MISSION

• To support the educational and research missions of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
• To achieve excellence in quality and cost effectiveness in providing care for each patient.
• To treat each patient with dignity, respect, courtesy and honor the confidentiality of patient information.
• To support innovative health related research.
• To foster an environment in which physicians and staff are valued, recognized and rewarded for their contributions.
• To provide services to the Southern Arizona communities and the State through educational, clinical and outreach activities.
• To encourage teamwork, communication, cooperation and mutual respect among all health care providers, staff, administration and students at the Hospital and within the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

VISION
Our vision is to meet the healthcare needs of the neighborhoods and communities we serve. We will be a source for the education and training of healthcare professionals for the State and the region, and provide infrastructure for biomedical research that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

VALUES
Dedication: Giving consistently to fulfill our mission
Improvement: Enhancing our services through continuous re-evaluations
Respect: Behaving toward others in ways we would like others to behave toward us
Excellence: Providing optimum quality and consistent service that surpasses our customer’s expectation.
Compassion: Caring and having empathy for individual needs
Teamwork: Working in unity