Strategic Plan

Purpose of the Plan

Writing a strategic plan is crucial because the fields of education and health care are rapidly changing. A strategic plan acts like a roadmap, helping an organization make decisions that aligns to its main goals and values. It helps an organization actively shape its future instead of just reacting to changes. Especially now, with fast tech advances and the need for ethical behavior, a strategic plan is key to keeping an organization relevant, impactful, and to mitigate risk.

Outcomes

The expected outcomes of this strategic plan are to build a strong culture of integrity that influences every part of the organization and to create healthier communities. This work will boost trust and cooperation among all people involved. It will lead to ethical practices in education and health care, inspiring others to follow. By adopting new technologies and best practices, the plan also aims to make operations more efficient and effective, which improves the services provided. Overall, the plan isn’t just about handling today’s challenges—It’s about ensuring a culture where integrity and excellence are actively embraced in every decision and action.

What We Do

Comprehensive organizational compliance programs are common in many industries and are increasingly important in higher education.

The Office of Institutional Integrity and Awareness (OIIA) creates an integrity-based approach program that emphasizes responsibility for ethical behavior and commitments to our Code of Culture. The Integrity Program integrates and coordinates our values with all significant requirements with which HSC must comply by law, regulation, or other binding rules or agreements.

Who We Serve

The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) is a value-based institution with six colleges located on one campus in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas Cultural District. Our work impacts thousands of students and employees of the institution, and many thousands more in the public domain be it patients, research beneficiaries, or those utilizing its resources and information.

In higher education and health care, maintaining compliance and integrity amidst technological advances, regulatory changes, and increased scrutiny is paramount. The Integrity Framework is crucial for upholding standards, preventing fraud, ensuring fairness, and fostering innovation. Ethical wellness initiatives further enhance organizational culture by promoting individual well-being and embedding ethical principles into daily operations.

Integrating AI and machine learning enhances transparency, facilitates collaborations, and effectively manages compliance and integrity risks across academia, research, and health care. Developing integrity leaders positions institutions as ethical governance pioneers, attracting top talent and benefiting their communities.

Developing integrity leaders positions HSC as a pioneer in ethical governance, attracting top talent and benefiting our community. As expectations for accountability rise, being an integrity leader becomes vital to fostering a dynamic campus environment for the future of health care, where all employees and students embody ethical principles in decision-making and set a standard that influences others.