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester Counties as well as parts of Upstate New York. On any given day, VNSNY provides more than 50,000 patients and health plan members with direct and coordinated care. In 2013, its clinicians made more than 2.3 million home- and community professional visits, serving approximately 163,500 New Yorkers.