Baldrige 2009-10 Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence

The Baldrige Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence are about winning! They are about winning in your health care “marketplace” every day with a high-performing, high integrity, ethical organization. Every Baldrige Criteria user is a winner.

Whether your organization is small or large, is involved in ambulance service or health maintenance, or has one facility or multiple sites across the country, the Health Care Criteria provide a valuable framework that can help you measure performance and plan in an uncertain environment. The Health Care Criteria can help you align resources with approaches, such as Studer Group principles and tools, Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, Lean, and Six Sigma; identify opportunities to improve communication, productivity, and effectiveness; and achieve strategic goals.

How to begin that first Baldrige assessment? Talk to Paul Grizzell, Studer Group's Baldrige business partner. He can discuss your organization with you and help you determine the best path to follow to begin your Baldrige journey. Review the Baldrige Core Values and Concepts on pages 51-56. If these values align with those of your organization, Baldrige is a path that will accelerate your improvement journey. Take a few minutes and scan the questions in the Organizational Profile on pages 4-6. A discussion of the answers to these questions might be your first Baldrige assessment.

Even if you don’t expect to win the Baldrige Award, submitting an application has valuable benefits. Every applicant receives a detailed feedback report based on an independent, external assessment conducted by a panel of specially trained and recognized experts.

Studer Group can help you focus, align, and accelerate your Baldrige journey.

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2009 2010 BalridgeHealthCare Criteria