Alvarado Medical Center Mission Statement

This paper examines the mission, vision, and values of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center and describes how it applies to the United States Council of Catholic Bishop’s Teachings. But before we can correlate the two, it is imperative to understand the differences in a mission statement vs. a vision statement and what it means for a hospital to have core values.
Given the way the business world is working today, organizations need some form of direction to help prevent deviation from their purpose. In order to do this companies have come to use what is known as directional strategies. The concept of directional strategies encompasses an organizations mission statement, vision statement, values and strategic goals. Each sounding similar

It is about ideals, goals, future states of the organization, and hope. “They help provide a map of what could be and, more important, what the leaders want the future to be” (Swayne, et al., p. 171, 2008). Our vision is that of the entire healthcare system we are under and not specific to this hospital. The vision statement presented by AHMC is: Prime Healthcare Services (PHS) is consistently at the forefront of evolving national healthcare reform. Our organization provides an innovative and integrated healthcare delivery system. We remain ever cognizant of our patients' needs and desires for high quality affordable healthcare. I do see how this fits in to the leaders vision for our healthcare systems future. Currently, PHS is attempting to convert all 26 hospitals over to the same EHR and Clinical documentation system, EPIC. Each hospital is fulfilling the remainder of their contracts with current vendors and are implementing procedures to help make the transition as painless as possible. This would create an integrated delivery system that encompasses the entire spectrum of healthcare delivery and provides a continuum of care which encompasses all aspects of an individual's healthcare. PHS also recognized the need for a new emergency department at AHMC. Our plans have been approved through OSHPD, financing is in place, and we are breaking ground right after the new year. We will be expanding from a 11 bed ED to a 2-story 30 bed ED by 2016.

To “reaffirm the ethical standards of behavior” could be viewed as ensuring qality behavior. To “provide authoritative quidance” can be viewed as providing comprehension in a sense and the value of compassion can be seen many times over in the Ethical and Religious Directives as a whole. Furthermore, the USCCB’s website has not only ethical directive but they provide a very detailed strategic plan roadmap. They have their short term and long term goals laid out very suscinctly. They have many mission goals in place to guide them throuh 2016. This may seem like too large of a mission however, Grusenmeyer had heartwarming advice for organizations with large mission