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The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the highest [2] formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by the President of the United States.
To date, the Foundation has distributed over 38,000 copies of the Award Criteria, certified over 1,400 men and women as MQA Examiners, presented 51 organizations, 28 teams, and 19 individuals with Awards, and educated over 11,000 people through public offerings. In its 16th year, the Foundation anticipates much continued success. [2]
Starting in 2012, unless certain conditions are met, organizations from Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia are eligible to apply for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award only if they have been awarded TPE's Governor's Award of Excellence in the previous five years. [3] [4]
The most widely recognized quality awards are the Deming Prize (the first of its kind) and the EFQM Excellence and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards (due to their size). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The national quality award phenomenon grew out of the Total Quality Management movement of the 1980s.
Since 1989, [6] ASQ has administered the annual Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The ASQ also gives the Dorian Shainin Medal, which is awarded annually for the "Development and Application of Creative or Unique Statistical Approaches in the Solving of Problems Relative to the Quality of Product or Service".
Although the positive impact was greater in female patients — particularly those who were severely ill — the research revealed that both men and women under the care of female doctors ...
This list of medicine awards is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to medicine, the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The list is organized by region and country of the organization giving the award, but the awards may be available to people from around ...
In 1996, ADAC was the recipient of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award [9] [10] and during that year employed 720 people worldwide. [11] ADAC Laboratories was acquired by Philips in 2000 for $426 million, and incorporated into Philips Medical Systems (later Philips Healthcare). [12]