East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP)

Vital Stats

Andrew C

New York, NY

people helped 15
People Doing It400

The Problem

In the summer of 2000, a group of Mount Sinai medical students banded together to explore ways to more fully connect with the East Harlem community neighboring the campus. We saw a large volume of uninsured patients in this neighborhood. This became the impetus for the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (EHHOP). According to the 2006 Department of Health “Take Care New York Survey”, East Harlem ranks in the bottom quarter of New York City neighborhoods when it comes to having a regular doctor, being tobacco-free, keeping heart-healthy, knowing HIV status, getting help for depression, living free of alcohol and drugs, making the home safe and healthy, and having a healthy baby. Concrete statistics on our neighborhood can be found on www.nyc.gov.

Plan of Action

Since its opening in May 2004, twelve to eighteen patients visit EHHOP each week, and over 400 patients have utilized EHHOP services. EHHOP is staffed each week by approximately 15 Mount Sinai medical students from all class years, two volunteer attending physicians and a social worker from the Mount Sinai Department of Social Work. EHHOP is managed behind the scenes by a dedicated Steering Committee composed of 15 medical students and two Mount Sinai faculty members. Today, more than 60% of the student body and nearly 60 Mount Sinai physicians volunteer their time in EHHOP every year.

For More Info

www.eastharlemhealth.org

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