Howard University Hospital

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Howard University Hospital
place Washington DC
Coordinates 38 ° 55 '1 "  N , 77 ° 1' 12"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 55 '1 "  N , 77 ° 1' 12"  W.
beds 192
founding 1862
Website http://huhealthcare.com/healthcare/hospital
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The Howard University Hospital formerly Freedmen's Hospital is a large hospital in Washington, DC , built on the site of the former Griffith Stadium . The hospital served the Afro-American population of the area for over 150 years , founded in 1862 with the purpose of providing medical care to the thousands of slaves released and fled to the north during the War of Civilizations. As the first hospital specifically dedicated to the care of former slaves, it later became the most important hospital for the African American population.

overview

Howard University Hospital (HUH) is a private, non-profit institution in Washington, DC and affiliated with Howard University . The HUH is the only teaching hospital in the United States on the campus of a historically African-American university . After the District of Columbia General Hospital was closed in 2001, the poorest patients came to the HUH and the financially overwhelmed hospital had the highest number of wrongful homicide complaints in the Washington, DC area in 2016. In 2020, the hospital was taken over by Adventist HealthCare , a non-profit healthcare provider. This organization offers the HUH new resources and opportunities for clinical advancement in its network.

Howard University Hospital

Doctors and other health professionals engage in various activities and services for the local community on a weekly basis, including presentations, free health checkups, workshops, and health fairs. These programs also include a facility for diabetes patients that offers a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. The Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program , founded by transplant specialist Clive O. Callender , is also based at the HUH. Specialized services include endocrinologist , ophthalmology , podiatry , diabetes counseling, pharmacy services and nutritional counseling .

The HUH is a Level 1 trauma center in the District of Columbia under the district's Trauma and Intensive Care Department. Every year around 1,300 admissions are taken there and has been one of the most important trauma centers in the region since the General Hospital was closed. Edward E. Cornwell , a writer and activist who has dedicated his work to the urban community, is part of the trauma center's leadership . His work in the operating room and his dedication to men of color has been featured in Black Enterprise magazine and ABC News. The trauma center is also known for its high scientific performance, with around 50 research articles appearing in peer-reviewed medical journals. A quarterly newsletter called The Check Up is published by the HUH, the Department of Health Services and the Howard University Office of University Communications .

history

The Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum opened in the grounds of Camp Barker in 1862, caring for the liberated, the disabled, and the elderly African American. In 1863 the management of the hospital was handed over to Alexander Thomas Augusta , he was the first African-American doctor who was allowed to manage a hospital. After the Civil War, the hospital became the teaching hospital of Howard University Medical School in 1868, but remained under federal supervision. In 1881 Charles Burleigh Purvis was appointed surgeon in charge of Freedmen's Hospital by President Chester Arthur . Purvis held this position until 1894 and was the first black man to hold this position under civilian government. At the beginning of the 20th century, Congress approved the construction of a new hospital. It was completed on Bryant Street in 1909. In 1967 Freedmen's Hospital was transferred to Howard University and served as a hospital until 1975. Today's HUH is built on the property of Griffith Stadium. The original Freedmen's Hospital building now serves the John H. Johnson School of Communications . Freedmen's Hall, a permanent museum within the HUH, is dedicated to the history of medical education and health care at the university.

In February 2020, the HUH and Adventist HealthCare signed an agreement according to which Adventist would run the hospital for three years.

Departments at the HUH

  • Anesthesia - Offers surgical and obstetric anesthesia, as well as pain therapy.
  • Community and family health care
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology - Specializes in the skin conditions of African Americans and darker skinned populations.
  • Emergency medicine - Open 24 hours a day / 7 days a week, the department treats around 60,000 patients a year.
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurology - Specializes in neurological disorders affecting African American and other minority groups.
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Eye clinic
  • Orthopedics and rehabilitation
  • pathology
  • Pediatrics - The department also includes neonatology, child care, as well as vaccination and school services.
  • psychiatry
  • Radiology - including the examination of outpatients.
  • surgery
  • The New Freedmen's Clinic - Founded in 2009, this department provides medical assistance to low-income patients with no health insurance. The care of the patients is carried out by students under the supervision of experienced doctors

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Freedmen's Hospital / Howard University Hospital (1862--) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed .
  2. ^ About Howard University Hospital . Howard University. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Cheryl W. Thompson: Howard University Hospital shows symptoms of a severe crisis . In: Washington Post , March 26, 2017. 
  4. ^ Adventist signs deal to take over management of Howard University Hospital , Washington Post. February 6, 2020. Accessed March 19, 2020. 
  5. ^ National Minority Donor Awareness Week Honors Howard University Professor Clive O. Callender , Washington Afro-American. August 6, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2020. 
  6. ↑ Monica Queen, Rachel Mann: Howard University Hospital Trauma Center Recertified by the American College of Surgeons . Howard University. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  7. ^ JJ Pryor: Howard University Announces Nationally Renowned Trauma Surgeon as Chairman of Surgery . Howard University. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved on April 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ America's Leading Doctors ( en-US ). Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ 5 Questions: Edward Cornwell on youth violence . Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  10. ^ Howard University Hospital: Howard University Health Newsletter . In: Check Up . XXX, fall 2014.
  11. ↑ "Freedmen's Hospital: Exploring Howard University's Roots," NLM In Focus, National Library of Medicine, February 29, 2008 . Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  12. ↑ a b Freedmen’s Hospital / Howard University Hospital (1862--) . In: Online Encyclopedia of Significant People and Places in African American History . BlackPast.org. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ a b 23: Howard University Hospital . In: Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area . US National Library of Medicine , National Institutes of Health . December 8, 2014. Accessed February 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ Jessie Carney Smith: Notable Black American Men Book II . Gale / Cengage Learning, 2007.
  15. ^ Faith Farmer, Ariel W. Simmons: Robert E. Lester (Ed.): Records of the Freedman's Hospital, 1872-1910: Correspondence and Memoranda . LexisNexis, Bethesda 2004, p. Vi.
  16. ^ Pioneers in Academic Surgery . In: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons . US National Library of Medicine , National Institutes of Health . September 13, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  17. ^ Fredrick Kunkle, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel: Adventist signs deal to take over management of Howard University Hospital . February 6, 2020. Accessed February 29, 2020.
  18. ↑ Departments . Howard University. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  19. ↑ Home Page . Howard University. Retrieved May 22, 2017.