Abstract Integris Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned healthcare corporation in the state (Integris Health Fact Sheet, n.d.). The Integris Health mission is to improve the health of the people and the communities we serve (Integris Health Fact Sheet, n.d.). The vision of Integris Health is to become the most trusted name in healthcare in Oklahoma (Integris Mission, n.d.). Human resources could be used to communicate the mission and vision of Integris Health to all employees. As Integris Health is such a large healthcare organization, there are many different strategic goals within the corporation. To help consolidate these goals, Integris Health has identified five strategic principles which are to: promote a positive patient experience, …show more content…
To communicate its mission statement to employees and patients, Integris Health has displayed it in many different ways. Some areas it can be found include the Integris Health website, the internal portal for use of employees, employee nametags, the employee handbook, and various pamphlets and literature distributed to employees and patients. The Integris Health mission is to improve the health of the people and the communities we serve (Integris Health Fact Sheet, n.d.). According to Forehand (2000), an organization’s mission statement has been shown to have a positive effect on firm performance. A good mission statement is both inspiring and meaningful (Forehand, 2000). The mission statement for Integris Health inspires employees to do their best for the good of the company and their community. By having a broad mission statement, it can be applied to different healthcare settings in not only the metropolitan area but rural areas across the state. One function of human resources is to hire new employees (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2013). Human resources could be used to educate all new hires on the mission of Integris Health during orientation …show more content…
A strategic goal related to this principle is to standardize work flow processes supported by technology. Human resources could be used to provide an avenue for process improvement ideas to be received from the staff and explored. Another strategic goal related to this principle is to change the existing electronic medical records system. This project will take years to accomplish with different settings implementing the new program sequentially starting with physicians’ clinics. Human resources has been used to recruit existing employees to change positions to start working on modifying this new electronic medical records system so that it is adequate to be used in all settings and for all disciplines. Also, human resources has been used to hire employees to fill the newly vacated