Healthcare organizations find benefit in applying the Communities of Excellence Framework
Communities of Excellence 2026
Improving the performance of communities and the people who lead and live in them.
Assessments drive need for a systems approach to improving health by addressing social determinants
December 27, 2021 | By COE Faculty Members Christel Gollnick and Brenda Grant | 7 minute read
This post is the first in a four-part series exploring why leaders in each of the four core areas of a community – health, economic vitality, educational attainment, and overall quality of life – are finding the Communities of Excellence Framework a beneficial guide in their collaborative efforts to improve outcomes in the places where they live, learn, work, and play. Communities of Excellence 2026, using the Baldrige Performance Excellence criteria as its foundation, provides learning opportunities and guidance for those interested in improving the performance of communities for their residents and other customers. The nonprofit organization is currently working with 23 communities throughout the United States and adding more annually.
“We hear all the time that it takes a village to raise a child…now we are learning that it takes a Community Excellence Group – a collaborative team of leaders to improve a community.”– Brenda Grant, COE 2026 faculty (Retired. Formerly performance excellence coach, Western Maryland Health System, Cumberland, Maryland and Chief Strategy Officer, CAMC Health System, Charleston, WV – a 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient)
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If you are not yet participating in Communities of Excellence 2026 to improve your response to community health needs, please visit https://communitiesofexcellence2026.org/ and contact Stephanie Norling, executive director at [email protected] or 619-719-1045.
Find out how your community can be a part of our National Learning Collaborative! Learn more by registering for our June 13th webinar "On the Path to Excellence" presented by Chari Mullen?from Greater Fremont, Ohio.