2025 UMMC Strategic Plan

UMMC 2025, the strategic plan for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which provides a roadmap for future growth and development within our three mission areas of patient care, research and education in the health sciences, is now in the second year of a five-year plan. The plan has shifted from monitoring progress over a calendar year to a fiscal year that begins July 1. 

Overall progress will be measured on the accomplishment of specific annual goals, which are updated each year, and work steps. As a team, we will build upon UMMC’s foundation of excellence in education, patient care and research. The five strategies ground our work, and the second-year goals reflect an ambitious but achievable plan to drive us closer to our goal of becoming a nationally recognized academic medical center. 

1. Maximize value in quality of care

• Create the Office of Operational Excellence 
• Enhance inpatient care coordination 
• Improve clinical care documentation 
• Reduce direct cost of care through efficiency and effectiveness 

2. Drive strategic clinical growth

• Improve ambulatory scheduling process
• Improve ambulatory access 
• Implement physician compensation plan 
• Standardize advanced practice providers compensation plan 

3. Expand health care services statewide

• Establish infrastructure for Epic Community Connect
• Optimize strategic affiliations statewide
• Grow primary care networks statewide
• Increase physician outreach presence

4. Position academic programs for the next generation of learners

• Establish an Academy for Excellence in Education
• Establish an Office for Student Success
• Establish an Office for Faculty Success
• Initiate a visual identity project

5. Strengthen research programs

• Establish external funding goals for School of Medicine clinical research faculty
• Optimize translational research in focus areas
• Assess institutional and departmental core facilities
• Optimize clinical trial recruitment and revenue

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