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The Albany Minute for Veterans
by Various Content providers
The Albany minute for Veterans is a episodic podcast, bringing you content on current events at the Albany VA and what’s coming down the road. Mixed in will be some special guest and features we hope will be of interest to you. Questions/Suggestions e-mail [email protected]
Episodes
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An Overview of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
An introduction of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and what it is as explained by the Geriatric Assessment Team
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Overview of the Caregiver Support Program
an interview with one of the Caregiver Support Program Social Workers Kristi Storey who provides an overview of the services. If your in the area on June 4th from 10AM-2PM please come to the Caregiver Fair in the Albany VA auditorium
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Cancer Survivorship and Nutrition
This special episode our Chief Dietician and Chief of Nutrition and Food Services Regina LaTourette joins to discuss the importance of Nutrition in battling Cancer
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Overview of Dermatology with Dr. Reddy for Cancer Awareness month
This episode we have a discussion with Dr. Swapna Reddy one of the Stratton VA Dermatologists about the services offered and the importance of skin protection as June is Cancer Awareness Month for a general overview of dermatology, click here and scroll to Dermatology For an overview of cancer…
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A Very Special Episode: A Safety Story you'll want to hear
A Safety6 Story is something the hospital shares regularly with staff as part of our mission to be a High Reliability Organization (HRO). This Veteran special story highlights the amazing work our Social work and Mental Health staff do everyday, so we sat down with Kelly Manolopoulos one of our...
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An Overview of the Cancer Treatment Services @Albany VA
Today we were joined by Nicole Melius, Chief Radiation Therapist, Kelsey Miller Radiation Therapist and Dr. Phillip Silverman to provide an overview of the array of Cancer Services Offered at the Albany VA. Give it a listen. If you know a Veteran in need of care please have them call 518 626…
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The Albany VA Minute: My HealtheVet Updates
Today we were joined by the Facility My HealtheVet Coordinator Gina Keller [518-626-5000 Ext 61514] To talk about some of the upcoming security upgrades come for My Health E Vet and what it means to you as a Veteran. To log into My Health E Vet click this hyperlink If you need to contact the...
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Tele Emergency Center care with Dr. Farzon Nahvi
Today we interviewed Dr. Farzon Nahvi a physician with the VISN 2 Clinical Contact Center's Tele Emergency Center program. You can reach them at 1 800 877 6976. the takeaway from today's episode is, they should be the 1st call if your not feeling well.
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A special Episode: Safety Story and Award Presentation
On May 23 2024, FMS employee Jason Sprague and VA Police Officer Carlos Romero were presented HERO awards for their actions to put our a fire at the facility earlier in the year. This is a copy of the awards presentation for our audience. Safety Story read by Joe McDonnell and awards presented by...
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LGTBQ+ Health with Dr. Susan Opar and Sarah Mulhall
This month we were joined by Dr. Susan Opar and Sarah Mulhall, Social Worker. To talk about LGTBQ+ Health to find a local coordinator click here to contact Sarah at: Phone: 518-626-7523 Email: [email protected]
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Get to know your Community: The Saratoga Commissary
Today we interviewed Scott Zimber of the Saratoga Naval Station Commissary about what services are offered there and how it can support Veterans in the community. If your a Veteran with Service Connected injuries, check it out they also have a new Click2Go program where you can order ahead and…
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The Vet Center. What is it and why is it the VA's best Kept Secret
In this Episode we interviewed Jason Davis [(315)744-5409 or [email protected] ] of the Binghamton Vet Center on What the Vet Centers are, what services they offer and why are the one of the VA's best Kept secrets. if you want to locate a Vet Center go to Vetcenter.gov or call the Combat Call...
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What is the VISN 2 Clinical Contact Center? unpacking this hidden gem of your Healthcare
This episode we are joined by Keith Claffey and Reshma Patel, 2 providers from the VISN 2 Clinical Contact Center (1 800 877 6976). In this episode, we unpacked what the VISN 2 Clinical Call Center is and why it should be your 1st call if your not feeling well. As Keith said "a dedicated…
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Profiles in Service at the Albany VA: with Keith Olmstead
in this episode we profile Facility Maintenance Service (FMS) supervisor and local legend in FMS Mr. Keith Olmstead
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Its National Police Week! Learn about the partnership between Veterans Justice Outreach and local law enforcment
Today we were joined by one of our Favorite Social Workers Rebecca Newton of the Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) program and Chief of Police Thomas Gibbons to talk about the VJO program, the outstanding Veterans in Crisis Training and National Police week. don't Miss this Episode
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Caregiver Support Program, What is it?
Today we are joined by Nikki Holt, one of our Outstanding Social Workers to talk about the Caregiver Support program and some upcoming Caregiver events
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Did You Know? May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Fun Fact: Did You Know that our intro is from the unofficial Albany VA anthem and played by Christina Rulison one of our Recreation Therapists Today we are joined by The Hospital's Local Recovery Coordinator, Senior Social Worker Penny Deasy, to talk about May is Mental Health Awareness Month…
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special Episode: It's Lab Week
April 24th through the 28th is Laboratory Professionals Week and today we were joined by Dr. Raina Patel, Chief of Pathology and Heather Merkley-Tamburello, the Lab Manager to discuss All Things related to the lab. We discussed the Lab's function during the pandemic and what they do on a day to…
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Wellness Minute: VA2K with Rebeka Lange
In a new segment we're calling the "wellness minute" we're discussing the VA2K with Rebeka Lange, Physicians Assistant in Occupational Health which is open to Veterans and Staff on May 17th
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Dignity and Respect Campaign Special Episode #3
In this month's special Episode #3 of April's Dignity and Respect Campaign where our front line staff ask senior leader's the same 5 questions on what Dignity and Respect Campaign means to them. for Episode 2, the Front Office Program Support Specialist Miss Sharon Joyner interviewed the…
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Systems Redesign Focus
In This Episode we speak with Julie Montalbano, RN and the best Systems Redesign Specialist in the Albany VA, Robert Sklenarik, about Julie's Systems Redesign Project to improve the Veterans Experience during a colonoscopy. To see her video click here.
