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| MISSION
STATEMENT In recognition of the lack of access to health care that affects so many, our mission is to create a health outreach partnership with the East Harlem community. We will provide quality health care, regardless of ability to pay or lack of health insurance, with the specific objective of reaching out to uninsured residents of East Harlem. Consistent with our belief that proper health care is a right, not a privilege, we are committed to providing primary preventive care, diagnosing and treating illness, and fostering health awareness through education and advocacy. As part of our intent to care comprehensively for our patients, we will serve as a bridge to medical and social support resources that we cannot ourselves provide. We will offer confidential, compassionate care in a safe, respectful environment. We aim to establish a positive approach to medicine by creating shared goals with our patients. We seek to empower them to participate actively in their physical and emotional well-being in order to enhance the effectiveness of our services. As medical students, we commit to serving our patients' health care needs, and, in so doing, commit to expand our own knowledge, skills, and ideals. We will strive to rededicate ourselves continually to our roles as future physicians, strengthening our respect for medicine as students, so that we may maintain our commitment throughout our careers.
CLINIC HISTORY During the summer of 2000, a group of first- and second-year students came together to explore ways in which we, as Mount Sinai medical students, could more fully engage in our East Harlem community. The tremendous need for medical services in this neighborhood became the impetus for the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership, an entirely student-run free medical clinic and health education resource for uninsured members of the Mount Sinai catchment area. Thus far, the clinic has been a tremendous success. Since its inception in May of 2004, the clinic has been overbooked on a regular basis, so the clinic quickly had to transition from a walk-in to an appointment-based system due to the heavy demand.
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OUR MODEL Administration – Student Leadership EHHOP is student-run and as a result, the students of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine carry out all aspects of the operation and administration of the clinic. The student leadership is comprised of a steering committee of elected medical students that serve one-year terms. Under the guidance of EHHOP’s medical director and program director, the steering committee continually revises and improves clinic policies and protocols.
Steering Committee – 2007-2008
Mount Sinai Partnerships Our success is possible only through the cooperation and dedication of many individuals and departments here at Mount Sinai. These include Clinical Laboratories, Radiology, the Division of General Internal Medicine, the Development Office, Medical Education, and many individual contributions. Publications and Presentations Edmondson N, Bar-Lev A, Hernandez J, Hausmann J, Cho E, Vaughn C, Thomas D, Meah Y. East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership – A Service to the Underserved and An Opportunity for Learning. Poster presented at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Educational Research Day, October, 2005. Sara Hurtado-Rogers, MS IV; Eric Smith, MSTP; Yasmin S. Meah, M.D. Education Through Service: A Medical Student-Facilitated Benefits Enrollment Initiative. Presented at Medical Education Day 2005 and a similar poster presented at the 2005 Society of General Internal Medicine meeting by Sara and Yaz. Quality of Diabetes Care at a Student-run Community Health Clinic: How Does Free Clinic Care Compare to Publicly and Privately Insured Populations? Kira L. Ryskina, Yasmin S. Meah, MD, Melissa Wong, Clair McClung, Andrew Chow, Eric Smith, Peter Vasquez, Jarone Lee, MD, MPH, David C. Thomas, MD. Presented at the SGIM Annual Meeting in April 9-12, 2008, in Pittsburg, PA |
Administration – Faculty Leadership  Yasmin S. Meah, M.D. EHHOP Program Director Dr. Yasmin Meah, M.D. is a general internist in the Visiting Doctors Program, a housecall primary care program for the medically homebound. She holds joint appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Education. As EHHOP’s program director, she is responsible for program oversight, research and student education. She is the attending physician on record for all EHHOP patients and oversees all medical care that our patients receive.
EHHOP Medical Director In addition to EHHOP, Dr. David C. Thomas, M.D. also heads Mount Sinai’s Internal Medicine Associates outpatient clinic. Dr. Thomas was formerly the director of the Art and Science of Medicine course designed to teach the early mastery of physical exam skills in the first and second years of medical school. Dr. Thomas currently assists with clinic operations and infrastructure.
Clinic Operations EHHOP is staffed each week by approximately 15 Mount Sinai medical students from all class years and two volunteer attending physicians. EHHOP functions as a primary care clinic where students serve as clinical teams, composed of a senior and a junior clinician, clinic manager, lab personnel, patient advocates, and several other positions necessary to maintain a functioning clinic. Students see all patients under the supervision of faculty from the General Internal Medicine Division of the Mount Sinai Hospital Center. Our staff also includes a social worker who provides screenings for insurance eligibility, psychosocial counseling and referrals to other agencies. |
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