Mission

Enhancing quality of life through an integrated health service organization based on a balanced program of patient care, education, research and community service.

Vision

To be the health system of choice, advancing care through education and research.

Values

Excellence

We strive for the best, continuously improving quality in all our activities.

Service Orientation

Our physicians and staff use their skills, creativity, energy and loyalty as resources for effective and quality services in every community and each setting in which we serve.

Individual Dignity

We provide humane, compassionate and expert care, always emphasizing the dignity of the individual.

Teamwork

We take great pride in recognizing and empowering good people who demonstrate the importance and value of teamwork.

Physician Leadership

We are physician-led, across our entire organization and within the many communities we serve.

Diversity

Diversity among physicians, staff, students, and volunteers promotes an environment of mutual support and respect.

Education

We believe in the intellectual and professional pursuit of new knowledge and its dissemination to colleagues, students, and the public at large, as an instrument of our health system that adds value to all of our customers.

Research

We believe that basic science, clinical, community health, and health-services research advances the overall health and well-being of our patients and their communities.

Fiscal Responsibility

We exercise prudent use of all resources as part of our stewardship responsibility for fiscal and organizational success.

Tradition

We take pride in our history, for it is the foundation of our future and our long-standing commitment to your health