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Leave Your Mark at
Health Quest
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Outdoor Workout Quiz
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Healthy Recipe:
Mushrooms on Toast
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Solving the Problem of
Picky Eating
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Pediatric Care at VBMC
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Health Quest's Cutting-
Edge Stroke Care
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e Place to Go for Heart
Valve Disease
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Writing Your Way to
Better Health
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Stop Your Snoring at
Health Quest's Sleep
Centers
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Health Quest Cancer Care:
A Hidden Gem
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e Benefits of Minimally
Invasive Surgery
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Weight Loss Success
Starts at Health Quest
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Researching Cures
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When You Don't Need
an Antibiotic
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Our New Online Home
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Speeding the Healing of
Dangerous Infections
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A Better Way to Treat
Back Pain
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My Health Quest Calendar
SR. VP STRATEGIC PLANNING AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH QUEST
David Ping
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR, HEALTH QUEST
Gina D'Angelo-Mullen
MARKETING MANAGER,
HEALTH QUEST
Amy Wallace
MARKETING MANAGER, PUTNAM
HOSPITAL CENTER
Debbie Cooley
PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR, HEALTH QUEST
John Nelson
MANAGER, PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS, NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL
Sarah Bradshaw-Colomello
MANAGER, PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS, PUTNAM HOSPITAL CENTER
Marcela Rojas
DESIGNER
Katie Kochenderfer
MANAGING EDITOR
Emily Main
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Haley Johnson
THIS ISSUE
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A MESSAGE TO OUR READERS
Dear Readers,
For skiers, snowboarders and tobogganers, it was a great winter. However, I feel I can speak
for many of us in the Hudson Valley when I say, "Welcome, spring!"
As we wait for the trees to bud, the flowers to bloom and the temperatures to rise, it's time to
think about getting outside, enjoying fresh air and sunshine, and doing something as simple as
going for a walk. It's great for your heart, helps control weight and clears your mind. We know
how good we feel after exercise.
Inside this magazine is a story on an exciting development in our Health Quest system. A
new Division of NeuroInterventional Surgery provides stroke care at Vassar Brothers Medical
Center not available at any other hospital in the mid-Hudson Valley. We have already seen
tremendous results with patients whose lives were saved while physicians averted the impact
that strokes or aneurysms can bring.
You will also learn about our initiatives in diabetes prevention, cancer care, clinical trials, the
alleviation of back pain and cardiac health.
We are your partners in health and wellness and consider it a privilege to serve and care
for you.
Sincerely,
Luke McGuinness
President and CEO
Health Quest
For inquiries or comments, please email myhealthquest@health-quest.org.
If you're trying to keep track of multiple medical appointments for
your family, Health Quest's patient portal makes it easier than ever
— ask Dory Yatsko.
As a working mother and development assistant for the Putnam
Hospital Center Foundation, Yatsko uses the patient portal to
organize not only her appointments but her parents' and son's health
information as well.
"I love the ease of access the portal allows
me," Yatsko says. "Now I don't need to rely
on anyone's recollection of test results or
medications because I am able to refer to the
patient portal. You have to be proactive about
your medical care, and the portal gives you the
support you need."
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PORTAL OR TO LOG IN,
VISIT HEALTHQUEST.ORG/MYHQ247.
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