Mission

To promote wellness in the communities we serve by providing quality health care with skill, compassion and dignity.

Vision

Elizabethtown Community Hospital shall:

• Create healthier communities by creatively challenging individuals to be more responsible for their personal health status;

• Be viewed as the provider of choice for primary care in the region and capable of delivering a broad level of care, while maintaining financial viability;

• Continually rethink, reshape and refine solutions to healthcare challenges in our service area;

• Continue to strive to be a critical access hospital model for primary care delivery;

• Be viewed as a progressive, innovative community healthcare system;

• Be recognized for excellence in patient care.

Values

The core values of Elizabethtown Community Hospital characterize the manner in which patients, staff and the community is treated by the organization: with integrity and respect. The values also define the way in which the Hospital operates: through innovation and excellence.

Integrity - all staff members are expected to be honest, dependable, dedicated and loyal to the organization, co-workers, community members and patients in their care. Staff members recognize and accept a high level of responsibility - they are comfortable relying on their skills, and each other, to perform their professional duties.

Respect - staff members conduct themselves in a professional manner; while realizing that it is important to maintain a sense of humor. Staff members treat patients, their families and their co-workers with courtesy at all times. The organization values teamwork to accomplish goals, and understands the importance of communication among staff members, with patients and with the community.

Innovation - the organization and its staff is continually striving to improve through quality initiatives, advances in technology, addition of services, education, and constant evaluation of clinical processes.

Excellence - The provision of quality healthcare to address both patient and community needs in a cost effective manner, leading to both clinical and financial success.