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Our Mission

For our PATIENTS we commit ourselves........

	to respect your dignity and demonstrate compassion and sensitivity towards you at all times;
	to render diagnostic and therapeutic services to you in accordance with the highest clinical standards;
	to assure that you will have equal access to hospital services irrespective of your ability to pay; and to support, disseminate and abide by the "Patient Bill of Rights".

For our PHYSICIANS we commit ourselves........

	to maintain a partnership with you that responsibly addresses your needs and expectations;
	to strongly support ongoing medical education and research programs; and
	to support your effort to assess and evaluate new technologies and procedures and expand into those areas that are deemed beneficial to the institution and its constituents.

For our EMPLOYEES we commit ourselves ..........

	to provide resources for your professional development and comprehensive educational programs so that you serve in an environment that stimulates you to progress and reach your highest potential;
	to foster a culturally and ethnically diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities and patients we serve, and,
	to encourage and promote mutual respect, dignity and fairness for all.

For our COMMUNITY we commit ourselves ..........

	to maintain ongoing collaboration with you and be responsive to your special healthcare needs;
	to complement our specialty and tertiary services by expanding and enhancing primary care services that are offered to you; and
	to practice and abide by the precepts that promote quality and its continuous improvement.

We further commit ourselves to exercise sound and creative management that will maintain the fiscal integrity of the institution while further strengthening our leadership role among New York metropolitan hospitals and particularly those within our service area.