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Changes to Medicaid Eligibility Will Affect Millions of New Yorkers
Millions of people will no longer be covered by Medicaid over the next 14 months. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government suspended procedures that would remove people from Medicaid...
Consuelo’s Story
May 25th marked a special anniversary for Consuelo – one year since a life-saving procedure to remove fluid from around her heart, all thanks to the doctors at Sun River...
Mary’s Story
Mary is a patient at the Brentwood Health Center who is 32 weeks pregnant and currently under the care of Dr. Quratulain Zeeshan. This is Mary’s third pregnancy, and she...
Daniela’s Story
Daniela came here from Guatemala in August, and was already 37 weeks pregnant when she came to Sun River Health. She experienced a delay in care due to a lack...
Diana’s Story
I’m a Puerto Rican woman, and the first of my family to graduate from college. I grew up in New York, and was a single mom to two girls for...
Leonela’s Story
Leonela entered US last year 8 months pregnant and with a 3 yr old son. She needed prenatal care and turned to the Women’s Health program at Sun River Health...
Patient story
One of our patients came into the health center to have his medications refilled recently. He usually comes with his wife, but unfortunately, she was sick and couldn’t accompany him....
Evelyn’s Story
Due to her blood sugar being dangerously high, Evelyn was referred by her Sun River Health primary doctor to a Public Health Nutritionist…
Martha’s story
At first, Martha didn’t know she had contracted Coronavirus. Martha’s symptoms started with a feeling of strong back pain that radiated, and then she developed a fever. As a patient...
A baby was born at Sun River Health
This fall, a healthy baby girl was born unexpectedly at Sun River Health’s Riverhead location. Sindy, the mother, had been a patient since early in her pregnancy and arrived at...
Sun River Health Employees Step Up For Our Patients
During the pandemic, Sun River Health staff stepped up to ensure patient care remained strong and resources were distributed to the areas most in need. From providers, to facilities, front...
Convenient Testing When It Was Most Needed
We were proud to partner with several community organizations to offer 14 pop-up COVID-19 testing sites throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island. Providing more COVID-19 tests...
Nutritionist Christina Figueroa, RD, CDN shares a story about a patient who received nutrition counseling remotely for the first time
“Nutrition counseling over the phone. How can this work? Without our usual visual aids, food models, measuring cups, and charts demonstrating sugar amounts in common foods and beverages, will we still be able...
Donation to Good Samaritan Hospital
Carlos Ortiz, our Suffolk County VP of Operations, remembered that nine suction units were left in our Suffolk County health centers after we assumed their operation a few years ago...
COVID-19 Vaccine Update
Sun River Health has now administered over 55,000 COVID-19 vaccination shots throughout our network of 43 health centers and pop-up locations. Our staff have gotten great feedback from both new...
Impact of NYC Mobile Health Center on residents of Wards Island
Senior Director of Business Development Melissa Hayes shared a story about the impact our NYC Mobile Health Center is making on residents of two facilities on Wards Island. “Today, our...
Mobile COVID-19 Testing Site in the Alpha School in Brooklyn
“I arrived this morning to a blank canvas and watched as our Facilities and IT Teams built our Mobile COVID-19 Testing Site in the Alpha School in Brooklyn, arriving much...
Sun River Health Provides Care at NYC Isolation hotels
Sun River Health was asked by the New York City Department of Emergency Management and the mayor’s office to help in reaching out to serve, particularly the homeless recovering from...
North Star Initiative
A note from Anne Dear Sun River Health family, I am thrilled to announce our new North Star initiative, which re-centers care on the patient, not the visit. This means that...
Helping patients to quit
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Sun River Health’s Tobacco Cessation Program: Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). As part of our broader effort to prevent chronic illnesses and promote healthier...
Sun River Health Joins AHE Learning Collaborative
Sun River Health has been invited to join the University of Chicago’s Advancing Health Equity (AHE) Learning Collaborative after an extensive application and interview process. Founded in 2018, the Learning...
Changes to Medicaid Eligibility Will Affect Millions of New Yorkers
Millions of people will no longer be covered by Medicaid over the next 14 months. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government suspended procedures that would remove people from Medicaid...
