University of Iowa Health Care

* Background and Process University of Iowa Health Care has developed a new, three-year strategic plan to focus on initiatives that are most important to our future success. Over the course of several months during 2016, more than 100 faculty, staff, students, and administrators met during several day-long planning events and participated in scenario planning, decision-acceleration activities, and other best practices of strategic planning to ensure coverage of all aspects of UI Health Care’s tripartite mission of research, education, and patient care. As Iowa’s only comprehensive academic medical center, UI Health Care plays a unique and important role in the rapidly evolving health care environment. The strategic-planning efforts ensured that we explored the many possible futures that may unfold and that we considered how our path forward might change—or not change—in response. We developed strategic storylines that explored how the landscape of academic medicine will evolve over the next decade, and we considered how global economic growth, consumerism, personalized medicine, and the emergence of big data and other technologies will permeate all aspects of what we do. The whirlwind pace of change in science and medicine is the common thread that requires us to build capacity to manage that change and enable our organization to be more responsive and flexible than ever before. Through these efforts, and through the creative thinking of some of our most talented people, we have developed a robust yet flexible plan that will allow us to continue to be successful in carrying out our mission and achieving our goals. This includes identifying key indicators of impending change and responding rapidly. Importantly, we also adopted an approach to more selectively prioritize our initiatives and ensure that they are supported by the budget. * Our Mission: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. University of Iowa Health Care is changing medicine through pioneering discovery, innovative interprofessional education, delivery of superb clinical care, and an extraordinary patient experience in a multidisciplinary, collaborative, team-based environment; and changing lives by preventing and curing disease, improving health and well-being, and assuring access to care for people in Iowa and throughout the world. * Our Vision: World Class People. World Class Medicine. World Class People. Building on our greatest strength. World Class Medicine. Creating a new standard of excellence in integrated patient care, research, and education. For Iowa and the World. Making a difference in quality of life and health for generations to come. * Our Values: I CARE Innovation We seek creative ways to solve problems. Collaboration We believe teamwork—guided by compassion and commitment—is the best way to work. Accountability We behave ethically, act openly and with integrity in all that we do, taking responsibility for our actions. Respect We honor diversity, recognize the worth and dignity of every person, and aim to earn the trust of all those whom we serve. Excellence We strive to achieve excellence in all that we do.