About Fetter Health Care
About
Fetter Health Care Network is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) committed to providing a full range of high-quality health care services for everyone in Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton and Dorchester counties.
Our organization is governed by a board of directors that includes patients, civic leaders, as well as, healthcare providers working within our service areas. The board ensures that our Fetter team is addressing the specific health care needs of our community.
Our Mission
To deliver timely, comprehensive and quality health services with dignity and respect regardless of a person’s ability to pay; foster partnerships with community providers to enhance the health of the region; and advocate for policies which promote and protect the physical, mental and social well-being of the communities we serve.
Our Vision
As an integral part of the health care safety net, Fetter will be recognized locally, regionally and nationally as a progressive model of health care that works to eliminate health disparities and enhance population health by providing access to comprehensive, quality-driven, evidence-based, patient-centered health care that is financially sustainable.
Identity Statement
Provide equitable access to integrated care and services to all with compassion and uncompromising quality.
Guiding Principles
CARING
We consider all Fetter Health Care Network members as caregivers.
COLLABORATION
We address problems and deliver outcomes by working together.
DATA DRIVEN
We make decisions compelled by data, rather than by intuition or by personal experience.
DIVERSITY
We promote a safe and supportive climate that values diverse points of view with respect and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age ability or socio-economic status.
EVIDENCE BASED
We are conscientious, explicit and judicious in the use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of our patients.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
We provide cost-effective, quality services to meet the needs of our community and ensure the fiscal sustainability of the Health Center
PATIENT CENTERED
We expect all Fetter Health Care Network members to cooperate with one another through a common focus on the best interest of the patient.
PATIENT SAFETY
We will prevent harm to our patients.
VALUE HUMAN CAPITAL
We create workplace cultures that can attract and retain our members.
Core Values
APPRECIATION
COMPASSION
CREATIVITY
EXCELLENCE
INTEGRITY
RESPECT
TEAMWORK