Clinical Laboratory

Mission Statement
The mission of the University Hospital of Arkansas is to provide patient-centered, cost-effective care through a health care system enriched by and committed to education and research.

Core Values
Achievement of this mission relies on a steady commitment to three fundamental values:

* Achieving total satisfaction among the various 'customers' of the University Hospital's patient care network, the most important of whom are the patients and their families. Others include the entire Hospital staff.

*Continually improving services.

*Valuing the contribution and needs of all individuals in order to create a workplace that inspires constant innovation, excellence and teamwork.

Goals
The goals of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services are expressed through the following commitments by the faculty, management, technical, and administrative staff:

*A commitment by the Clinical Laboratories to be a vital and integral component of the University Hospital of Arkansas, to provide a patient care environment of excellence, to provide service to the community, and to serve as the primary setting for clinical education and research programs of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences School of Medicine, Health Related Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy, and other allied health care educational efforts.

*A commitment to making a major contribution to excellence in patient care in this institution and throughout the State by providing accurate and precise analysis using modern methods and concepts with efficient sampling techniques and modern data handling procedures.

*A commitment to making the Clinical Laboratories and Educational Resources for the entire institution, including training of clinical and laboratory personnel in the various aspects of Clinical pathology and Laboratory medicine.

*A commitment to the application of modern techniques of management in our delivery of medical laboratory services in order that the patient and the public receive the maximum benefit from their expenditure of health funds.

*A commitment to performing all of these activities in an atmosphere of personal concern for each patient served, of mutual respect for our co-workers and of enthusiasm for learning, teaching, and scholarly investigation.

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