COMPARISON OF BALDRIGE AWARD APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS WITH PEER HOSPITALS ON A NATIONAL BALANCED SCORECARD

What does using the Baldrige Criteria do for an organization?  Well if you're in health care, a new Thomson Reuters study paints a very clear picture.  According to its report, Baldrige hospitals (those that either received a site visit or the Baldrige Award at the national level) outperformed non-Baldrige hosptials on nearly all of the measures of performance used in the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals, including:

• Risk-adjusted mortality index
• Risk-adjusted complications index
• Patient safety index
• CMS core measures score
• Severity-adjusted average length of stay
• Adjusted operating profit margin

In addition, Baldrige hospitals were six times more likely to be counted among the 100 Top Hospitals and were significantly more likely than peers to display faster five-year performance improvement. 
Thank you Baldrige hospitals, and the state programs and examiners who help them, for making a difference in U.S. health care.  


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