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Article: Magnet and Baldrige: SSM health care's journey for excellence (Part I of II).(SSM Health Care wins the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and an American Nurses Credential Center Magnet Recognition)(Company Profile)
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- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Executive Summary
* SSM Health Care was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the entire health care system and an American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition for one of their 21 hospitals in 2002.
* Sister Mary Jean Ryan describes the mission of the organization and the long-term commitment to continuous quality improvement that have laid the foundation for these accomplishments.
* The preparation and application process that the organization engaged in over the past 4 years in pursuit of the Baldrige is outlined including insight into SSM's successes and failures.
* Programs that distinguish the ...