MISSION STATEMENT

The Indiana State Department of Health supports Indiana's economic prosperity and quality of life by promoting, protecting and providing for the health of Hoosiers in their communities.

VISION STATEMENT

To achieve a healthier Indiana, the ISDH will:

• Focus on data-driven policy to determine appropriate evidence-based activities.
• Evaluate activities to ensure measurable results.
• Engage its partners and include appropriate intra-agency programs in policy-making and programming.
• View its essential partners to include local health departments, physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, other state agencies and officials as well as local and federal agencies and officials, community leaders, businesses, health insurance companies, Medicaid, health and economic interest groups, and other groups outside the traditional public health model.
• Actively facilitate the integration of public health and health care activities to improve Hoosiers’ health.