Who We Are
- Most preferred health care provider in San Antonio
- Provider of health care to one of every two people in San Antonio
- Largest health care provider in San Antonio
- San Antonio’s second largest private employer
- Largest provider of kidney transplants in Texas
- Largest provider of orthopedic services for backs and necks
- Largest provider of health care to rural communities in South Texas
- Largest provider in South Texas of health care to international patients
- Area’s only Children’s Hospital designed and built especially for children
- Delivering 12,000 babies per year
- 22 health care facilities including six acute care hospitals
Mission, Vision and Values
Methodist Healthcare’s Organizational Mission is to promote and support the health status of the community by providing and constantly improving the delivery of quality, innovative healthcare services in a cost-effective way, while providing charitable care to people in our region. Our vision is greatness for Methodist Healthcare System.
From an operational standpoint, our vision is: To meet the needs and exceed the expectations of those we serve by working together as a team in a culture dedicated to never-ending improvement.
The guideposts that illuminate the pathway toward the ultimate realization of our mission and vision are our values. The values govern our relationships with our patients, physicians, suppliers, and with each other. Key examples include:
- We care deeply for those whom we serve, we have empathy for the pain of others, and we are honest with each other.
- We emphasize compassion and flexibility so that meeting human needs is our top priority.
- We believe that people want to do a good job, and when problems occur, it is usually due to faults in the system, and not the individuals.
- We establish a climate of openess and mutual respect.
- We value each other as individuals.
- We affirm the value of everyone’s contribution to accomplishing the aim of the System.
- We communicate to achieve full understanding of the System’s values, direction and plans because this serves as a basis for individual commitment and action.
- We are here to serve, not to judge.
- We solve problems as close to where they occur as possible.
Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. In recognition of this commitment, we will strive to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve.
