Healthcare Professionals

Committed to helping you meet the evolving challenges and opportunities in patient care.

Healthcare Professionals
  • Primary Care

    Supporting every aspect of your clinical practice, including physical exam, diagnostic cardiology, vitals monitoring and vision screening

  • Hospital Care

    Advancing products and technologies designed to speed patient recovery and streamline clinical workflows

  • Surgical Care

    Delivering innovations that enable reduced operating times, faster patient recovery and improved outcomes

  • Kidney Care

    Pioneering care in hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and digital health to support better outcomes for your patients

  • Nutritional Care

    Personalizing nutritional care designed to improve patients’ health in the hospital, the ICU and at home

  • Respiratory Care

    Helping your patients with respiratory therapies designed to simplify delivery and improve mobility

  • Our Products & Services

    Our portfolio of acute, nutritional, renal, hospital and surgical care products helps advance healthcare around the world.

Perspectives

For nearly a century, we have worked at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives.

Perspectives

Our Story

Our 90-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.

Our Story
  • Our Leadership

    Our forward-looking leadership team is a driving force in ensuring we meet the needs of all our stakeholders – every day and everywhere.

  • Our Governance

    We are proud of our strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance.

  • Fueling Collaborative Innovation

    Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

  • Corporate Responsibility

    We strive to create lasting value by empowering our patients, protecting our planet and championing our people and communities.

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    We are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining an inclusive and diverse workforce.

  • Our History

    For nearly a century, we’ve been focused on saving and sustaining lives and elevating patient care.

Patients

Helping you reach a healthy life, full of possibility.

Patients
  • General Healthcare

    Whether you are receiving care in the hospital, at your doctor’s office or at home, we are here to support every step of your journey.

  • Nutritional Care

    When medical conditions prevent you from adequately feeding yourself, we provide life-saving clinical nutrition options to help you regain your nutritional status.

  • Kidney Care

    Kidney disease is an ongoing journey for you and your family. While every journey is unique, Baxter is committed to supporting access to care options to meet your medical and lifestyle needs.

  • Respiratory Care

    We are committed to helping you with innovative products that deliver effective, proven respiratory therapy in the hospital and at home.

Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

Baxter recognizes the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the way we manage our business operations and support our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives.

We are committed to employing AI to champion our people, our patients, and the communities we serve. Baxter's development and deployment of AI will be guided a mindset of integrity and compliance, which empowers us to drive innovation in a responsible and accountable way, along with the following ten guiding principles:

1. Accountability

We uphold accountability through strong governance, clear delineation of responsibility, active monitoring, and continuous improvement. 

2. Fairness 

We are dedicated to treating individuals fairly and equitably throughout the lifecycle of AI systems, including by striving mitigate algorithmic bias and discrimination.

3. Human-Centered

Our approach to AI puts people first, empowers our workforce, and protects individual autonomy. 

4. Healthcare Excellence

We will leverage our scientific and medical expertise to advance safe and effective applications of AI in clinical settings.

5. Privacy 

We design our AI Systems with respect for individuals' privacy and use AI in a way that protects personal information.

6. Safety

We are committed to guarding against unintended uses, unauthorized access, and potential harm associated with AI systems at Baxter.

7. Security & Resilience 

We strive to maximize the reliability, security, and accuracy of AI technologies and put in place appropriate fallbacks to minimize adverse consequences.

8. Sustainability

We strive to make a positive impact on our planet and our communities, which includes advocating for the environmentally and socially responsible use of AI.

9. Transparency & Explainability

We encourage transparency in the development, functionality, and use of AI, alongside appropriate explainability of AI decision making.

10. Validity & Reliability

Our goal is to utilize technology that consistently generates accurate, reliable, and consistent results.

 

Modifications and changes to this statement of principles may take place from time to time as AI technology develops and regulatory requirements evolve.