Baldrige Program Impacts

• 820 to 1: Ratio of Baldrige Program benefits for the U.S. economy to program costs (Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, December 2011)

• 93: Baldrige Award winners (including 6 two-time winners) serving as national role models

• 92.5%: Median growth in revenue for two-time Baldrige Award winners

• 65.5%: Median job growth for two-time Baldrige Award winners (compared with 2.5% for a matched set of industries and time periods)

• 2010–2012 Baldrige Award applicants represent
• • 450,468 jobs
  • over $74 million in revenue/budgets
  • about 417 million customers served

• $7.3 million: value of services donated by 478 national Baldrige examiners in 2012

• $30 million: value of services donated by state Baldrige-based examiners in 2012
  

Baldrige Impacts in Health Care

• A study by Truven Health Analytics links hospitals that adopt and use the Baldrige Criteria to successful operations, management practices, and overall performance.
• 65% of hospitals are likely to “use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as a systematic framework for performance improvement or as an internal assessment tool” by 2018, according to survey results reported in Futurescan 2013.
• According to the same survey, 41% of hospitals are likely to submit an application for the Baldrige Award or a state-level Baldrige-based award by 2018.

Baldrige Impacts, State by State

Learn more about impacts and benefits in each state.