Becoming the Best at Getting Better

OUR MISSION

Our Key Principles

    • We measure our success by the value we provide to patients

    • We focus our work on patient needs

    • We value patient contact above all other activities

    • We respect people

    • We focus on individual growth and development

    • We improve ourselves and each other by improving our work

    • We work together collectively

    • We practice humility

    • We measure and monitor

    • We go see to understand the situation

    • We embrace standardization

    • We practice the science of improvement

    • We believe the leaders’ primary role is to help the people they support to be successful

    • We work together to achieve aligned goals

    • We are all engaged and accountable

A NOTE FROM OUR DIRECTOR

In 2019, we announced the approval of the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement: Creating a Community of Improvers.

As a joint venture between Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Children’s Health, and Stanford Health Care, the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement aspires to “become the best at getting better”.

The key areas of focus for the Center are:

  • Fostering education and capability development in improvement science

  • Enhancing evaluation, publication, and external funding of improvement efforts

The Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement also sponsors the following Affinity Groups that welcome all interested in these focus areas:

  • Advanced Data Analytics

  • Teamwork 

  • Stanford Medicine Community of Improvers (SCIP)

We urge everyone in the Stanford Medicine Community – in all occupations and at all levels – to join our community of improvers and help us become the best at getting better! 

Terry Platchek, MD
Executive Director, Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement