Vision/Credo
OUR VISION
At HealthTap, we are committed to creating a healthier, happier world – one decision at a time. We envision people everywhere making confident, informed, fact and data based choices that maximize their health and improve their well-being. We see a future of true individualized medicine, where people’s increased control of their health reduces anxiety and increases optimism. We see people tapping into their personal health information anytime, anywhere, and using our Personal Health Utility with ease to feel good and thrive, and to successfully manage a health condition or their well being. We will foster and support the organization of the world’s health data and information to enable individuals to make the best possible decisions about their personal health and lifestyle.
We Will Create the World’s Most Trusted Personal Health Utility.
Our first responsibility is to ‘do good’ for the individuals who will use our Personal Health Utility to make decisions that affect their health and lives and those of their loved ones. We care deeply about people and must ensure the information they receive meets the highest standards of safety and validity. We will maintain and honor the trust of those who use the data available through our platform. We will treat individual’s personal health data with the utmost care and diligence and maintain the highest standards of privacy and security.
We Will Attract the World’s Best Partners.
We believe in collaboration and we recognize that partnership is integral to realizing our vision. We are committed to being a great partner, and believe that by caring about our partners’ needs and interests and being committed to their success we will attract and retain the world’s best organizations and institutions as collaborators. We believe that active listening, transparency and trust are central to creating effective, long-term partnerships.
We Will Create a Workplace Our Employees Love.
We are committed to creating a place where our employees love to work. We are responsible for ensuring that our employees are treated with care and respect, and are challenged to achieve their potential. We believe that work can be play, and that working hard toward a worthy goal is one of the most fulfilling ways to spend our time. We believe that happy, fulfilled employees who share a commitment to changing the world will bring forth the creativity and passion needed to fulfill our vision.
OUR VALUES
We value caring and kindness. We believe that being kind toward fellow human beings is central to living a healthy life, and having a healthy company. However we differ in our ideas, approaches and perspectives, caring for one another unites us.
We value trust, openness and transparency. We believe that being open and transparent creates a constructive environment that facilitates collaboration and teamwork, in which the best ideas flourish, regardless of their origins. We believe that openness and transparency, along with integrity and honesty, form the foundation of trust crucial for our success.
We value teamwork and collaboration. We believe that as a team, we can achieve far more than a group of individuals and that the best ideas are developed through a collaborative process. We enjoy interacting with one another and believe that our connection is part of our strength.
We value challenge and excellence. We believe that something worth doing is worth doing right. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and aim to excel consistently. We like to win, and we love to learn. We enjoy challenging ourselves and strive for personal mastery.
We value passion and positive energy. We believe that the world is changed by passionate people who channel positive energy toward a vision they believe in. Positive energy fuels our progress and brings joy to our journey by helping us endure, see beyond and overcome challenges and difficulties.
We value fun and play. We believe that ‘work’ can feel like play, and strive to find and bring into each day playfulness, fun and joy.
We value curiosity and innovation. We believe that childlike wonder fuels creativity, and we are driven by a desire to create the new. We look for new ways of acting, and are not anchored to how things have been done in the past. We question assumptions and the status quo, and ask tough questions that are not easily answered.
We value impact. We are driven by changing the world and making a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of people everywhere. In order to achieve our goals, we are focused on driving short term measurable milestones that add up to long term real impact.
We value health and well-being. We are on a mission to create a healthier world, and we know this starts at home. We pledge to take care of our own health and well-being, and to help others do the same. In large and small ways, we strive to help everyone with whom we interact improve their health and well-being.
We value simplicity. We believe that simple is better, and strive to reduce complexity to its essence. We believe that with good work, any idea can be described on a napkin, and that the effort required to simplify something to its essence is worthwhile.
We value facts, data and analysis. We believe that facts and data in the individualized context lead to better, truly personalized decisions and improved outcomes. Whenever possible, we will use facts, data, and information as the language of our internal discussions and as the basis for our decisions. When a strong opinion and fact are in opposition, the fact will always win.
