• By providing world-class healthcare
• By delivering care in a compassionate, respectful and responsive way
• By advancing medical knowledge and continuously improving our practices
• By educating current and future generations of healthcare professionals

Vision
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, along with our partner Washington University School of Medicine, will be the best academic medical center in the country recognized for excellence in research, teaching, and quality and safety of patient care.

Values

• Patient Focused Excellence: We dedicate ourselves to the highest standard of patient care and advancing the healthcare status of all communities.

• Respect for People: We treat each other and our patients as unique individuals honoring diverse backgrounds and cultural differences.

• People Working Together: Working together allows us to accomplish more than we can achieve individually.

• Integrity: We maintain an environment which upholds truthful clinical and business practices.

• Managing for Innovation: We disseminate new knowledge and promote change to improve our services, programs, processes and operations.

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