Recognizing staff
Mission
The Mission of Advocate Health Care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a holistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God.
Values
The Statement of Values of Advocate Health Care serves as an internal compass to guide our relationships and actions:
- Compassion - We embrace the whole person and respond to emotional, ethical, and spiritual concerns, as well as physical needs in our commitment to unselfishly care for others.
- Excellence - We empower people to continually improve the outcomes of our service, to advance quality, and to increase innovation and openness to new ideas.
- Partnership - We collaborate as employees, physicians, volunteers, and community leaders to utilize the talents and creativity of all persons.
- Stewardship - We are responsible and accountable for all that we are, have, and do.
- Equality - We affirm the worth and spiritual freedom of each person and treat all people with respect, integrity, and dignity.
Philosophy
The Philosophy of Advocate Health Care is grounded in the principles of human ecology, faith, and community-based health care. These principles arise from an understanding of human beings as whole persons in light of their relationship to God, themselves, their families, and the society in which they live.
About The DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation was established in 2000 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who died of complications from the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. DAISY is an acronym for “Diseases Attacking the Immune System.” During Pat’s eight-week hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided, not only to Pat but to everyone in his family. One of the goals they set in creating a Foundation in Pat’s memory was to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the superhuman work they do every day.
What is the DAISY Award?
The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is proud to be a DAISY Award Hospital Partner, recognizing one of our nurses with this special honor every month. To find out more about the program, including the growing list of Hospital Partners, please visit the DAISY Foundation.