title: Baldrige Award cites two hospitals. Baptist, Saint Luke's hospitals honored for quality, performance.
abstract: Baptist Hospital Inc., Pensacola, Fla.; and Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., have received the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the category of healthcare. Named for a former secretary of commerce, the award recognizes efficiency, effectiveness and excellence. The two hospitals are among only seven companies in the U.S. to be so recognized this year.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005431:Florida; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008923:Missouri; D011787:Quality of Health Care