Mission, Values and Vision

Clarian's mission is to improve the health of our patients and community through innovation and excellence in care, education, research and service.

We value:

• Total patient care, including mind, body and spirit
• Excellence in education for health care providers
• The highest quality of care and respect for life
• Charity, equality and justice in health care
• Leadership in health promotion and wellness
• Research excellence
• An internal community of mutual trust and respect

The vision that guides Clarian is as follows: "Clarian strives to be a preeminent leader in clinical care, education, research and service. Our excellence is measured by objective evidence and established best practices. Exemplary levels of respect and dignity are given to patients and their families, while professionalism and collegiality mark relationships between employees and physicians. Clarian continues to focus on innovation and excellence through collaboration among its partner hospitals and its affiliation with Indiana University School of Medicine."

However, we're not restricted to what happens inside each of our hospital walls. Our support extends to the greater Indiana community as well.

Our annual outreach efforts include:

• Reaching more than 840,000 people with more than 100 health education, wellness and service programs.
• Providing more than $78,074,000 million in charity care to children and families statewide.
• Partnering and sponsorships with public agencies and private sector organizations to improve the health of the community.

Community Health Priorities

Each year, Clarian Health partners with public agencies and private sector (profit and nonprofit) organizations to determine the most urgent community needs and how best to address them. From that collaboration come Clarian's Community Health Priorities for the year.

For 2009, the areas of priority recommended by the oversight committee and approved by the Clarian Board of Directors are the following:

• Family health
• Parenting
• Injury prevention
• Tobacco prevention
• Fitness and nutrition
• Violence prevention

Throughout 2009, we'll continue tracking outcomes within these priorities for targeted communities of need, including school age youth, Hispanic / Latinos and other racially disparate groups, plus the homeless and at-risk adults.

View the 2008 Community Benefits Statewide Report.

A Call to Change

Directly addressing the goals stated in our mission, Clarian Health has issued a call to change to all of Indiana's citizens - statistically, a dangerously unhealthy population. We're initiating a call to change ourselves into something healthier and a call to change the health care system into something that better serves the community.

As educators, researchers, and clinicians representing the only medical school in the state, we have a unique opportunity to impact health care in a positive way and to tell the hard truths and educate the communities we serve.

A call to change starts here.