Most healthcare institutions have lovely sounding mission, vision, and values statements. You will often find them on their website.

And most of the time, these statements aren’t that important, because most of the time, most of their employees are trying to mostly do their best for their patients.

However, when difficult decisions need to be made—such as mandating vaccinations for all staff—these lovely sounding statements will make it crystal clear if the senior leadership believes in their institution’s mission, or if these statements are just big branding decorations for their website.