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Mission and Goals

 

Vision

The world we hope to create through our work together

The New Hampshire Medical Society envisions a State in which personal and public health are high priorities, all people have access to quality healthcare, and physicians experience deep satisfaction in the practice of medicine.

Mission

Our role as an organization in creating the world we envision

The mission of the New Hampshire Medical Society is to bring together physicians to advocate for the well-being of our patients, for our profession and for the betterment of the public health

Values

The principles and values that we expect to guide our work together

Altruism – We will act with unselfish regard for the welfare of others.

Integrity – We will conduct our activities in an atmosphere of openness and honesty.  Members, officers and staff will uphold the highest standards of personal ethics.

Inclusiveness – We will seek out and respect individuals with diverse perspectives and opinions to enrich our work.

Humanism – We will embrace the art of medicine and the importance of the person in all that we do.

Science – Our work will be grounded in principles and knowledge that can be studied and evaluated.

Respect – We will treat other individuals and professions with due consideration.   

Activism – We will take action to address issues of importance to our mission.

Excellence – We will bring the highest standards and quality to our work.

 

General Strategic Goals

Our broad organizational goals that are relatively stable over time

  1. Membership-focused goals
    1. Maintain and nurture an active membership that is demographically representative of New Hampshire physicians and adequate in size to accomplish the mission of the organization.
    2. Provide support services for specialty and subspecialty medical organizations to facilitate collaboration within the profession of medicine
    3. Support the health, well-being and effective practice of New Hampshire physicians.
    4. Support families of NH physicians in integrating into NH communities and in periods of transition that engender financial or other hardship.
  2. Educational goals
    1. Provide periodic educational sessions on issues of common interest to physicians across medical specialties
    2. Support members in providing educational sessions on topics of more specialized interest.
    3. Co-sponsor educational sessions with other organizations to encourage integration and cross fertilization of ideas
    4. Provide education to non-physicians, such as legislators, allied health professionals, the business community and the general public on issues that effect personal and public health.
  3. Communications goals
    1. Maintain vehicles for information dissemination, such as the NHMS bimonthly newsletter, weekly e-news, and website 
    2. Keep members aware of organizational activities
    3. Advise members of important practice related information such as changes in regulatory insurance or other requirements etc.
    4. Maintain active channels for communication with other organizations and agencies who may serve the public health and the practice of medicine.
    5. Effectively utilize media for communication on issues of interest and importance to the public. 
  4. Policy goals
    1. Propose, develop and/or support legislation and governmental rules and policies that further personal and public health and the practice of medicine.
    2. Work with non-governmental organizations to encourage the adoption of policies that support personal and public health and the practice of medicine.
  5. Issue specific goals
    1. Support health and prevent disease through the promotion of healthy behaviors and choices.
    2. Identify and effectively address environmental issues that threaten the public health.
    3. Create practice and reimbursement systems that support physicians in providing optimum care for patients.
    4. Develop a jurisprudence system with respect to medical care that affords just and needed support to harmed patients at the same time it is fair and reasonable to physicians and supports the practice of medicine.
    5. Support optimum care of patients by appropriately defining relationships with allied health practitioners and with practitioners who promote non-medical alternative approaches to evaluation and treatment.