Arete Health
Our Core Values
Our commitment to consistent, exceptional healthcare is rooted in a set of core values that guide our actions and decisions. These values reflect our dedication to providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare services to our patients and the community. By adhering to these principles, we strive to create an environment that fosters trust, respect, and excellence in all aspects of our operations.
Relentless Pursuit of Excellence: We value excellence in all we do, and continually seek to improve our quality of services, operate in best practices, expand our clinical expertise, and improve patient outcomes.
Continuous Education and Improvement: We are dedicated to relentless learning and growth, always seeking new techniques, strategies, and perspectives for ourselves, our patients, and future healthcare providers.
Discipline and Work Ethic: Coupled with a relentless work ethic, our disciplined approach allows us to consistently exceed the expectations of those who entrust us with their wellbeing, create new clinical programs, and utilize the latest research.
Consistency and Attention to Detail: Treatment, documentation and communication are critical aspects of consistent and reliable care, executed with precision to minimize risks, enhance the quality of care, and build trust with all patients, every visit.
Passion, Purpose and Pride: It is our highest calling and privilege attending to patients and teaching future healthcare providers so we pursue mastery in the philosophy, science, and art, of our craft with passion and enthusiasm.
Resilience and Mental Toughness: Healthcare often involves high-stress situations, emotional challenges, and long working hours, demanding maintained focus and commitment, critical decisions under pressure, and staying calm, committed, and effective
Empathy and EQ: We support the emotional, psychological, and physical needs of patients by connecting on a human level, fostering trust and open communication, which is critical for accurate diagnoses, patient adherence, and satisfaction.
Vision, Leadership and Innovation: Our innovation is driven by continuous improvement in patient care and outcomes, adapting to new medical knowledge, evolving patient expectations, enhancing care efficiency, and addressing unmet healthcare needs,
Clinical Collaboration: Patient care requires a multidisciplinary approach, where each provider brings specialized knowledge and skills, ensuring patients receive comprehensive and coordinated care.
Integrity and Accountability: We recognize the immense trust placed in us by our patients, and we are steadfastly committed to upholding the highest ethical standards with a culture of transparency, honesty, and personal responsibility in all that we do.
Reflection and Refinement: We believe that true progress is born from a willingness to critically examine every aspect of our operations, identify areas for improvement, and relentlessly pursue innovative solutions.
High Standards and Accountability: We take personal responsibility for the quality of care delivered, holding ourselves to high standards, maintaining the integrity of patient care, reducing errors, and continuously improving our practice.
Medical Ethics: We uphold the dignity and honor of our profession and honor all pillars of patient ethics, including autonomy, informed consent, beneficence, fairness, equality, nonmaleficence, agency and accountability, confidentiality and veracity.
Patient Experience: We are committed to delivering (exception)al care that exceeds expectations, creates a positive and memorable patient experience that fosters confidence in the healthcare system, our clinic, and encourages adherence to treatment plans.
Embodiment: We live in integrity with the health promoting principles we prescribe our patients. We understand that being health-conscious providers ourselves helps us better serve our patients in their own pursuits.
Community Engagement: We partner with our local communities to promote public health, continually seeking solutions to optimize accessibility to patients with limited financial resources and patients with disabilities. The benefits of health belong to everyone.
Arete Health
Our Principles
We believe that patient care should be:
Predictive: Predictive patient care focuses on anticipating health issues before they arise, enabling early interventions that can prevent disease progression. By leveraging data from genetic testing, lifestyle factors, and health trends, healthcare providers can create personalized, proactive care plans. This approach reduces the need for reactive treatments, improves patient outcomes, and can lower healthcare costs over time by minimizing the occurrence of chronic conditions and complications. Predictive care ultimately empowers patients to maintain better long-term health.
Participatory: Participatory patient care emphasizes active collaboration between patients and healthcare providers, empowering individuals to take ownership of their health. By involving patients in decision-making, care becomes more personalized, addressing unique needs, preferences, and goals. This approach fosters trust, improves adherence to treatment plans, and encourages healthier lifestyle choices. When patients feel engaged and informed, they are more likely to achieve better outcomes and experience a higher quality of care.
Practical: Practical patient care focuses on delivering treatments and recommendations that are realistic, achievable, and suited to a patient’s daily life. This approach ensures that care plans are not only medically effective but also tailored to the individual’s circumstances, such as their lifestyle, resources, and personal limitations. Practical care promotes better adherence to treatments, reduces unnecessary complexity, and empowers patients to integrate healthy behaviors into their routine, leading to more sustainable and successful outcomes.
Preventive: Preventive patient care prioritizes measures that reduce the risk of disease before it develops, focusing on maintaining health rather than treating illness. By identifying risk factors early, such as regular screenings, lifestyle assessments, and health coaching, preventive care helps avoid the onset of chronic conditions and minimizes the need for costly or invasive treatments. This proactive approach not only improves long-term patient outcomes but also enhances quality of life by reducing the burden of illness and empowering individuals to stay healthy.
Profound: Healthcare with meaning refers to a value-based care (VBC) approach where quality is valued over quantity and care goes beyond treating symptoms or managing diseases. It emphasizes compassionate, holistic care that addresses not only the physical aspects of health but also the emotional, psychological, and social needs of patients. In this model, healthcare providers find purpose in building deep, trusting relationships with patients, understanding their individual stories, and empowering them to actively participate in their care. Healthcare with meaning values dignity, empathy, and respect, aiming to make a lasting, positive impact on patients' lives by truly caring for the whole person.
Personalized: Personalized patient care tailors healthcare to the unique genetic, environmental, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors of each individual. By considering a patient's specific medical history, preferences, and needs, personalized care ensures that treatments and interventions are more effective and aligned with their health goals. This approach increases patient trust and satisfaction, enhances treatment adherence, and improves overall outcomes by addressing the root causes of health issues rather than applying generalized solutions. Personalized care ultimately empowers patients by making healthcare more relevant and meaningful to their lives.