Baldrige Program

Managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Baldrige Program promotes innovation, industrial competitiveness through measurement science, standards and technology. The Baldrige Health Care for Performance Excellence are embodied in seven categories:

The Nord Center has adopted the Baldrige Program as its management and organizational best practice and is a member of the Ohio Partnership for Excellence (OPE), Ohio’s statewide organization which promotes the Baldrige Program among other organizations across Ohio in our “Quest for Excellence.” The Nord Center received the Ohio Partnership for Excellence 2009 Pioneer Award in its implementation practices of the Baldrige Program and in 2011 OPE recognized the Center’s application of the Baldrige principles with its Bronze Award.