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About United Health Group

UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest, diversified health and well-being company dedicated to making the health care system work better. UnitedHealth Group’s mission is to help people live healthier lives by: Seeking to enhance the performance of the health system and improve the overall health and well-being of the people the company serves and their communities; Working with health care professionals and other key partners to expand access to high quality health care so people get the care they need at an affordable price; and Supporting the physician/patient relationship and empowering people with the information, guidance and tools they need to make personal health choices and decisions.

History and Innovation

Since its inception, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated companies have led the marketplace by introducing key innovations that make health care services more accessible and affordable for customers, improve the quality and coordination of health care services and help individuals and their physicians make more informed health care decisions.

Our Mission and Values

Our Mission

To help people live healthier lives. Our role is to help make health care work for everyone.
We seek to enhance the performance of the health system and improve the overall health and well-being of the people we serve and their communities.
We work with health care professionals and other key partners to expand access to quality health care so people get the care they need at an affordable price.
We support the physician/patient relationship and empower people with the information, guidance and tools they need to make personal health choices and decisions.

Our Culture

Integrity. We are dedicated to the highest levels of personal and institutional integrity. We make honest commitments and work to consistently honor those commitments. We do not compromise ethics. We strive to deliver on our promises and we have the courage to acknowledge mistakes and do whatever is needed to address them.

Compassion. We try to walk in the shoes of the people we serve and the people we work with across the health care community. Our job is to listen with empathy and then respond appropriately and quickly with service and advocacy for each individual, each group or community and for society as a whole. We celebrate our role in serving people and society in an area so vitally human as their health.

Relationships. We build trust through cultivating relationships and working in productive collaboration with government, employers, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, hospitals and the individual consumers of health care. Trust is earned and preserved through truthfulness, integrity, active engagement and collaboration with our colleagues and clients. We encourage the variety of thoughts and perspectives that reflect the diversity of our markets, customers and workforce.

Innovation. We pursue a course of continuous, positive and practical innovation, using our deep experience in health care to be thoughtful advocates of change and to use the insights we gain to invent a better future that will make the health care environment work and serve everyone more fairly, productively and consistently.

Performance. We are committed to deliver and demonstrate excellence in everything we do. We will be accountable and responsible for consistently delivering high-quality and superior results that make a difference in the lives of the people we touch. We continue to challenge ourselves to strive for even better outcomes in all key performance areas.
Corporate social Responsibility

Overview

U-CARE (United Community Awareness and Responsibility Endeavor) is GSD’s flagship social responsibility program.
U-CARE’s vision is to develop a sustainable community service program that will contribute towards development and well-being of the society. This program is aimed at creating a culture of service within the organization by encouraging employees to contribute towards social welfare activities through its voluntary program.

The organization has partnered with five NGOs from the local geographies, two from Gurgaon and three from Hyderabad to support the welfare, health and wellness and overall development of less privileged sections of society.

Our programs

Volunteer program
Mentorship – Volunteers closely work with 2-3 children to coach them on academic issues as well as other aspects of life.
Recreation – Design and participate in recreation activities with the children. E.g., music and dance classes, picnics, educational trips to museums, cricket matches, etc
Infrastructure development – Assist the NGOs with their infrastructure requirements, such as planting saplings in their school, developing a computer lab, helping them with their finance and accounting requirements, etc.

Health and Wellness program

U-CARE provides aid to all the NGO partners in developing medical rooms, periodic medical check ups, detoxification programs, vaccines and treatment for common diseases amongst the children such as tuberculosis, dysentery, polio, HIV, etc.
Health awareness campaigns for children and their families