New Blood Pressure Monitors
Sun River Health recently purchased 100 Blood Pressure Monitors to support clinicians in their care of patients throughout our network of care. It is important for clinicians to get an...
Sun River Health Receives $3.8 Million in Omnibus Appropriations Funding from Congress
Sun River Health has been approved to receive $1.8 million in omnibus appropriations funding from Congress requested by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Hakeem Jeffries for Sun River Health The...
Books and Toys for Children at Health Centers
Sun River Health began providing free books for children at 3 Urgent Care locations in 2021. In 2022, we expanded these efforts to all health center locations. When visiting for...
Sun River Health’s Tia Lee Featured in Forbes Magazine
Sun River Health’s Tia Lee Featured in Forbes Magazine Congratulations to Tia Lee, Sun River Health Regional Program Director for New York City Health Homes, on being included in a...
Spotlight On: Women’s Health
Did you know? Sun River Health is the largest provider of OB services and births of all the FQHCs in New York State? Our teams welcome over 3,500 babies into...
Farm and Food Workers Relief Program
Sun River Health sees more than 10,000 Agricultural Workers and their families each year. For many of these families, just like for most Americans, the pandemic brought with it loss...
Who are Sun River Health Ambassadors – Profile on Ebony Livingston
Ebony Livingston, Director of Application Training and Adoption at Blackstone Group and Sun River Health Ambassador, was instrumental in securing nearly $60,000 in support for Sun River Health over the...
Vamos Outreach: Helping Sun River Health to Facilitate Outreach for Agricultural Workers
Vamos Outreach is a mobile and desktop app created by and for farmworker organizations that assists outreach workers in planning, finding, conducting, tracking, and reporting on outreach visits to migrant...
Food As Medicine: Getting Creative With Butternut Squash
Kathy Breiger, director of the Alamo Center was joined by Josefine Levering, RD, CDN a nutritionist at Sun River Health and Angel a student at Warwick High School to show...
Sun River Health Partners with Walmart in Monticello for HIV prevention/testing
Sun River Health recently partnered with Walmart for a community testing event at their new Monticello store – one of four new HIV-focused Special Pharmacies of the Community (SPOCs) to support...
Food as Medicine: Spotlight on Mushrooms
Community Health workers with WAFO and Sun River Health assisted Kathy Breiger, director of the Alamo Center, with a dish featuring local lion’s mane and shitake mushrooms and other tasty...
Harvest & Health: A Sun River Health Recipe Book
We are excited to share with you the first publication of Harvest & Health, a cookbook that collects recipes submitted by Sun River Health staff from across the organization. In it, you will...
Donor Spotlight – Blackstone Charitable Foundation Donates $25,000
Sun River Health was chosen as a recipient of the “People’s Choice Award” from Blackstone employees as part of their 2022 BX Gives Back Challenge! Blackstone Charitable Foundation, donated $25,000...
Food As Medicine: No Problem Pickles
Guest Chef Chris Madura, from John D. Madura Farms shared his family recipe for “No Problem Pickels.” Chris was joined by kid chefs, Melanie and Geraldine, who attend the Dulce...
Honoring The Hands 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday night at Angry Orchard for Honoring The Hands. More than 100 guests (plus quite a few little ones) joined us for...
Cornucopia 2022
On Thursday, November 3rd, Sun River Health hosted it’s annual gala, Cornucopia, at Ziegfeld Ballroom. The event honored Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office and Fishkill Farms for their incredible support of Sun...
Ambassadors Networking Event
Sun River Health welcomed more than 100 guests on Thursday, September 22nd at Dear Irving on Hudson in New York City for our Ambassadors Networking Event benefitting our Women’s Health...
Juneteenth 2022
Sun River Health hosted and participated in long-established Juneteenth Freedom Celebrations throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island to bring communities together, highlight the central role of...
TD 5 Boro Bike tour
On Sunday, May 1st, a team of 6 riders for Sun River Health participated in the TD 5 Boro Bike tour, a car free ride through New York City. The...
