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Blogrige

The Official Baldrige Blog

The consequences of Hurricane Harvey showing a flooded park with downtown Houston in the background.

A Hospital, a Hurricane, and “This Crazy Thing Called Baldrige”

February 15, 2018

Christine Schaefer

When Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital earned the Baldrige Award in 2016, it boasted results such as Top 10 percent ranking nationally for emergency center arrival-to-discharge time, compliance

A Project to Save and Enhance Lives with Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) showing Organ Donation with paperwork to apply.

A Project to Save and Enhance Lives Through Excellence

February 13, 2018

Dawn Bailey

Almost 120,000 individuals are listed on a registry awaiting life-saving organ and tissue transplants, and every 10 minutes, someone is added to that waiting list. With the need for organ donation so

Cybersecurity Team discussing action plans around a table.

Start Using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Tool: Here’s Help

February 8, 2018

Christine Schaefer

The Information Security Team of the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) began using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder (BCEB) last spring to assess their information security work

Harry Hertz and associated doing environmental sediment sampling in Prince William Sound Alaska.

On Innovation, Intelligent Risks, and Leaking Sinks

February 6, 2018

Harry Hertz “The Baldrige Cheermudgeon”

The Baldrige Excellence Framework encourages organizations to create an environment for innovation through pursuing intelligent risks. How do you know whether a new idea is an intelligent risk, and

A pharmacist at the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center sorting through prescriptions.

How a Veterans’ Agency Realized Excellence for the “Sake of Customers, Employees, Stakeholders, and the Country”

February 1, 2018

Dawn Bailey

When staff asked, “What do you want me to do, this quality stuff or my job?” The answer was always, “We want you to do both, but we want you to change the way you do your job.” Such discussions

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Blogrige, the official blog of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, shares practical guidance, success stories, examples, and inspiration on how Baldrige resources can support your long-term success, whether your organization is large or small, has one site or worldwide locations, and is just getting started or continuously improving.

The Baldrige Program offers a comprehensive and proven leadership and management framework that focuses on results in all areas of your organization. Learn more about the Baldrige Program, the products and services available to help your organization succeed, and how to self-assess using the Baldrige framework.

If you have any questions about Blogrige, please contact Baldrige Customer Service at baldrige [at] nist.gov (baldrige[at]nist[dot]gov).

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.