The mission of Catholic Health Initiatives is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church by bringing it new life, energy, and viability in the 21st century. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we move toward the creation of healthier communities.

VISION

Catholic Health Initiatives’ vision is to create a national Catholic ministry which will live out its mission by transforming traditional health care delivery into integrated networks and creating new ministries that promote healthy communities.

Catholic Health Initiatives - Values Defined

REVERENCE

A culture of reverence provides the foundation for everything we are and do. Our sense of oneness with creation with local communities, and with those we serve enhances our organizational performance. The distinctiveness of “how we do things around here” is grounded in a lived spirituality and personal faith. Our recognition of all life as a gift moves us to acknowledge God’s presence and power in our healing ministry and to steward limited resources carefully. Our consequent, profound respect for every person and for a diversity of people and perspectives (within and beyond our walls) increases our organizational effectiveness, market performance, and potential to bring healing to our patients/residents and health to our communities. Partnerships and team collaboration are therefore hallmarks of our approach to care delivery, providing a workplace morale (“spirit at work”) that significantly contributes to our becoming the provider and employer of choice in our local communities. Staff development in the attributes of our distinctive culture becomes our avenue to leadership effectiveness, clinical quality, customer service, operational performance, and market niche. Since our business focus is that of healing relationships, our daily work is not just to make a living but a ministry to make a difference in the lives of others.

INTEGRITY

A culture of integrity characterizes the behaviors of people called to relationships that heal. The organizational measures of open communication, ethical decision-making, and humility, are consistently demonstrated and encouraged. Not only is doing the right thing simply how we do business and deliver care, but our communications reveal our commitment to truth telling and to how we always see ourselves from the perspective of others in a larger community. Because of our authentic commitment to our mission and core values, we attract, retain, and develop the best and the brightest people who come to work each day because of a deep sense of vocation or spiritual calling. As a result, we are credible in the eyes of team members, partners, local communities, and especially our patient/resident “customers”.

COMPASSION

A culture of compassion characterizes our care for the whole person, our commitment to the common good, and our outreach to the most vulnerable. Work requirements are managed in a participative and person-centered way, demonstrating an ability to feel the needs of others and a commitment to act always in the vest interests of all stakeholders. Through our internal and external networks, our advocacy on behalf of the voiceless in our communities is unrelenting. Because of our fidelity to the Gospel and our commitment to promote human dignity and social justice, we are constantly working to transform the way health care is delivered and accessed in our country and beyond.

EXCELLENCE

A culture of excellence characterizes high-performing organizations that strive to deliver the best quality care and to meet or exceed CHI’s strategic measures of success. In achieving clinical, strategic, operational, and cultural priorities, our people set and accomplish goals that are challenging yet realistic. There is alignment of accountability, continuous improvement, learning and innovation with strategic focus. In pursuing clear, focused plans of action, an enthusiastic and healthy spirit is evidenced, targets are achieved effectively and efficiently, and conflict is managed constructively. Each person benefits from the wisdom and strength of the whole organization and appropriate risk-taking is rewarded. New and better ways of delivering care, managing resources, and meeting community needs consistently energize all concerns.

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