St. David’s HealthCare Earns Malcolm Baldrige Award

St. David’s HealthCare was recently recognized with a 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. St. David’s HealthCare is one of only four organizations in the nation to be honored by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker as a 2014 recipient of the nation’s highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. St. David’s HealthCare is the first healthcare system in the state of Texas to earn this national award.

The Baldrige Award is named for Malcolm Baldrige, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1981 to 1987 and whose managerial excellence contributed to long-term improvement in efficiency and effectiveness of government.

The 2014 Baldrige Award recipients were selected from a field of 22 applicants. All of the applicants were evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas defined by the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence—leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; operations focus; and results. The evaluation process for each of the recipients included about 1,000 hours of review and an on-site visit by a team of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.

For more information about the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, including profiles of the 2014 Baldrige Award recipients, visit nist.gov/baldrige.

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