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Division of Community and Population Health: Our Mission
NewYork-Presbyterian’s Division of Community and Population Health collaborates with community, hospital, and academic organizations to improve the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and adults in the communities we serve
The Division conducts a comprehensive community needs assessment every three years to increase our understanding of the health and social needs of the communities we reach Based on the results, we create a community service plan outlining health priorities we will address and our approach to each one We leverage NewYork-Presbyterian and community resources to decrease local health disparities through innovative population health initiatives, care provider training, scholarship, and research that are collaboratively developed, executed, assessed, and maintained The combination of NewYork-Presbyterian’s skills and resources with the talents, energy, and resources of our community partners enables us to achieve our goals Together, we aim to reduce hospital length of stay, avoidable emergency department visits, inpatient admissions, and readmissions within 30 days These efforts also support initiatives that: • Empower individuals and families to promote health and wellness
• Better navigate local systems of care and local resources • Improve school readiness and academic achievement
A Long-Term Commitment to Our Neighbors
NewYork-Presbyterian has a history of working to enhance the health of individuals in our surrounding communities As one of the largest academic medical centers in the country, we leverage our patient care, research, and educational resources to address health inequities at the local level In the Washington Heights and Inwood (WHI) communities, we and our community collaborators have united for more than 30 years to build the infrastructure needed to bolster and maintain vital population health initiatives
Who We Serve
The WHI communities are highly diverse More than 70% of residents identify as Hispanic and have encountered cultural, social, and language obstacles to care WHI also experiences a disproportionate health burden compared to the rest of New York City One in three residents lives below the poverty line Diabetes, asthma, heart failure, depression, and childhood obesity are major health concerns WHI is a federally designated “empowerment zone,” indicating that it has one of the greatest concentrations of poverty in the United States and is eligible for special grants, loans, and investments to improve residents’ lives
Some 524,000 people live in the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center area, which includes communities of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, East Harlem, and northwest Queens Twenty-five percent of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell region is of Hispanic descent, with an additional 11% African American and 11% Asian/Pacific Islander Thirty-one percent of the population in this region is foreign born While English is the most common language, 22% report Spanish as their primary language There are more than 125,000 people on Medicaid living in the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell area, and 13% do not have health insurance