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Dignity & Respect Campaign special episode #2
In this month's special Episode #2 of April's Dignity and Respect Campaign where our front line staff ask senior leader's the same 5 questions on what Dignity and Respect Campaign means to them. for Episode 2, the Front Office Administrative Officer Nicole LaChappelle interviewed the Associate...
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2023 is the Year of Systems Redesign, so what is it
Brief discussion with THE best Systems Redesign Specialist in Albany VA Robert Sklenarik on what Systems Redesign is, LEAN/Sigma Six Blackbelt training and oververiew of what Continuous Process Improvement is
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Special Episode: April kicks off our Dignity and Respect Campaign
for the Special Episodes on our Dignity and Respect Campaign we will be having front line staff interviewing staff on what it means to them. Today for Episode 1 we have Jamie Golembieski Program Specialist and Marine Veteran, interviewing our High Reliability Officer Mary Ann Jones an Air Force...
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Special Episode #1 Profiles of Service: Annette Towne, RN
In episode #1 of a new episodic segment we call Profiles in Services, Annette Towne who has worked at the Albany VA for 39 years as a registered nurse (RN) in various capacities talks about her experiences working with Veterans and shares some lessons learned over her career, it is a must listen.
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Get to know the Community Engagement and Partnership Team and learn about Problem Gambling awareness month
Continuing with the theme of March is Social worker month, we interviewed Michelle Chavarria and Jennifer Stilleto-Smith, the Social workers for our Community Engagement and Partnership team on the role social workers play role in the Mission of serving Veterans, and on their new roles engaging…
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Did You Know Part 2: March is Social Workers Month
Social workers play a crucial role in the Mission of serving Veterans, they are healthcare force multipliers and key members of the healthcare team. today we interviewed three social workers about their experiences about being interns (a tie in to last weeks episode on healthcare professions...
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Did You Know: March is Social Work Month and HPE week
March is Social Work Month and March 14-18 is health Professions Education Week so today we were joined by Karen Sheehan Social Worker Supervisor and Rachel Gates, Jonathan Gay Social Work Interns to discuss Social Work Month and Health Professions Education Week
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Season 2 Episode 1 #DidYouKnow March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Join Lindsay Shoonmaker, RN in our GI program in a brief presentation on the importance of early screening and detection. to watch a video on this presentation click here or check out the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center Facebook Page if you have further questions you can contact the GI Clinic…
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Welcome Back Trailer for 2023
Welcome Back we are rebooting our Podcast in 2023 to talk about the PACT Act, Outreach, the services offered at the Hospital, highlighting our staff and other events.
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2,020 in 2020
To help us kick off our goal of recruiting 2,020 new Veterans in 2020 we interviewed primary care physician Dr. Rachael Grimm and Fisher house manager Mike Fitzpatrick on all that Primary care and the Fisher House have to offer.
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Special Episode:Mission Act
This is an audio recording of the facility’s June 5, 2019 Mission Act Facebook live event with Kirsten Danforth, Mission Act Champion and Mary Ann Jones, Community Care Program Manager. To learn more visit https://missionact.va.gov
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Episode 4.3 Get to know the Community Living Center (CLC)
Episode 4.3 - Get to know the Community Living Center (CLC) To learn more general information on Community Living Centers click Here, for specifics on the Albany VA CLC call Barbara Darling at (518) 626-6037. To learn more about the Albany VA CLC's hand hygiene campaign and fighting the Flu click...
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Episode 4.2 The Albany VA and the Innovators Network
In this Episode we spoke with Supervisory Social Worker Patricia Kidder about the VA Innovators Network and hoe it impacts the Albany VA to learn more the VA Innovators Network and some of the initiatives that have grown from it go to https://medium.com/vainnovation/tagged/innovation To learn…
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Episode 4.1 May is Mental Health Month
Episode 4.1 contains a A brief overview of Mental Health Services at the Albany VA, its Drop In groups and a teaser for a short infomercial the facility made for May is Mental Health month in conjunction with the National #BeThere Campaign. If your interested in learning more about Mental Health...
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Episode 3: Women’s Health & Services for Female Veterans
Did you Know the VA is the largest provider of Mammography services in the country? For the Month of March we focused the podcast on Women’s Health and The Mammography Program, which is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this April. To learn more about the Women's Health program click this link for…
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Episode 2- National Salute to Veteran Patients week and learn more about Seasonal Depression
Voluntary Services and salute to Veteran patients;To learn more about Albany's Voluntary Services check out the link below https://www.albany.va.gov/giving/index.asp To connect with Noney about Volunteering or the National Salute to Veteran Patients Week give her a call at (518) 626-5507 The...
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Episode 1-Welcome to the Albany VA Minute
Episode #1: introductions & Whole Health/Fight the Flu For more information on the Albany VA go to; https://www.albany.va.gov/ If you are interested in enrolling in VA health care call James and his staff at (518) 626 6744 or go to https://www.va.gov/health-care/how-to-apply/ for more information...
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The Albany minute for Veterans is a episodic podcast, bringing you content on current events at the Albany VA and what’s coming down the road. Mixed in will be some special guest and features we hope will be of interest to you. Questions/Suggestions e-mail [email protected]
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