Our Mission:
Our mission is to improve the health of every individual in Hillsboro County through the delivery of exceptionally innovative and compassionate care.
To enhance lives and preserve the health of our patients by facilitating access to a comprehensive, fully integrated network of the highest quality and most affordable care, delivered with absolute kindness, integrity, and respect.
Our Vision:
To be the leader in the transformation and progression of healthcare and enable every community member we serve to enjoy the utmost quality of life.
We will strive to lead the nation in patient experience, clinical outcomes, research, and education.
We advocate for patient-centered care that not only includes the patient, but also their significant others and family, in collaborative and shared decision-making processes.
We will promote and support creativity in the workplace and embrace change as a means of
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We seek to optimize the health and well-being of every individual equally and without discrimination. We will work to advance the future of the way we deliver services by focusing on the following:
Population Health Management: We will work to improve our community’s health by building effective partnerships with local and state organizations that address the opportunities and difficulties accompanying population health management.
Reinventing Hospital-Based Care: We will reinvent hospital-based, inpatient, care to increase the value of our services for our patients. We will build an integrated network of providers and programs outside of our hospitals to improve the health of the community we serve.
Premium-Brand Services: Our highly acclaimed specialty care and cutting-edge corporate and consumer health programs will award us state and national recognition, funding, and an expanded patient base.
Our
According to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, they have assessed the nation’s health system annually since 2003, reported that, in 2015 the health care delivery system has made progress to achieve the three aims of better care, smarter spending, and healthier people (City of White Plains Health Equity Report, 2017). However, they continue to promote health equality and reach the goal of New York State being the healthiest. But most importantly aiming to reduce or eliminate racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health
Mission and vision statements communicate strategic goals. “To provide superior patient-centered care using appropriate and innovative evidence-based practices” is a mission better aligned with Amedisys new direction. Additionally, “Drive growth by delivering a full range of holistic health care services, while cultivating a culture of compassion” is a vision that could be used to inspire employees to achieve Amedisys’ purpose.
They are in the industry to “improve patients ' quality of life by innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment plans, personalized care teams and convenient health-management” (“About DaVita”, n.d.). The goal of a mission statement is to concisely express the organization’s purpose in order to communicate the value they offer to stakeholders (Wheelen, 2010, p. 18). DaVita’s mission is “To be the Provider, Partner and Employer of Choice” (“Mission and core values”, n.d.). The mission statement is evidence that DaVita is customer-centric and realizes the importance of partnerships and employees in supporting the success of the
The health care organization with which I am familiar and involved is Kaiser Permanente where I work as an Emergency Room Registered Nurse and later promoted to management. Kaiser Permanente was founded in 1945, is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plan, serving 9.1 million members, with headquarters in Oakland, California. At Kaiser Permanente, physicians are responsible for medical decisions, continuously developing and refining medical practices to ensure that care is delivered in the most effective manner possible. Kaiser Permanente combines a nonprofit insurance plan with its own hospitals and clinics, is the kind of holistic health system that President Obama’s health care law encourages. It still operates in a half-dozen states from Maryland to Hawaii and is looking to expand...
Centura Health is a hospital system located in Colorado and Kansas. They have created a mission and vision statement that focuses on the communities that they serve. Their current mission Statement is “We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities.” (Centura, 2014). Their current vision statement is “Centura Health will fulfill a covenant of caring for our communities with excellence and integrity to become their partner for life.” (Centura, 2014). These statements are short and meet most of Aguinis’ eight components for the mission and vision statements.
Meeting the changing needs of healthcare today is a challenge for any organization. Meeting the challenging needs of tomorrow is even more perplexing. Centura Health, however, has a strategic plan in place for addressing the health care needs of the citizens in Colorado and Kansas for the next decade. Centura Health 2020 is designed to transform the future of health care for their patients and their surrounding communities. Using three pillars to define their vision, Centura Health plans to strengthen their foundation, move upstream to manage health, and create systems of care. With a focus on wellness and affordable care, their slogan for their strategic plan, “get better, get different” sums up their intentions. With their solid, well thought-out
While the outcomes of the effects of newer efforts are unclear, the assessments address specific issues that stand in the way of Honor Health’s mission. Honor Health is effectively using its vision statement to fulfill its mission; to an extent, as its mission and vision are so vague. By identifying data and socioeconomic barriers to care in each individual community it serves; each community is identified by zip codes that surround each hospital and health clinic in the organization, it can purpose and implement initiatives to address specific needs (Honor Health, 2015). While the vision statement is vague, it does provide a broad goal for the organization that can allow a variety of strategies, allowing operational flexibility and room for leadership to implement a diverse definition of organizational mission
Mission Statement: We provide expert care and innovative solutions in pharmacy and health care that are effective and easy for our customers.
behave professionally and to ensure that our patients have the best care that we can give. There
...e crucial change needed in health services delivery, with the aim of transforming the current deteriorated system into a true “health care” system. (ANA, 2010)
My current employer, Mayo Clinic, is a world renowned not-for-profit hospital that has been established for 150 years. Mayo Clinic is the first and biggest integrated not-for-profit medical group practice in the world and is a well-known brand name that is recognized world-wide. Working for an organization where the primary value is the needs of the patient come first, the organizations domain is held to a higher standard. The mission statement is to encourage hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to all patients through integrated clinical practice, education and research (Strategic statement of Mayo Clinic, 2012). The vision statement is that Mayo Clinic will offer an unparalleled experience as the most trusted partner for health care (Strategic statement of Mayo Clinic, 2012). In the medical field, innovations, research and technology motivate the business to perform and deliver care in a new standard. Mayo Clinic has a logo of three shields that are interlocked, presenting patient care, research and education.
Louisiana is consistently at the bottom of national health outcome rankings. The Ochsner Health System is committed to establishing a population health strategy to improve these health statistics by enhancing the quality and cost of health care among employees, patients, and community members. To achieve this, Ochsner outlined the “Plan to Win” initiative, which included proving the organization's value, serving more patients, making care affordable, and shaping the future.
I hope to impact this professional with my knowledge and expertise. I am now in school again to further my knowledge of this profession. It may seem old for some. However, for me learning has no age and boundaries as I continued to gain more knowledge and perhaps someday I can be a mentor for my peers. I hope to someday work In Risk management where I can continue to fight and argue the rights of my patients and peers whom all deserve a sense of dignity and self-worth. My contribution to this profession includes providing and promoting care with a holistic approach that is inclusive of the mind, body, spiritual belief practices because the patients I see as being more than just another patient in need of my care. The patients are like you and I and perhaps wants the same as I want for them. I’m sure with my great sense of enthusiasm that I may accomplish something here because my day will never end until I make an unmistakable stamp on a profession I always wanted to practice since that little girl whose heart was touched by the many caring professionals that provided care to my mom. Sound like I’m on a mission that indeed I