Organizer Profile
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Over the last 30 years, UPMC has ushered in a new era of health care excellence in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, and locations around the world. UPMC has evolved from a single psychiatric hospital into a $23 billion integrated global health enterprise closely affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh.

Mission:
UPMC’s mission is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow’s health system through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education.

Vision:
UPMC will lead the transformation of health care. The UPMC model will be nationally recognized for redefining health care by:

• Putting our patients, health plan members, employees, and community at the center of everything we do and creating a model that ensures that every patient gets the right care, in the right way, at the right time, every time.
• Harnessing our integrated capabilities to deliver both superb state-of-the-art care to our patients and high value to our stakeholders.
• Employing our partnership with the University of Pittsburgh to advance the understanding of disease, its prevention, treatment and cure.
• Serving the underserved and disadvantaged, and advancing excellence and innovation throughout health care.
• Fueling the development of new businesses globally that are consistent with our mission as an ongoing catalyst and driver of economic development for the benefit of the residents of the region. Values:
• QUALITY & SAFETY
• DIGNITY & RESPECT
• CARING & LISTENING
• RESPONSIBILITY & INTEGRITY
• EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION
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