Our Pledge To Our Patients:

Oconee Regional Medical Center will respect the rights of our patients as human beings and as valued consumers of hospital services. It is our privilege to serve our patients in a caring, compassionate environment. We will protect our patients’ privacy and ensure that all medical and personal information is kept confidential. We will provide our patients and their families with appropriate education and training about their illnesses to help them meet ongoing healthcare needs. We will render the best care of which we are capable, knowing that only by so doing can we become the hospital of choice for our area.

Our Pledge To Our Community:

Oconee Regional Medical Center will provide a clean, safe and appealing environment for our patients, staff members and visitors. Our services will be accessible to the population that we serve. We recognize the importance of education, and will strive to promote wellness concepts, healthy lifestyles, and disease prevention and recognition.

Oconee Regional Medical Center will ensure that excellent clinical services are delivered by qualified staff in professional, management and ancillary departments. Our staff will strive to maintain the continuity of care that is so necessary for the well being of our patients.

We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state laws and to conducting our business in an ethical manner.

Our Pledge To Our Employees:

Oconee Regional Medical Center recognizes that our employees are our most valuable resource. We will reward outstanding employees by recognizing their achievements and providing incentive pay. Our employees will assist in the development of our strategic goals, and will participate as respected members of the hospital team. It is the goal of Oconee Regional Medical Center to be the employer of choice within our area’s healthcare industry. To that end, we will promote open communication between management and employees, and through continuous quality improvement we will strive together to improve system, processes and our performance in order to better serve the citizens of our community.

Oconee Regional Medical Center’s business plan, marketing strategy, and capital investments must be aligned with the following market realities for the 1990’s in order to have financial stability and sustained growth:

1. Acute care facilities to be redesigned for current acute Medical-Surgical needs, Obstetrics (LDRP), ancillary and diagnostic services and to continue outpatient trends (on-site and satellite locations)….
2. Technological advancements to continue… capital and physician-intensive.
3. Current, broad-based, highly competent Medical Staff to render needed services to patients and to play an even greater role in hospital’s image, credibility, and reputation as perceived by community.
4. Emergency Department continues to increase as major point of both (a) access to and (b) potential exposure for the hospital… must be balanced and managed with an emphasis on clinical excellence, service, and efficiency.
5. Continuum of care services to become successful and valued services to the community.
6. Hospital network and cooperative alliances to be key opportunity for market share gains… partnership approach with physicians will be key to success.
7. Employee relations and working conditions ever critical to sustained success of hospital programs, availability of manpower… ("employer of choice")
8. Measurable quality and "value" (perception of service and cost) become more critical as competitive edge (or disadvantage) among choices of hospitals ("hospital of choice"), and physicians.
9. Health Care reform and external business pressure will place increasing importance on health care providers being affiliated or "networked" in effective managed care programs.
10. Operating efficiency and productivity will become more critical as "low cost/high quality" providers are sought by industry and managed care contracts.
11. Continued enhancement and expansion of Hospice, which helps terminally ill patients (and their families) to ensure the best possible quality of life until the end of life.
12. Continue to strive to improve the health status of our community through wellness, disease prevention and education.