ICARE Core Values\nInnovation: We seek creative ways to solve problems.\nCollaboration: We believe teamwork is the best way to work. \nAccountability: We behave ethically, act openly, and with integrity in all that we do, taking responsibility for our actions.\nRespect: We honor diversity and recognize the worth and dignity of every person.\nExcellence: We strive to achieve excellence in all that we do. \n\nMission\nChanging Medicine. Changing Lives.®\nUniversity of Iowa Health Care is changing medicine through:\nâ?¢ Pioneering discovery\nâ?¢ Innovative interprofessional education\nâ?¢ Delivery of superb clinical care\nâ?¢ An extraordinary patient experience in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, team-based environment\nUniversity of Iowa Health Care is changing lives by:\nâ?¢ Preventing and curing disease\nâ?¢ Improving health and well-being\n\nVision\nWorld Class People: Building on our greatest strength. \nWorld Class Medicine: Creating a new standard of excellence in integrated patient care, research, and education.\nFor Iowa and the World: Making a difference in quality of life and health for generations. \n\n\nRecognitions/ Awards\nAmericaâ??s Top Hospital Employer for Diversity (2018): In its inaugural ranking of â??Best Employers for Diversity,â?? Forbes Magazine ranked UI Health Care No.16 overall among 250 employers nationwide and No.1 in its Healthcare & Social category. \n\nOne of Nationâ??s Top Five Employers (2017): Forbes Magazine named University of Iowa Health Care as the No.5 employer in the Health Care industry category and No.14 employer overall.\n\nUniversity of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States is Iowaâ??s only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Several of our specialty services have been rated among the best in the country.