Mission & Vision
Our Mission: Transforming Hearts through Healthcare
Our Vision: The Renaissance of Catholic Healthcare
Divine Mercy Care (DMC) is the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Catholic healthcare organization for Northern Virginia.
Throughout 2000 years of history, the Catholic Church has advanced scientific knowledge, served the underserved, and promoted the design and dignity of the human person as a reflection of the image of God. It is our privilege and joy to continue this integrative approach to medicine.
We are called to provide healthcare shaped by moral convictions and focused on this dignity, the pursuit of the common good, and the protection of the weak and vulnerable. This mission requires us to do what we ought: to love God and to love our neighbor. Furthermore, it requires taking appropriate time with each patient and providing all people who enter our healthcare system with excellent service and care.
Therefore, Divine Mercy Care…
Practices excellent medicine while following the medical and moral
teachings of the Catholic Church, to include seeing the poor.
Reviving True Healthcare
Healthcare Today
The healthcare system is fractured:
- Many healthcare professionals are pessimistic, cynical, skeptical, and dissatisfied wit the medical profession.
- Physicians spend three minutes per patient and have become technicians rather than healers.
- Cost-shifting insurance companies have changed the focus of healthcare from patients to profits.
- Treatment of symptoms has replaced the prevention of disease.
- Tens of millions of people are underinsured.
- Technology advances without ethical principles.
The DMC Difference
We hear you crying out, “See me! Not as another number, nor a label, nor social problem—see me!” DMC is committed to authentically holistic and comprehensive healthcare:
- Seeing both insured and underinsured patients on a daily basis
- Practicing excellent medicine that is morally, ecologically, and economically sustainable for our community
- Realizing that we are not God, but seeing His face in each of our patients
- Offering services that are based on your needs and wellness, instead of our profit
Addressing the Healthcare Crisis
- DIGNITY OF THE PERSON—DMC treats each person as an image of God, endowed with inherent dignity.
- LEADERSHIP—To combat the vacuum of leadership, DMC lives and breathes, “healthcare delayed is healthcare denied.”
- ACCESS—DMC services are available to all individuals regardless of race, creed, culture, income level, or ability to pay – the uninsured alongside the insured.
- EFFICIENCY—Using the latest technology, DMC integrates medical information so that access and safety follow the patient throughout the system, thus minimizing mistakes and maximizing medical care.
- SOLIDARITY—Recognizing the larger picture, DMC partners with community services to help improve the health of the entire region.
Education
Divine Mercy Care is seizing and maximizing educational opportunities by recognizing the needs of the community, pursuing an outreach to the next generation in medicine, and keeping our staffing the cutting edge of scientific advances. From online Q&As, to articles, to presentations, DMC is committed to providing provocative and clear responses to the most current medical and ethical issues from a Catholic perspective.
"The Future is Now"
In light of the needs of our Northern Virginia community, Divine Mercy Care is growing by integrating medical practices and necessarily ancillary services such as home care services. We are establishing an economically sound framework for the renewal of healthcare.