The Georgia Health Sciences enterprise is uniquely positioned to leverage capabilities across education, research, and patient care to lead in many areas of health care, including population-based health care and research initiatives. As the state’s sole academic health center, the enterprise fills several unique roles in Georgia, including serving as the state’s resource for advanced and complex care, housing the region’s only children’s medical center and the state’s only dental school. Our world-renowned reputation in Patient- and FamilyCentered Care and interprofessional teamwork adds depth and dimension to our clinical capabilities. New opportunities, such as expanding partnerships and developing niche markets emphasizing complex care, promise a strong infusion of untapped potential to address the ongoing challenges of the health and health care environment. • Goal 1 of Strategic Priority 3: Attain national and international recognition as an integrated, innovative academic health system demonstrating excellence in patient care, biomedical research, and health science education. Objectives to achieve this goal are to: o Create a culture of integration and innovative problem-solving that empowers employees to identify and remove the physical, administrative, and accounting obstacles that hinder efficiencies and collaboration. o Develop and implement a plan and expected outcomes for enterprise integration that is clearly and consistently shared with all stakeholders. o Create, implement, and sustain an aggressive marketing presence characterized by a single identity with a central theme of excellence in clinical care, research, and education. o Promote and support professional development as an enterprise priority. o Facilitate interdisciplinary education and research initiatives among the colleges. o Cultivate and reward innovative advances in all aspects of the enterprise.
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