Vision

Our vision is of a health care system and world where all people are guaranteed whole-person care of body, mind, and spirit at times of greatest vulnerability and need. As spiritual care providers, our efforts are also focused on ensuring that chaplains are fully trained with the latest research and evidence-based practices to provide the highest-quality care for all.

Goals

1. 1.We are working to increase the availability and quality of spiritual care by providing evidence-based learning for chaplains (as spiritual care specialists) and for nurses, doctors, and social workers (as spiritual care generalists). We seek to expand access to spiritual care through advocacy and programs including on-call chaplaincy care for organizations without on-site chaplains.
2. 2.HCCN advocates on the federal, state, and local levels to strengthen the position of chaplaincy in the medical arena. As a direct result of our advocacy, CMS recently adopted the first codes for chaplain interventions in its system that measures all health care activity, putting chaplaincy on par with other professions, and creating uniform measurements to evaluate chaplains' impact.
3. 3.HCCN and its partner, the Spiritual Care Association, are focused on growing its many educational programs for chaplains, nurses, and other spiritual care providers, to create a fully trained and credentialed workforce to ensure the availability of excellent spiritual care throughout the health care system and beyond.