2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
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Performance excellence journey
Our commitment to excellence
Premier was founded in 1996 by not-for-profit hospitals to develop shared resources for performance improvement. It’s no surprise that such an organization is committed to a continuous journey toward performance excellence.
As we work with our members to transform American healthcare, we are guided by our values of Integrity, Passion for Performance, Innovation and Focus on People. Premier’s use of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria allows us to continuously improve by benchmarking against best practice organizations throughout the country.
Contact Us: For more information about our Baldrige journey or
speaker requests, please e-mail Baldrige@PremierInc.com.
Our Baldrige journey
Applying for the Malcolm Baldrige Award helps us to gain objective feedback from nationally trained Baldrige examiners. In 2005, after using the criteria internally for several years, we submitted our first formal application to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program and advanced to stage 2 - Consensus Review - of the three stage process.
In 2006, our application advanced to stage 3 - Site Visit Review - and we
received a site visit in October 2006. (Site
visit news
release)
On November 21, 2006, President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced Premier as a 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner. (U.S. Department of Commerce news release) As a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, we look forward to sharing performance improvement knowledge and helping others in pursuit of performance excellence.
Premier is honored to be the only service company to receive the prestigious 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Excellence. (Premier Baldrige winner news release)
For more information about the Malcolm Baldrige Award Program, visit www.baldrige.nist.gov. Learn more about Premier's Baldrige journey.
Our use of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria provide a robust set of guidelines for continuously improving organizational effectiveness.
Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are judged on performance excellence in seven key areas:
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Customer and Market Focus
- Measurement Analysis and Knowledge Management
- Human Resource Focus
- Process Management
- Business Results
As an award recipient, Premier is dedicated to educating other organizations on the benefits of using the Baldrige criteria to gain performance excellence.
North Carolina Awards for Excellence (NCAfE)
In 2005, we applied to the North Carolina Awards for Excellence (NCAfE) Program, which is based on the Baldrige Criteria, and won their Level 3, Advancement Award. (NCAfE winners announcement - .pdf)
In 2006, Premier applied again to NCAfE and won the highest ranking award, Level 4, Leadership Award. North Carolina Awards for Excellence Program Director Wayne Tindle said Premier “exhibits ‘world class’ processes and serves as a role model for others to benchmark.” (News release)