User:Briannahouston/sandbox

Outline Leader
 * 1) Leader
 * 2) Overview/History
 * 3) How/why the hospital came about
 * 4) Include importance to black people
 * 5) Need for black bureaucracies in white space
 * 6) Strength of Hospital
 * 7) Community Health improvement award
 * 8) importance/ relevance to black Harlem community
 * 9) Weakness of Hospital
 * 10) Economic troubles
 * 11) patients’ lack of insurance, money
 * 12) Current Status of Harlem Hospital
 * 13) Columbia Teaching Program
 * 14) Demographics of program
 * 15) Demographics of patients

Harlem Hospital was opened on April 18, 1997 in the neighborhood of Harlem in the Manhattan Borough of New York. The hospital was established to provide healthcare to the citizens of the neighborhood, which was a predominately poverty-stricken area. Initially, the hospital served as a holding area for patients to be transferred to Ward's Island, Randall's Island and Bellevue Hospital, New York City. With the wave of the African Americans that moved to New York, the hospital soon outgrew its initial building. After acquiring land, a new building opened on April 13, 1907. The hospital developed a teaching program that is affiliated with Columbia University, and has continued to serve the Harlem neighborhood since its inception. The hospital is still open and serving patients today.