Five-Year Institutional Goals
Five-Year Institutional Goals
Fiscal Years 2024 – 2028
In today’s evolving health care industry, UCLA Health remains committed to its legacy of excellence while driving transformative advancements in patient care, education, research, innovation and community outreach. We have identified the following five-year institutional goals to guide the work we do.


"As a top academic health system, one way we continue to build on our history of excellence and articulate our commitment to our vision, mission and values is by setting five-year strategic institutional goals. These goals serve to guide the team so that we can deliver the best in patient quality, safety, access and capacity management; ensure our organization’s financial sustainability; and make UCLA Health the best place to work. It’s a team effort and collaboration across the organization that helps us to deliver on our goals.”
- Johnese Spisso, MPA, President of UCLA Health and CEO of UCLA Hospital System

Improve patient access to UCLA Health
Provide timely, convenient and equitable access to the patients and communities we serve.
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Align as an integrated health system to ensure financial sustainability
Increase collaboration across the organization to eliminate redundancy, increase efficiency and value, and function as an integrated health system.
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Enhance patient and family experience, quality and safety
Nurture a culture to support optimal health outcomes and patient experience across UCLA Health.
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Make UCLA Health the best place to work
Create an organization that celebrates a positive and inclusive work environment while promoting employee development, retention, and health and well-being for our staff.
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Continue to excel as leaders in patient care, research, education and community engagement
Optimize UCLA Health as, the destination for research and discovery while training the next generation of innovators and caregivers.
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Mission and Vision
Our mission is to deliver leading-edge patient care, research, education and community engagement.
Our vision is to heal humankind, one patient at a time, by improving health, alleviating suffering and delivering acts of kindness.
National Recognition and Rankings
UCLA Health is consistently recognized as one of the top health systems in the nation for its excellence in care, research and innovation:
- For 35 consecutive years, UCLA Health hospitals have earned a place on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll for those providing the highest- quality care across multiple medical specialties. In 2024, this distinction was reserved for only 20 hospitals or systems out of nearly 5,000 evaluated.
- Newsweek and Statista recognized Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center on the World’s Best Hospitals 2025 list. Both hospitals were named seven-year/all-time champions, as they’ve been recognized every year since the inception of the award. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was also recognized as a leader for infection prevention.
- U.S. News & World Report recognized UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center have been recognized among the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care byU.S. News & World Report.
- U.S. News & World Report recognized UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital for its broad excellence in pediatric care in the Best Children's Hospitals Assessment 2024-25 rankings. The nationally ranked subspecialties are: Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Pediatric Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pediatric Orthopedics and Pediatric Urology
Giving Back to UCLA Health
If you are inspired to make a charitable gift, your support will make a real and immediate impact at UCLA Health. From messages of gratitude that inspire our health care workers to donations that fuel pioneering research, our partners and friends strengthen UCLA Health and help us create a bright future for all. You can make a gift in honor of a physician, nurse or other caregiver, or make a general donation to support our greatest needs.
UCLA Health System President’s Greatest Needs Strategic Fund
Gifts to our President’s Strategic Fund allow UCLA Health to enhance the patient experience by funding special innovative hospital programs to help vulnerable patients and families in need of financial assistance during illness. This fund allows us to invest in the latest equipment and clinical innovations to advance care and improve outcomes.
Questions?
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