Our Strategy

CORE PURPOSE:
To support DC physicians in their practice of medicine and to serve as their voice.

CORE VALUES:

Professionalism—exhibiting professional responsibility, integrity, ethical behavior, and collegiality.

Responsiveness—being flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of physicians and their patients.

Inclusiveness—serving member physicians from all ethnic/cultural perspectives.

Excellence—advancing quality patient care and quality health care in the District; addressing important public health issues that have an impact on DC physicians and their patients.

Stewardship—being wise and judicious in the use of MSDC resources in effectively addressing member needs.

VIVID DESCRIPTION:

Enhancing the success of physician practices and promoting quality (ethical) care.

• Members find value in membership that is personal, practical and irresistible.
• MSDC responds nimbly and effectively to practice issues and other professional concerns.
• MSDC is a primary resource for information and education about practice management and the DC health care market.

Serving as the voice of District physicians on critical issues.

• MSDC uses an issues management process to maximize its resources an bring multiple tools to bear on issues or opportunities important to physicians and quality health care in the District.
• MSDC solicits and values the input of its members.
• MSDC protects physicians from intrusions that undermine the practice of medicine.
• The opinions of MSDC are sought and respected on health care issues in the District.
• MSDC works regionally with others to address issues important to DC physicians and the District.

Achieving an identity and a reputation as strong, viable and relevant.

• Volunteer and member experiences are rewarding, enjoyable and inviting.
• Physicians view membership with pride and as a privilege.
• MSDC is representative of physician diversity in the District.
• The public views membership in MSDC as a significant credential.
• MSDC is economically viable and fiscally sound.

ENVISIONED FUTURE:

Increased emphasis on enhancing the viability of physician practices and promoting quality ethical care in the District.

Continued commitment to serve as the voice of DC physicians on critical issues and professional concerns.

Renewed efforts to establish a variety of strategic relationships to collaborate and share expertise in the achievement of common goals.

Increase membership growth through the right combination of speaking as the voice of physicians, providing programs of value, and cultivating a compelling sense of community.

GOALS:

Practice Support—Through the efforts and programs of MSDC, physician members will achieve practice advantages on both an individual and a collective basis.

Voice of DC Physicians—MSDC will serve as the voice of District physicians on selected professional concerns.

Physician Awareness and Understanding of MSDC—Physicians in the DC community will value MSDC for its programs and its commitment to physician well-being.

Positioned to Lead and Serve—MSDC will be financially strong and positioned to effectively lead and serve its members.