At Duke Medicine, everything we do is focused on creating opportunities of a lifetime for our patients and professionals. With every effort and action, our family of employees strives to embrace and embody the mission, vision and values that have made Duke Medicine among the most trusted, recognized and rewarding health care systems in America.
The Duke Medicine Mission
In 2006, Duke Medicine adopted new mission and vision statements that describe the overarching goals and shared aspirations of all of its components -- including Duke Medicine, the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke University School of Nursing.
As a world-class academic and health care system, Duke Medicine strives to transform medicine and health locally and globally by:
- Pursuing innovative scientific research
- Empowering the rapid translation of breakthrough discoveries
- Educating future clinical and scientific leaders
- Advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to improve community health, and
- Leading efforts to eliminate health inequalities
The Duke Medicine Vision
Duke Medicine seeks to transform health care, teaching and research to benefit society. We believe we can accomplish this vision by:
- Making important advances in biomedical science and fundamental research
- Fostering a multidisciplinary environment in the lab and clinic that unites our efforts to prevent illness, treat disease and care for our patients
- Translating discoveries into clinical practice
- Designing clinical interventions and measuring their effectiveness
- Creating innovative approaches to health and wellness
- Addressing health disparities in our community and around the world
- Sharing our vision and advances globally through wide-reaching programs and collaborations
- Training the scientists, clinical professionals, administrators and community advocates who will lead this work in the future
- Investing in technologies, tools, infrastructure - and people – the true foundation of our success
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