A mission statement: answers the question: "What is our fundamental purpose?" is a way of expressing what programs and services we wish to provide, taking into account our resource capabilities and the market we intend to serve. should identify the business we want to be in which then sets the stage for what we strive to be.

Clinical Center Mission Statement:

The Clinical Center is the clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health. As a national resource, it provides the protocol-specific patient care, services, training, and environment needed to initiate and support the clinical research sponsored by the individual NIH Institutes.

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