Healthcare System Overview

MedStar Health: Pioneering Healthcare Excellence with Values-Driven Service, Patient-Centric Care, and a Culture of Innovation

MedStar Health combines the best aspects of academic medicine, research, and innovation with a complete spectrum of clinical services to advance patient care. As the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, MedStar Health’s more than 300 care locations include 10 hospitals, 33 urgent care clinics, ambulatory care centers, and primary and specialty care providers. We are also home to the MedStar Health Research Institute and a comprehensive scope of health-related organizations all recognized regionally and nationally for excellence. MedStar Health has one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the country, training 1,150 medical residents annually, and is the medical education and clinical partner of Georgetown University. MedStar Health is a $7.3 billion, not-for-profit, regional healthcare system based in Columbia, Maryland, and one of the largest employers in the region. MedStar Health’s team of more than 32,000 includes physicians, nurses, and many other clinical and non-clinical associates who together support MedStar Health’s patient-first philosophy that combines care, compassion, and clinical excellence with an emphasis on customer service.

Our values

Service — We strive to anticipate and meet the needs of our patients, physicians, and co-workers.

Patient first — We strive to deliver the best to every patient every day. The patient is the first priority in everything we do.

Integrity — We communicate openly and honestly, build trust, and conduct ourselves according to the highest ethical standards.

Respect — We treat each individual, those we serve and those with whom we work, with the highest professionalism and dignity.

Innovation — We embrace change and work to improve all we do in a fiscally responsible manner.

Teamwork — System effectiveness is built on the collective strength and cultural diversity of everyone, working with open communication and mutual respect. 

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