Many Hands, One Mission At Provena Health, it takes all of us, and each of our
diverse gifts, to fulfill the promise that is our mission: to build
communities of healing and hope by compassionately responding to human
need in the spirit of Jesus Christ. Each member of the Provena
family is an integral piece to the puzzle-- our "many hands" join together
to ensure our "one mission" comes alive in the communities we are
privileged to serve.
Why We Value
Advocacy Advocacy is deeply rooted in our Catholic
identity. Like Jesus, we are called to be a voice for the voiceless,
to attend to the poor and the vulnerable in our communities and to work
for economic, political and social conditions that support all
individuals. This advocacy role is as integral to our mission as our
healthcare services.
To truly "live our mission" we
must speak out on public policy issues that impact the communities we
serve. Ensuring adequate funding for Medicare and Medicaid,
health education, long-term care, and many other important community
health efforts, as well as advocating on behalf of the growing number of
uninsured in our country, continue to be a major focus for our advocacy
efforts. We work hard to develop relationships with our lawmakers to
ensure they not only understand the enormous importance of these programs
and issues for their communities, but also to support them in the
policy-making process.
Provena Health's commitment to
advocacy requires us to be active at the local, state and national
level where health care policy decisions are made. Our
various legislative bodies continually make decisions that impact
health care coverage, financing and delivery in our communities. Our
elected representatives may not know the impact of their decisions on
the people we serve unless we tell them.
