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At the Foundation, we are living out a vision to make Washington the best place to receive care and to practice medicine.

About the Foundation

The WSMA Foundation for Health Care Improvement is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. At the Foundation, we are living out a vision to make Washington the best place to receive care and to practice medicine.

Improving Physician Wellness and Patient Care

At the WSMA Foundation, we believe in a future where physicians are healthy and fulfilled; where physicians, the health care team, and patients are partners; and where all Washingtonians experience quality care that aligns with their needs, goals, and values.

Fulfilling that quest depends upon transformational change at all levels—individual, organizational, and statewide. We believe that change is possible, and that physicians and patients can thrive in health care settings that support them.

The Foundation exists today because of the vision of forward-thinking doctors who cared about—and invested in—the future of the profession more than 50 years ago.

With your participation and support, the WSMA Foundation ensures that legacy will continue to benefit physicians today… and tomorrow.

Your tax-deductible donations are an investment in yourself, your peers, and your profession. Thank you!

2025-2028 Strategic Plan

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Our vision

We believe in a future where physicians are healthy and fulfilled; where physicians, the health care team, and patients are partners; and where all Washingtonians experience equitable, quality care that aligns with their needs, goals, and values.

Our mission

To create transformational health care change at all levels—individual, organizational, and statewide.

Our values

As a health care improvement foundation, we value:

  • Well-being: We promote the well-being of physicians so that we can fulfill our high calling of caring for our patients.
  • Health equity: We commit to health equity and eliminating disparities to improve health care in Washington.
  • Patient partnership: We uphold and respect the patient/physician partnership, creating equitable health care settings where conversations are mutual and care decisions are shared.
  • Compassion: We serve our patients, communities, and each other with compassion in the pursuit of wellness and equity for all Washingtonians.
  • Collaboration: We work with a diversity of stakeholders to generate high-impact equitable results that improve care in Washington state.
  • Legacy: We build upon the vision of forward-thinking physician leaders to ensure an equitable, thriving medical profession, and a healthy population.

Our goals

Goal #1: Facilitate systemic change so that physicians and their teams can thrive in practice.

  • Objective: Foster system improvement through organizational level intervention plans that reduce burnout and improve wellness.
  • Objective: Care for ourselves to ensure we are well enough to care for others.

Goal #2: Advance health equity in medicine.

  • Objective: Address gaps in health equity through education and clinical transformations.
  • Objective: Support students from underrepresented-in-medicine communities to enter the field of medicine.

Details on the WSMA Foundation’s 2025-2028 strategic plan, including tactics to achieve the goals’ objectives, are available in the following PDF.

WSMA Foundation 2025-2028 Strategic Plan

Board of directors and staff

Meet the board of directors and staff that govern and operate the WSMA Foundation for Health Care Improvement.

Contact information

WSMA Foundation for Health Care Improvement
1215 4th Ave., Suite 1901
Seattle, WA 98161
Phone: 206.441.9762
Fax: 206.441.5863
Email: foundation@wsma.org

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